Browsing Archive: February, 2009
Posted by Alan Jenkin on Friday, February 27, 2009,
In :
injuries
 This article is taken from the eBook Your Half Training Schedule available here.
Runners
get injured. It's not a question of whether you'll get injured, but
when, how often and how badly. Even when we do everything right, we
get injured sometimes.
Running
related injuries are generally not life-threatening, but they can wreak havoc
with our schedules. For this reason, it's a good idea to allow more
time than you need to train for a race. If you can, give yourself
3-6 weeks more time tha... Continue reading ...
Posted by Alan Jenkin on Saturday, February 21, 2009,
In :
stretching
If you have studied my eBook on
stretching, you'll know why to stretch and when to stretch.
You've
also learned a lot about how to stretch. So what else is there?
Quite a lot, really. In fact,
whole books have been written about stretching routines, not
even counting the yoga books. So here is today's tip, which you
won't even find in the books!
How do you know if you're stretching
correctly?
By this, I mean are you stretching
too hard,
leaving yourself open to injurie... Continue reading ...
Posted by Alan Jenkin on Wednesday, February 18, 2009,
In :
running
I finally got the photos from the 5K I ran with my daughter Sally in Conroe last month. They gave me my age as my race number! (Coincidence? Maybe!) We were running in honor of her mother, who died of cancer. Over 300 contestants came out for this, the first annual Remission Run, to celebrate people in remission from cancer (me) and to honor those who had died of cancer (my late wife.) Continue reading ...
Posted by Alan Jenkin on Sunday, February 15, 2009,
In :
injuries
Today would normally be my long run day but I'm injured again. Actually, it's probably still, rather than again. I ignored my pain in running for too long, and it caught up with me. According to Runner's World, Dr. Jeffrey Brown (author of The Competitive Edge) says that over time every runner is going to get injured: it's a part of running. It's important to keep perspective: my pulled hamstring is not like losing a job, for example. Being chronologically gifted, though (read "old"!) I am... Continue reading ...
Posted by Alan Jenkin on Monday, February 9, 2009,
In :
cross training
I just returned from a bike ride around the neighborhood -- a ride for cross
training. I use a mountain bike, because previously I rode
trails quite a bit, but now I use it on the roads mostly. I
found, though, that these days they sell tires that work for both
off-road and on-road -- they are knobbies with a slick strip down the
center.
It probably doesn't matter much whether you're using a road bike or a
mountain bike for cross training, but a road bike should go
faster. The disadv... Continue reading ...
Of all sports, running is probably the simplest. If you ever studied the rule book for baseball, football, basketball or almost any other sport, it's far more complicated than running. For running, the rules are simple: put one foot in front of the other and keep going until it's time to stop. Just because it's simple, though, doesn't mean that there is nothing to learn. I find, as I'm sure you do, that the longer I run the more I learn about running. Take GPS training, for example. On my l... Continue reading ...
Today was beautiful -- cool, calm and bright sunshine. I was due for interval workouts today, so I decided to substitute fartlek training rather than running set intervals. The beauty of that is that I can just break into speed whenever I feel like it and I do not need to keep checking my watch. I chose to make all my speed breaks downhill. This has several benefits: - It's easier, if you have hilly conditions like I do
- I can go faster in my training intervals
- I can concentrate on my form and pr...
Continue reading ...
| Register now for membership!
Did you know that Members have access to additional pages for: Books, Events Calendar, Training Products and more? If you're not already a member, register now to obtain these benefits and a twice-a-month newsletter packed with running tips!
About Me
| Alan Jenkin |
| Huntsville, Tx |
A runner, undistinguished but persevering, I am more concerned with keeping fit and healthy than with setting records (even PRs).
So I plod on, enjoying the journey with not too much concern about the destination. But I must admit to getting excited when I run faster or longer than the previous time!
|
My Scheduled Events:
January 30, 2010: Bill Crews Remission Run 5K, Conroe, TX
April 11, 2010: Capitol 10K, Austin, TX
April 24, 2010: Country Music Half Marathon, Nashville, TN
|
