Jan 27 2012
Treadmills and Hills: Midway through winter, you have probably plowed through a few treadmill workouts. Treadmill workouts don’t change your running form significantly (enough to do a running analysis on a treadmill and assess the results), but they do change the forces your body uses to move you along. So how do you know if [...]
Jan 17 2012
#womensrunning twitter chat! Topic: New Years Mojo: Running, Getting in Shape, Weight loss, and Women’s Health! Moderator: @TRPrunner, Andrea Henry, PT Guest Expert: @KristaAustin, Krista Austin, Ph.D, Exercise Physiology & Sport Nutrition, CSCS, Physiologist – United States Olympic Committee, “Performance & Nutrition Coaching” Guests: @Tryn2bfit: (Colleen) Lost 120# & finally living! First marathon 3:46 going [...]
Jan 13 2012
The new year. A time of new beginnings. A time when resolutions are made and promises are given. Often times, those resolutions revolve around exercise. Unfortunately, if you don’t do a little planning, resolutions often fail within the first three months. As a runner, a YMCA professional and a Sport Psychology consultant, I’m more than [...]
Jan 3 2012
Deep water running is often completed when a runner is injured or when a runner wants to take up cross training and freshen up the legs for harder workouts. If you haven’t done it, it involves getting a running vest (commonly known as an aqua jogger). It actually can be a refreshing change of pace [...]
Dec 26 2011
You’ve gotten bit by the running bug, learned the running lingo, strapped on a pair of running shoes, trained and ran in a few races. What is the next step? As you train for that next big race, are you prepared as you think? Here are five tips that will leave you confident you can [...]
Nov 21 2011
I wrote a brief post a while back about barefoot running after taking a course at an APTA (American Physical Therapy Association) conference here. After taking another PT course on it again, I’m revisiting the topic with some thoughts (as always, this is such a changing topic so updates are forthcoming): 1. Barefoot running definitely [...]
Nov 21 2011
Activities to complete with your baby to promote movement development: **You will notice many of these ideas include other areas of development besides gross motor. This is because motor skills are developed in conjunction with and further enhanced by other sensory development-hence the term “sensory-motor”. The ideas below include all aspects (visual, vestibular, sensory or [...]
Nov 12 2011
So you’ve just finished that big race and hobbled your way across the line. Or during that tough track workout, you pushed it a bit too much and now you’ve got that dreaded pain in your knee that just won’t subside. When do you attempt to run through it, take a few days off or [...]
Sep 7 2011
Good running equipment is key to enjoying the sport of running. One item necessary if you live in a sunny climate is a good hat or visor. I recently found some good sun protection to wear while running when I purchased the UA Ventilator Mesh visor at a local Sports store. I’m not a fan [...]
Oct 31 2011
From the day a baby is created and born, movement is something innate-something that is constantly occurring. When our babies movements begin to develop in utero, they are gaining a sensory-motor experience we can’t see. But when they are born, we are privileged to watch their little world of movement open up, learning like a [...]
Oct 28 2011
We runners know well that running races and especially marathons prepare us well for birth and motherhood. We might dream of being pregnant and giving birth and might imagine how it will happen. And we all at some point, imagine how that perfect race will go too. We can do all the training and research [...]
Dec 8 2011
#womensrunning twitter chat! Topic: Our favorite women’s races, charities/ causes they support, training and the and race bling we love! *Guest Experts: @realityrunning, Sara Johnson, an RRCA-certified running coach, running for more than 10 years, has a coaching business (Reality Running), mom of two, writes for the Dallas Running Examiner. https://www.facebook.com/RealityRunning @Libbyruns, Libby Jones , [...]
Nov 13 2011
#womensrunning twitter chat! Topic: Running, Pregnancy, and Time Management for all! *Guest Experts: @TRPrunner, Andrea Henry, Physical Therapist, personal trainer, moderator @KimTirapelle, Kim Tirapelle, RD, Registered Dietitian specializing in sports nutrition, wt management & MNT. Fresno State Athletics & TERRIO’s Sports RD. Media spokesperson and avid runner! Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD) Sponsors: [...]
