Having a running blog can be a lot of fun when things are going well. It’s great to be able to talk about running accomplishments and exciting workouts completed. However, it can be a real drag when the injury bug hits and running becomes painful. This is why my blog postings have really fallen off […]
Postural Restoration Institute – Hope For My Running Injuries?
As a runner, is there anything worse than injuries? Good lord! As I’ve chronicled in my prior posts, I’m battling the dreaded injury bug on two fronts: (1) a nasty case of runner’s knee localized on my inner knee, and (2) a recurrence of a terrible upper back/trapezius pain that I mistakenly thought I had […]
Can Blowing Up a Balloon Decrease Back Pain?
As I stated in a prior post, I’ve recently started having some fairly serious upper back pain. The pain is localized in the upper trapezius area and flares up about 20-30 minutes into a run. I have had this injury before and thought that I had it under control by doing some trapezius strengthening exercises […]
Want to Reduce Injury Risk? Increase Your Running Cadence
I ignored the knee pain when it first started – the pain was barely noticeable. It was probably just some phantom soreness after a hard run. I still wasn’t too concerned when I felt the pain again the next day during a run. This time it was a bit more localized on my inner knee, […]
Trapezius Pain: A New Threat to My Running Goals
I apologize for not posting in a while. To be honest, I’ve been really frustrated this past week about an injury situation that is threatening to derail my goals for 30 Minute Runner 2.0. Trapezius Pain as a Running Injury? If you’ve been following my prior posts, you know that I had originally scraped my […]
Building the Base for Hood to Coast – 30 Minute Runner 2.0
The more things change the more they stay the same. Although I’m shifting to a different training plan, my running last week wasn’t all that different to my old plan – minus the 10-20-30 workouts. Training in the “Introductory Period” As I mentioned in my post explaining the 30 Minute Runner 2.0 plan, I am […]
