#1 Protip for All Runners Ever: Get Strong Hips and Glutes

February 20, 2012

You read it in the title. The #1 serious, all-time, do-not-ignore-this advice that I have for every runner is right up there. Work on your hips and glutes. If you don’t, you’ll regret it. Every single injury I’ve had that lasted longer than a week can be traced directly to my weak hips and glutes. [...]

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This is Not a Foot Injury

February 10, 2012

So, on Wednesday evening I went to the free injury clinic that Playmakers puts on each week from 6–8 p.m. Although I have had approximately 20 minutes of experience at this clinic I highly recommend it if you’re in the Lansing area and having a sports-related issue. I spent most of Wednesday afternoon sulking (very [...]

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Plot Twist! A Pain, A Pair of Shoes, and Some Fretting

February 6, 2012

One thing you may or may not have gathered in the course of visiting this blog is that I tend to lie awake at night, worrying. Last week was quite stressful because starting Sunday night I found myself lying awake every night except Wednesday. The reasons involved some idiocy happening at work and some continuing [...]

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Muscle Memory

November 28, 2011

I wanted to start out this entry by making a grand announcement; something like WATCH OUT, I’M BACK! except I have a sneaking suspicion that such an announcement would backfire on me and I’d find myself hobbling around later this afternoon with a broken foot out of nowhere. Last Wednesday I got a voicemail from [...]

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Recovery, Be Not Proud

November 16, 2011

So, today was a non-every-other day. As part of my recovery from a mysterious pain in my foot, I have been instructed to only run every other day, and today was not an other day, and so I found myself doing Wii Fit step aerobics for an hour and ten minutes in my living room. [...]

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Reverse, Reverse

November 11, 2011

Two days ago was the one-month anniversary of my first marathon. During that month, I ran five times for a total of fourteen miles. If you didn’t gasp in horror just then…well, you probably did. That is partially the reason for my rather infrequent blogging as of late. What do you say on a running [...]

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