According to a recent study from USA Track and Field, stretching before running has no impact on whether or not you’ll wind up with an injury. At the same time, if you normally stretch, you’ll increase your injury risk by quitting cold turkey.
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Last night I discovered the joys of running after dark. With the kids back in school and their activity schedules cranking up, my exercise schedule has gotten increasingly unpredictable, though I’ve done my best to remain consistent.
This is just a quick note to say that the kids are back at school, and our 12 year old has decided to go out for the middle school cross country team. His first practice is tomorrow at 4PM, when it will be 95° and humid. We’ll see how that goes…
Over the weekend, I ran a 5k with our eight and twelve year old. All in all, we had a blast, and I was very impressed with both of them. For our eight year old, it was his very first race, and he performed admirably.
In the time since I published my RunKeeper vs. Nike+ comparison, I’ve had several people ask me if RunKeeper is accurate. The short answer is yes, mostly. The slightly longer answer is not always, and when it’s wrong, it’s really wrong.
Over the weekend, I went out looking for running shirts. We live in the South, where it gets hot, hot, hot during the summer. On top of that, I’ve been running in cotton t-shirts. Big mistake, I know. After a few miles, my t-shirt feels like it weighs about ten pounds. Not good. Time for a change!
Want to run faster? Then maybe you should relax. That’s the upshot of an article over on Active.com that Heather recently sent to me. Obviously, no amount of relaxation will offset a lack of proper training, but I’ve definitely noticed that I run better when I’m relaxed.
Holy crap. I went for a run with my wife yesterday, and boy did I suffer! Whenever she takes the kids to Taekwando, she runs a 4+ mile out-and-back. She’s told me in the past how much she enjoys it, so yesterday I decided to join her.
When I first started running, I kept reading about how I should be running at a pace where I’m breathing easily enough to carry on a conversation. At the time, this was a bit disheartening because there was no way I could maintain “conversational” breathing for any length of time while out running.