No one could have guessed what April 15, 2013 would hold for the Boston Marathon.
When people describe what it takes to train for, run and finish a marathon, they often say it’s a lot of blood, sweat and tears.
No one could have guessed the blood at this year’s Boston Marathon finish line would be due to anything but blisters.
Explosions? Oh, Lord. What has this world come to? Continue reading
Filed under Boston Marathon, Races
Notice the fuzziness around the bone inside the circle. That's the arthritis showing up in an X-ray.
Arthritis, simply defined, is the inflammation of one or more joints. But it’s actually an umbrella term, according to arthritis.org, used to describe a group of 100-plus medical conditions. Continue reading
Filed under Arthritis, Injuries, Stress fracture
Tal Kopan stretches her IT band after a January run outside.
[Editor's note: Today's post comes to you from guest blogger Tal Kopan. If you'd like to write an injury-related post, message me on Twitter. Thanks!]
Hi. My name is Tal. I’m an athlete, and I have trouble accepting my weaknesses.
I recently learned one of my weaknesses is my IT band.
By way of introduction, I’m a medium distance runner and am working toward a first triathlon, but I consider that my off season. First and foremost, I am an ultimate frisbee player. Continue reading
Filed under Injuries, IT band, Tips & Tricks, Your injuries
I've been running outside all winter for a couple of years. Traction devices help get me through.
I hate the treadmill with the white hot passion of a thousand suns. And before I was informed about running outside in the winter safely, I would slog along on the dreadmill for countless boring miles each winter. Continue reading
Filed under F*cking Freezing Frozen Lake Half Marathon, Injuries, Knees, running, Shoes, Tips & Tricks
After this week's long run, I made the hubby and I homemade lattes.
I don’t want to say my husband (fiance at the time) was glad I got hurt while training for the Racine 70.3 Ironman triathlon earlier this year. But I do think he was glad to get our time together back.
Endurance training takes up a lot of time. A lot of that training time eats into our couple time. Continue reading
Filed under running, Tips & Tricks
Stretching does a body good, especially if said body is injury-prone.
I’ve picked a hell of a goal race for coming back from my latest injury — a half marathon in Chicago at the end of January. Continue reading
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Filed under F*cking Freezing Frozen Lake Half Marathon, Injuries, Races, shin splints, Shoes, Time to replace
Runners in CARA's 2011 Winter Half Marathon Training program run north along the lakefront path.
What a day for a run! There may have been some wind, and it may have been a bit chilly, but the sun shined down — blessing the first long run of the CARA Winter Half Marathon Training. Continue reading
