All posts tagged: Recovery

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 36

«How Running’s White Ori­gins Led To The Dan­gers Of ‹Run­ning While Black› » — Gene Dem­by & Nick Michael, npr «Belief, A Jour­ney from Ill­ness» — Valerie Collins, Trail Sis­ters «Should You Buy Run­ning Shoes A Half Size Big­ger? A Guide To Get It Right» — Amber Say­er, Marathon Hand­book Quick Links are usu­al­ly added once a week to this blog and cov­er every top­ic possible.

Quick Links — Week 27

«Going to Exhaus­tion. Even When You Aren’t Pre­pared.» — Steve Mag­ness, The Sci­ence of Run­ning «The Race to the Start Line: Return­ing to Run­ning After Hav­ing Covid-19» — Talya Mins­berg, The New York Times «Run­ning has taught me some impor­tant life lessons» — Audrey Dana­her, The Globe and Mail «How to run 100K (in 20 steps)» — Kee­ley Milne, Can­na­di­an Run­ning Mag­a­zine «6 rea­sons why trail run­ning is worth adding to your work­out rou­tine» — Spencer McK­ee, Out­There Col­orado «Women Run the World: Aoife Cooke Would Love for Her Sex­u­al­i­ty to be Irrel­e­vant» — Cathal Den­nehy, Wom­en’s Run­ning «Alter­na­tives to UTMB – The Oth­er Epic Moun­tain Races in Europe» — Helen Dixon, Trail & Kale Quick Links are usu­al­ly added once a week to this blog and cov­er every top­ic possible.

Quick Links — Week 24

«THE COLORADO CRUSH: 63 Days of Endurance | Ultra Run­ning Doc­u­men­tary» — The Auda­cious Report, YouTube «British endurance run­ner wins 22-mile race against horse» — Sana Noor Haq, CNN «Your Watch Doesn’t Know How Much Recov­ery You Need» — Alex Hutchin­son, Trail Run­ner Mag­a­zine «Dif­fer­ences in stress response between two alti­tudes assessed by sali­vary cor­ti­sol lev­els with­in cir­ca­di­an rhythms in long-dis­tance run­ners» — Kat­suhiko Tsunekawa, Kazu­mi Ushi­ki, Larasati Martha, Asu­ka Nakaza­wa, Rika Hasegawa, Risa Shimizu, Nozo­mi Shi­mo­da, Aki­hi­ro Yoshi­da, Kiy­o­mi Naka­ji­ma, Takao Kimu­ra & Masa­mi Muraka­mi, Sci­en­tif­ic Reports «Beyond Pas­ta: The New Rules of Carb Load­ing» — Scott Tin­dal, Wom­en’s Run­ning «New! Stra­va is now your go-to for all things trail» — The Stra­va Club 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.