You Need To Do These Things In The Days And Weeks After A Marathon

The amount of time, energy, grit and guts that go into training for and running a marathon is huge. We set our sights on the big day, but often we don’t think too much beyond that to the marathon recovery.

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A Runner's Guide To Ice Baths

The usefulness of ice baths is debated, but there’s a compromise. Eggs are good for you. Eggs are bad eggs for you. Eggs are good for you. If you’re middle-aged like I am, you’re used to conflicting advice on everything from nutrition to stretching to training volume and intensity.

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Rest and Recovery for Runners

The simplest strategies make the biggest difference. It's after 10 p.m. on a Thursday in a midtown Manhattan hotel, where a bunch of the world's fastest runners have descended for the 2013 New York City Marathon. In the middle of the ninth-floor hallway is a shadowy figure lying on the floor.



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Is Compression for Competition or Recovery?

As tight as they are bright, compression socks, sleeves, shorts, and pants promise to boost performance and recovery. But scientists aren’t entirely sure how—or if—compression gear works as advertised, questioning its usefulness in competition and recovery.



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How Do I Know if I'm Recovered After a Workout?

Monitoring your resting heart rate is a good indicator of recovery. Hi Susan- How do you know if you are recovered after a race or workout? Sometimes I feel like I am fine, but then feel flat on my next run. My legs feel heavy and sometimes my breathing is labored.



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7 Secrets for Making a Comeback

How to get moving again after being sidelined. It happens to so many runners, and in all likelihood it’s happened to you: You start running. You push your body faster, farther, and start to dream about PRs, six-pack abs, and pairs of skinny jeans.



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Collegiate Runner Returns to Racing After Brain Tumor

Lehigh University senior ran a personal best at the Paul Short Run last weekend. Competing as a distance runner at the Division I level year-round is tough enough for a collegiate student-athlete.



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In Stride

Last month, 400 runners from all over the world converged in Colorado for the start of the TransRockies Trail Run, a three- or six-day stage race over the mountains from Buena Vista to Vail. The course spans 120 miles and gains nearly 20,000 feet of vertical, much of it above 10,000 feet.



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The Rule Of Two: Coming Back After Injury

One of the most common frustrations for any experienced runner is making a successful return to running after being sidelined with an injury. Even for a fairly efficient runner, the act of running puts considerable stress on the joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments.



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Ask Well: Plantar Fasciitis Relief

Can I get relief for plantar fasciitis? If you have stairs or a sturdy box in your home and a backpack, timely relief for plantar fasciitis may be possible, according to a new study of low-tech treatments for the condition.



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9 Tips for Creating a Recovery Plan

Recovery is defined as “the act or process of becoming healthy; a return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength.” This definition can be applied to running as well.



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Are You Foam Rolling All Wrong?

Visit dailyburn.com Need to work out anywhere, anytime? Stream all our workouts. Only at These days, foam rollers are everywhere — the gym, your physical therapist’s office, your living room and even your suitcase.



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A Runner's Guide To Ice Baths

The usefulness of ice baths is debated, but there’s a compromise. Eggs are good for you. Eggs are bad eggs for you. Eggs are good for you. If you’re middle-aged like I am, you’re used to conflicting advice on everything from nutrition to stretching to training volume and intensity.



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3 Foam Rolling Moves Better Than Paying For A Massage

Despite the very many health benefits of massage, we can't all book regular appointments at the spa. But there's a basic (and cheap!) tool known to many regular runners and other athletes that just might be the next best thing. If you haven't already, it's time to get familiar with a foam roller.



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Forced Rest Day

I am forcing myself to take it easy today, even though I have lots of time to run and ice (and rest). But yesterday's first day back on the BIG HILL was tiring and difficult. I had to stop at the top of the 2k hill and pickup my lungs. It was as brutal and beautiful as I remember. I posted photos here and on Flickr. If anyone ever needs a good long hill in Madrid, this is the one for you.

Well, tomorrow I think a 7k slow and steady. I've got my eye on a back to back run for Thursday and Friday, with Saturday resting, and a "long" run for Sunday.

The mission continues...

BTW, my gf keeps telling me my pants (my FAT pants) are riding down. I don't think weight loss and waist size falls so fast (in 3 weeks) but she's doing her bit to keep my motivation high.

7k Friday

Got it done, but none to happy with the state of my splits nor the bone pain in my legs.

Just iced my knees. And thinking about how far I have to go to get back to where I stood.

7k shouldn't hurt this much.

The Mission continues ...


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Midweek Run

Info and pics here

The weather was cold and blustery and the sun was hot, and decided to hit the park for a 7k run. It usually is hard as it has a steep rise after 4k and long stairs after 5.5k. It never failed to make me sweat last year. But I've been reluctant to run it with the same frequency as before my knee injury. But today felt good. I felt strong. And I managed the pain (with mud/grass, music, slow pace).

As my Quote of the Day said, I came home and smiled in the mirror. It's a day that makes you think that you CAN bounce back at 43 from knee problems.

Well, thanks for listening to me.

Have a wonderful run today!

Rainy Cold Tuesday

Giving the pain in my knee and the need to go slow, I'm not going for a run in the freezing rain. Though I'm owed it.

Observation: Nothing makes you look like more of a badass than running in winter rains.


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Rest Day Justified

I had a scheduled rest day on the books, but I also felt as I didn't have classes today I could run. Well, I had a lot of errands to run this morning and so walked a lot around Malasaña. My right leg hurt above the ankle as I was walking after 20 minutes. I take that as confirmation that a slow easy comeback is the way forward. I deeply afraid of injuring myself as I try to return to peak running form.

Thus, it is a haircut and a TV day.

Hope everyone is having a good run today! I will see you at 5.30am tomorrow!

Ciao

Morning 3

I felt awful today. Lack of sleep and stress robbed me of a good morning run. I just didn't feel like being out there. My head wasn't in it, so to speak. Also, I was feeling some pain shooting up my left leg, which made me worry about stress fracture in my future. So I cut it short and went around the Temple, and home for a long shower.

That said. I did enjoy running in wintry Madrid in shorts with a long sleeve and hat. No gloves. The winters here really aren't anything to a boy raised on ankle deep snow runs. Also, I am proud of sticking to my schedule. The mission continues...

 

Ciao for now!

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