All sorts of people running 10k, half-marathons and marathons today, right through NCSU and downtown. Nicely done, Raleigh! And me (ahem), and Bill, who guilted me into running in the first place, and Gary, who ran the 13.1 without any real training. Great start to the day!
Ran 10K at the City of Oaks marathon, nice event
Woot!
MM, mmmmm
The surprising clincher is the real reason why runners get injured is that injury prevention is not about leg muscle strength at all. Sure, strong legs matter – but the truth is, your set traditional training more than adequately covers that. In fact, it’s just the opposite: the real strengthening needs to target all the muscles you’re most likely ignoring while overly repeating the front-and-back motion of running. In short, your surrounding muscles which laterally stabilize — and are SO important to safely landing each step — just continue to atrophy. This pattern is no surprise because by definition, running is a forward-and-back motion. That’s why the injuries that plague runners are common and predictable.