Active Stretching for Runners: The 5 Minute Solution to Improved Performance and Injury Reduction
How many of you reading this would like to improve your performance and reduce the rate and risk of training related injuries? ALL OF YOU! I thought so…. Well then you are in luck because if you were to learn and master a 5 minute pre -run active-stretch routine-that’s exactly what will happen. When I ask runners if they stretch before they run I almost always get the same answer, “I know I’m supposed to but I don’t have enough time, I need to get my run in.” REALLY.. are you kidding me! You have time to go...
read moreMy Marathon is Over, Now What? Keys to a Fantastic Off-Season
Chicago, Atlantic City, Marine Core, Hartford, Philadelphia, and the Granddaddy of them all, the ING New York City Marathon… Some of the more popular fall marathon events in the northeast. If you’ve run and completed one of these races, congratulations! Having run eight marathons myself I understand how much preparation goes into an event of this magnitude. Some of you may you have trained all year for this marathon, or at the very least, the last four months.You shared your glory with your friends and family after the...
read moreRecovery & Regeneration: A Runner’s Secret Weapon
Fall in the Northeast is the time for half and whole marathons: the Philadelphia Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon and Hamptons Half in September, Grete’s Great Gallop, Marine Core and the Chicago Marathons in October, and the New York City Marathon in November The Mighty Marathon The modern marathon is a phenomenon even beyond the wildest dreams of the father of the modern marathon, Fred Lebow, founder of the New York City Marathon. The NYC Marathon began in 1970 with 55 finishers. The 2010 version of the same race had...
read moreDriving You Foward
Running is one of the greatest types of exercise available to most of us. It has one of the lowest equipment needs of any sport. You really only need a pair of running shoes, a t-shirt and a pair of shorts. Right? What is running anyway? You could simply define running as the act of putting one foot in front of the other. But as runners, do you know how this happens bio-mechanically? What are the muscles that get you from step to step, from point A to point B? From the Starting Line to the Finish Line What drives you forward are your hips....
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