Tag Archives: injury prevention
Top Stories in Running this Week
Wondering what’s going on in the world of running? Here are your top stories of the week….
Cross Training
For my next series of post, I’ll be talking about different forms of cross training and how they can benefit your running. For running, cross training is doing another activity that will help maintain or build on your training…
Illiotibial Band Syndrome
One of the most common overuse injuries sustained by runners is Illiotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS). The most common early symptom is a sharp, burning pain on the lateral…
5 Workout Tips to Help Your Running
When you up your mileage and run on a more consistent basis, just running isn’t enough. It’s just as important to work on strengthening and core exercises as it is to run. In order to become a better runner, you need to become a stronger runner. Try these…
Secrets of sports injury and rehab for overuse injuries
This post isn’t actually meant to divulge any actual secrets of visiting an orthopedic surgeon or undergoing physical therapy, but I thought that since so many friends are suffering from overuse/biomechanical injuries, I figured I’d share some of my experiences to shed some light on what you can expect, and what you can do at [...]
Initial thoughts on half marathon training
Can you believe it’s August already? Back in April, after I’d run through (pun definitely intended) a couple training plans for different races, I figured it would be a long time before I’d be ready to do a long run or even think about training for another race. And then we know how the story [...]
