The day after the NYC Half Marathon, I couldn’t walk. I got out of bed and I felt as if my legs couldn’t support my body. I grabbed onto everything I could find to support myself to walk either into the bathroom or the kitchen, but that’s as far as I got. The thought of walking up and down the stairs scared me. I knew it would be painful.
My husband and I woke up at 5 a.m. and turned on the television to find that the weather was in the 30s and windy.
Believe it or not, my shins still hurt. I started reading the book, Chi Running – A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless Injury-Free Running by Danny Dreyer and Katherine Dreyer, and was intrigued. He said that using the Chi Running technique could alleviate shin splints and other common running injuries.
One of the things that Danny Dreyer does, is he teaches the reader to be aware of their body. He also suggests watching children run. Why is it that children run so effortlessly and we adults have so much trouble running? Danny Dreyer says that as we age, we have more stress and tension in our lives, which we take out on our bodies.
I am a nervous wreck. I’m not kidding. The NYC Half Marathon is less than 24 hours away and I just don’t know if I’ll make
My shins never did quite heal. My back bothers me and I feel like I’m under pressure to complete the upcoming NYC Half Marathon that is happening this coming weekend.
I reached out to a Team For Kids coach. Team for Kids is a charity that I am running for and I raised over 2K for kids in inner cities to learn about nutrition and health. As a result of the fundraising effort, Team for Kids offers coaching to anyone on the “team.”
Last night I woke up at 2 am and had the worst headache ever! I reached for a bottle of Anacin Headache and proceeded to
My husband and I signed up for a 5K race, Coogan’s Salsa, Blues, and Shamrocks 5K, in the Cloisters, which is located in north Manhattan near Columbia University. It was the first race of the year, sponsored by the New York Road Runners, and it is one that counts toward the nine for automatic entry in the New York City Marathon.
Since we had not picked up our race numbers the day before, we needed to be at the pick up location between 7:30 and 8:30 am. We left our house on the south shore of Long Island at 7:00 am and drove through the Bronx into Manhattan.
I went to Crystal Mountain with my family for the weekend. Crystal Mountain is located in the Cascade Mountains, south-east of Seattle. When we got there, it was snowing and didn’t stop until we left. The visibility on the mountain was poor but the conditions were amazing. I have never seen so much snow!
I was always an avid skier. I’ve skied at many of the larger resorts around the U.S.A. – Park City, UT; Aspen, CO; Squaw Valley, CA; Mammoth Mountain, CA; and Killington, VT, to name a few.
On my honeymoon, I skied with my husband in Switzerland. Zermatt was great. The skiing was perfect and we had an amazing time. But St. Moritz’s conditions weren’t as good. There was a lot of ice. As we were skiing down a steep vertical slope, I tripped and slid down the mountain. I was hurt so bad that a helicopter had to medivac me off the mountain and take me to a local hospital.
After a skiing accident at Keystone, Co., which tore my meniscus, I was out for a year. After that, my husband broke his knee, so it has been more than two years since I was last on skis.
“Running is boring. My knees hurt when I run. Runners are crazy!” I used to say all of these negative things about running, and more. I worked with many runners (I am a massage therapist), many of whom had running-related injuries. I was always trying to find ways to help them prehab or rehab from their injuries and keep them running. I used my Masters Degree in Exercise Science to research running theories and techniques. But as much as I learned, none of it was going to make me a runner.
Whenever I go away, whether it’s for business or pleasure, I find it difficult to keep up with my workout routine. I find it even