Live class is back, injury management and price per carb

"Injury management isn't for the easily discouraged. It requires being brutally honest with yourself about what your body is telling you. Some discomforts can be "run through" without making them worse. Sometimes, this strategy can even contribute to the healing process. Other discomforts will worsen with every step until they force you to stop completely. The tricky part? Telling the difference." 

If you are in the middle of a niggle, pain or a full-blown injury, this article written by a PT in the midst of doing PT for his own injury is a good read. Amongst the many, good take aways include, all runners struggle with injuries, neglecting strength training when you need it most (in the midst of heavy training) is bad timing and recovery is not linear. 

I am thinking about this myself as I am doing PT which on some runs feels like a magic spell that is working perfectly and the next run is a full set back to where I started. But I am still getting on the ground to do all the assignments and most importantly, I believe!  Now go do some clamshells and stand up tall! 

STRENGTH TRAINING
Strength Training for Runners LIVE CLASS IS BACK this Wednesday. I will not only be teaching, BUT I look just like we left off since I didn't smash my face at mountain bike camp last week. 

ONE EXERCISE- STEP DOWNS
If you don't have 30 minutes to spare, here is ONE exercise you can add to your day. Work up to 3 sets of 10 per side really focus on your glutes, we can all use more coordination, control and strength from our backsides. All you need is a step. 

FUELING ON A BUDGET
Here is a great graphic showing price per carb for some of the most popular gels. My learning from this was that high carb drink mixes are more economical than gels (3-5 cents per carb for drink mixes vs 7-13 cents per carb in gel form). High carb drink mixes include choices like Skratch Super High Carb and Tailwind. If you want to compare gas station snacks to your favorite gel, Swedish Fish are 1.6 cents per carb,  Nerds Gummy Clusters are 2 cents per carb and Oreos (Double Stuff because the other kind is trash), are 1.1 cents per carb. 

After doing that research on candy, my social media sent me a post about how to make nachos with green beans and now I don't believe in the internet anymore and to anyone making nachos without chips subbing in green beans I am sorry for whatever has led to this and there is a better way, I am here to talk. 

Happy trails!