1. It’s the first of the month. Don’t forget to pay rent. You. are. welcome.
2. My buddy, Brett, made an iPhone app for kiddos called Match-a-roo Zoo. You can check it out here. It’s really cute. Ashley Ann Photography is doing a giveaway for it, so if you want to try and get it for free, check out her blog. Her kids are the cutest things ever made on this earth besides this guy.
Look at those racing eyes.
3. I need some running advice regarding the following:
- running with sore muscles
- abdominal cramps
- running form slash how not to tense my shoulders
Anyone? anyone? Bueller?
4. How the heck is it September?
- 24 days until the Jellie matrimony!
- 9 days until D’s velodrome national championship master olympic races
- 19 days until I sign up for my first half marathon
5. 3 day weekend coming up! What are you doing?
6. Does anyone want to hire me?
I recommend trigger point/foam rolling before and after running. It's time consuming but it's worth being injury free. I also think a weekly massage helps too! Are you sore from running or lifting?
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As far as the shoulder thing, I would say to make a conscious effort to remind yourself to relax your arms and keep the shoulders down. If you run with an ipod, you can think about fixing your form after every song. Sorry I don't that anything super helpful for that one. Melisa would be the good one to ask.
1. Running with sore muscles - sometimes, despite what your body may be telling you, when your muscles are sore it's good to do a light, easy run to just get the blood flowing. And as always, be sure you are drinking PLENTY of water as you train for the marathon..it helps with sore muscles and their recovery. Also, have you ever used a foam roller? or the Trigger Point set?
ReplyDelete2. Abdominal cramps- I had a client tell me that after a certain distance she would get some crazy stomach cramps (always around the same time). After some trial and error she figured out it was something she was eating in her diet the night before her runs. (I think it ended up being black beans and some sort of rice that caused it) Not sure if this is your problem??
3. Running with tense shoulder? - RELAX, silly! I used to have the same problem, but after consciously making myself relax and think about running loose and natural it kind of corrected itself. Just think in your head, "Smooth, comfortable, relaxed" - and repeat!
Take all these suggestions with a grain of salt if you want. Hope they help in some way! :)
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Not sure if I can add anything to the fantastic suggestions above but I will try.
ReplyDelete1. Don't forget ice baths or just cold water baths to help muscles recover after intense runs. Also morning short slow runsafter tough night workouts help flush the bad stuff out of your legs (but only if you have had enough sleep!). Great article in Runner's World about Post-run recovery: http://runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=20419
1-2. If not food, maybe there is also a hydration issue for 2. Keep your arms above your head when working out the cramp. Or it could be breathing related. On easy runs, breathe in 3 counts, out 2. For tougher runs, breathe in 2, out 1. It may be tedious to keep an eye on at first but it will become second nature.
3. Once again- relax! If you aren't thinking about breathing and drinking water, think about shoulders down, back upright. Or at the end of your run, throw some striders on- about 50 meters- and completely focus on form. Don't go too fast- just about a 7 out of 10- and try to keep great form. Have Devin tape out one day so you can look at it and see where you need to fix.
Haha! I LOVE that Jess and I commented within 10 minutes of each other and almost the exact same thing. Sounds like you have lots of great suggestions above! :)
ReplyDeleteto relax while running, pretend you're holding potato chips between your index and thumb fingers. DON'T BREAK YOUR CHIPS! voilà! relaxed... :)
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