I must admit, after starting this blog, I started to suffer a bit from some of the strange aches and pains that many runners probably get. I’ve been dealing a little with some hip pain and sore knees. Honestly, I think I just got a little carried away and added to much too fast. But who isn’t guilty of that? In any part of life! We all over indulge (if that is what you can say about running)… I am sure that anyone who has visited my site have done the same thing (and I hope people are actually visiting my site – I’d love to think that there are a lot of you out there that hang on my every word… ok, ok, I know you don’t and that there are a lot of sites out there)…
Anyway, because of my minor irritants, I have had to step back my routine a bit. It has actually helped a lot to just ratchet down my training by cutting back about 5 miles for a couple of weeks and then start back out a little slower. What is the old adage? Slow and steady wins the race? Ok, then I’ll take it!
And it might be time now to start adding some strength training to my routine - I’ve read a lot that a stronger core and muscles have been linked to much better stamina and performance. Anybody that has some training recommendations, please bring ‘em on!
