All posts tagged: Injuries

A person wearing running shoes is sitting on the floor, only the upper legs visible.

Only assholes do that

As I step out into the chilly air, I can feel the weight of the past year bear­ing down on my shoul­ders. My Achilles ten­don still aches, a con­stant reminder of the injury that has slowed me down for so long. And yet, despite the pain and the set­backs, I lace up my shoes and begin to run. It’s the first day of a new year, and I am deter­mined to make it a suc­cess­ful one.

Quick Links — Week 29

«The Ulti­mate Guide to Heart Rate Vari­abil­i­ty (HRV): Part 1» — Mar­co Alti­ni, medium.com «100-Year-Old Marathon Run­ner Shares His Secret To Longevi­ty» — James Booth, D’Marge «Con­tent­ment» — Sab­ri­na Lit­tle, iRun­Far «How Sebas­t­ian Sals­bury Finds Free­dom In Trail Run­ning Through San­ta Bar­bara» — Diego San­doval, Noozhawk «Is This the Nut­ti­est FKT… Ever?» — Isabel­la Rosario, Out­side Mag­a­zine «How to avoid run­ning injuries» — Run with Anna, YouTube «The Ulti­mate Guide to Uphill Trail Run­ning» — Alex Hutchin­son, Out­side Mag­a­zine «She’s 37. A mom of two. And America’s fastest female marathon­er.» — Car­o­line Pine­da, The Wash­ing­ton Post «Fred­er­ic­ton ultra-long dis­tance run­ner com­pletes two giant races, two weeks apart» — Jan Lakes, CBC «This Trans Trail-Run­ning Team Is Con­fronting Hatred with Joy» — Out­side Mag­a­zine «Build­ing a Run­ning Com­mu­ni­ty with Iman Wilk­er­son» — Wild Ideas Worth Liv­ing, Spo­ti­fy Quick Links are usu­al­ly added once a week to this blog and cov­er every top­ic possible.

Quick Links — Week 17

«Run­ning and the Sci­ence of Men­tal Tough­ness» — Mariska van Sprun­del, The MIT Press «A Runner’s Adven­ture in Antarc­tic» — Sandy Lam, Trail Sis­ters «He Ran Marathons in Prison. Boston’s Was Eas­i­er.» — Patri­cia Leigh Brown, The New York Times «Ultra­run­ner vs. Tes­la — Run­ning 242 Miles» — Nick Bare, YouTube «Run­ning Is a Metaphor. Until You Hurt Your Foot» — Bren­dan Leonard, Out­side Mag­a­zine «The Best Run­ning Dogs: 8 Best Breeds For Run­ning Com­pan­ions» — Amber Say­er, Marathon Hand­book «Get­ting to Know a Trail Ultra­ma­rathon Course» — Bry­on Pow­ell, iRun­Far Quick Links are usu­al­ly added once a week to this blog and cov­er every top­ic possible.

Quick Links — Week 11

«How to per­form a trig­ger point mas­sage» — Louise Bond, Live Sci­ence «Stop Try­ing to Become a Run­ner. There’s Noth­ing Wrong With Jog­ging.» — Tan­ner Gar­ri­ty, Insid­e­Hook «Com­mon Run­ning Mis­takes! 5 Things I Wish I Knew Ear­li­er!» — Göran Win­blad, YouTube «Trail-Run­ning: Tips to Start Strong» — Shawn Richard, The Good Men Project «Injury risk in trail run­ning is asso­ci­at­ed with extrin­sic and intrin­sic fac­tors» — Nicholas Ng Fat Hing and Avneesh Bhangu, 2 minute med­i­cine «Run­ning injuries don’t hap­pen for the rea­sons you think – here’s the three best ways to pre­vent them» — The Con­ver­sa­tion «Once And For All: Here’s How You Should Poop In The Woods» — Rea­gan Coly­er, Trail Run­ner Mag­a­zine Quick Links are usu­al­ly added once a week to this blog and cov­er every top­ic possible.

Quick Links — Week 10

«Lul­ule­mon launch­es into footwear as it seeks to take on indus­try giants like Nike, Adi­das» — Lau­ren Thomas, CNBC «Set­ting a goal — Make run­ning a habit» — Polar, YouTube «How Self-Talk May Influ­ence Long-Term Adap­ta­tion» — David Roche, Trail Run­ner Mag­a­zine «The Restora­tive Joy of Cycling» — Clive Thomp­son «10 Rea­sons To Run… Slow­er?» — Glob­al Triathlon Net­work, YouTube «Your Run­ning Injury Ques­tions, Answered» — Talya Mins­berg, The New York Times «How Apple could make the Air­Pods Pro 2 per­fect run­ning ear­buds» — Michael Sawh, TechRadar «What you eat can repro­gram your genes – an expert explains the emerg­ing sci­ence of nutrige­nomics» — Mon­i­ca Dus, The Con­ver­sa­tion «The Kil­i­man­jaro Trail Run is a World-Class Event and a Force for Good» — Endurance Sports­wire «What is sleep hygiene?» — Gavin New­sham, Live Sci­ence Quick Links are usu­al­ly added once a week to this blog and cov­er every top­ic possible.