I am very interested in how GTC runners stay injury free and also still race competitively. Below is a piece I wrote for LetsRun.com (link below)and I would like your thoughts and ideas.
http://www.letsrun.com/2009/runningmilitary0202.php
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Nice article...you seem to cover all my ideas (shoes, the 3-4 day runs a week, slow down if injured). I do 10-14 races/yr since I've been basically injury-free. Resting properly immediately following races is the latest mantra I have a hard time following. Don't do a trail race a week following your 1st marathon in 7 years and don't get lost and mistakenly run 13 instead of 5 after your next one 6 months later)! Well - if your body won't let you anyway. If you are fit/trained enough - go for it.
ReplyDeleteI have found that resting is the best way to recover from my any injury that I have. When I first starting running, three years ago, I would run through the pain, but it only made it worst and it took forever to heal. Now I rest for about a week and I use lots of ice packs.
ReplyDeleteVernell's got it right with the ice packs--and you can step it up with an actual ice bath. Start with only 2 bags of ice from a gas station freezer, and enough cool water to take a bath...if you cna stand it for a couple minutes, you'll feel much better the next day.
ReplyDeleteGreat article. I find that continuing to run through the winter months helps me stay injury free the rest of the year. Even though I hate running on the treadmill, at some point it beats slipping and slidding along an icy sidewalk/street. And it beats stopping altogether for a few months and then trying to start up again from scratch. Plus you can wear your shorts while running on a treadmill in the dead of winter without getting frost bite.
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ReplyDeleteNice article. Not getting enough rest after hard workouts is usually how I have gotten a few stress fractures in the past 10 years. Also, I find that the older we get the more we need to choose between increasing distance or intensity. Increasing weekly mileage by 5 -10 miles is ok, but if I also run a hard trackworkout when I'm increasing mileage is when I have been hurt. Keep up the running and hope we are running Boston 2010 together.