How is it race week already?! Time is zooming by! Last time I checked in, I was about to leave for an 11-day trip to Taiwan. I’m happy to report that I managed to hit my running goals: I ran…
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Walnut Creek Half – Race Week!
Tagged with: friends, injury, photos, Redwood Regional, Taipei, training, Walnut Creek Half Marathon
Posted in Training
Posted in Training
Book Review: Anatomy for Runners (plus quick training update!)
Howdy friends! I promised a while back to review Anatomy for Runners by Jay Dicharry, so here I am to make good on my promise. Full Title: Anatomy for Runners: Unlocking Your Athletic Potential for Health, Speed, and Injury Prevention. About…
Gym Rat
With my plan of tackling the San Francisco 1st Half Marathon (SF1HM) with run/walk intervals in mind, I decided to do all of my runs this past week on the treadmill. That way, I could stop whenever I felt any…
Tagged with: Anatomy for Runners, gym, injury, injury prevention, recumbent bike, run walk, SF1HM, strength exercises, swimming, training, treadmill
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Posted in Training
Glass Half Full
Some runners get really depressed when they can’t run. I admit that I got a little blue at the prospect of taking a little break from my favorite means of acquiring endorphins. However, there have been some good things that…
Tagged with: Big Basin, cross training, hip, injury, positivity, swimming
Posted in Injuries, random
Posted in Injuries, random
Diagnosis
Following a sad and painful run on Tuesday, I made an appointment for Wednesday (yesterday) to see Dr. J, sports chiropractor/ART therapist extraordinaire. I reminded him of our first appointment, how he worked on my left hip, but now my…
Tagged with: ART, Dr. J, hamstring, hip, injury, massage, pain, strengthening, stretching
Posted in Injuries
Posted in Injuries
Cross training and Hip Update
Hi there! First, I want to thank everyone who commented on my last post re: “Are marathons bad for your health?” So many insightful comments and valid points! So, what have I been up to? Well, as promised, I did…
Tagged with: cross training, elliptical, hiking, hip, hot yoga, injury, stationary bike, swimming
Posted in Injuries
Posted in Injuries
Weekly training recap: SF2HM Week 6
*SF2HM = San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon Mon: 30 min stretching/rolling. Tues: Easy run with KH and EH, who are back in town for a few weeks. I ran a mile to our meeting spot, ran with them for a…
Tagged with: ankle, bike commute, cycling, friends, HIIT, injury, intervals, Lafayette-Moraga Trail, long run, pacing, rock climbing, running, SF2HM, stretching, training, walking
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Posted in Training
Weekly training recap: SF2HM Week 5
*SF2HM = San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon Get ready for the shortest weekly training recap ever! Mon-Wed, Fri: Rest due to a strained ankle. It was just as well considering that we were experiencing a huge heat wave, which made…
Should I or Shouldn’t I? You help me decide!
Quandary: I’m signed up for a 10K this Saturday, but I strained my ankle last Saturday. As of today (Wednesday), I’m fairly mobile on level ground and there is no significant swelling or tenderness. I only have pain when I…
Weekly training recap: SF2HM Week 4
*SF2HM = San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon Halfway through this week, I realized that the 1st blogaversary of Running Tangents came and went without me even noticing. D’OH! When I think back to that first blog post from April 13,…
Tagged with: ankle, bike commute, cycling, injury, intervals, photos, rock climbing, running, SF2HM, stretching, training
Posted in Injuries, Training
Posted in Injuries, Training
Running Tangents 