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It seems ironic, but if you’re training for running—especially long distance—running isn’t enough. Strength training will make the difference between good and great on race day.
Runners tend to do one thing: run. It’s a notorious source of repetitive stress injury and you’re much more likely to get hurt if you don’t do strength training. The bonus, strength training will likely make you faster, too.
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Runners love to hate their IT bands. Trouble there can keep you off the road, the runner’s worst nightmare.
Short for iliotibial, the IT is a long band of connective tissue on the outside of each leg, running from hip to knee. When it gets inflamed, it usually causes pain on the outside of the knee. But it can also cause pain at the hip or lower back.
(more…)Looking for a 1 mile ocean swim around OCNJ and the Somers Point, New Jersey region. Look further because we have got you covered! Link: https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/OceanCity/OceanCitySwim Place 34th Street Beach Patrol Ocean City, NJ US 08226 Description 10am START, July 15, 2017 Host 34th Street Beach Patrol OCNJ
Looking for a great fourth of July race for actual day of Independence Day? The Pittman Freedom Four Miler is just the ticket and very well revered as a fast, local race that a lot of runners love year in and year out! What better way to get you July 4th celebrations started than by […]
Link to original study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28365296 Original Study Title: Running as a Key Lifestyle Medicine for Longevity. Journal: Progressive Cardiovascular Disease While the doctors here aren’t totally surprised to see an article like this one go online, we do like the idea that walking or running at a high level for around two hours of time weekly […]
Jill Kemenosh is proud to introduce The ELDOA Method next weekend at CK Pilates (Marmora, NJ) and will be taking on a limited amount of students to start practicing the deep myofascial stretching techniques created by Guy Voyer, DO. The ELDOA Method is deeply rooted in techniques to greatly reduce low back pain, neck pain, and […]
Looking for some local South Jersey and Philly races? We have you covered for local events from Cape May, NJ to Pennsauken, NJ with the following list for late spring 10k’s, 5k’s, and walks! Patriotic Prof 5k May 6, 2017 – 10:00 am Glassboro, NJ ATSNJ 5k Run and 1 Mile Walk May 7, 2017 […]
The @PGHMarathon is just four weeks away! To help countdown to the race we have hydration tips for runners from @JeffLucchinoRDN. pic.twitter.com/K0n2pGWuCy — UPMC Sports Medicine (@UPMCSportsMed) April 9, 2017 More info on marathon hydration: Runners World: http://www.runnersworld.com/racing/marathon-race-day-nutrition-and-hydration Competitor Magazine: http://running.competitor.com/2013/10/training/practicing-marathon-hydration-and-nutrition_57611
20th Annual Run for the Schooner 5k & Walkathon Port Norris, NJ Saturday – April 1 Come out and enjoy the fresh Spring air of the Delaware Bayshore as we embark upon our 20th Annual 5k Run for the Schooner and 1 mile Walkathon. On the first Saturday in April each year, this fun run/walk […]
Recently while watching the Run856 chatter on Facebook we saw a great deal of back and forth about just about everyone being slightly off when looking at their watch time and distance versus their race chip time and the known and verified race distance. One of the Run856 users shared this explanation from the USATF: […]