When it snows and blows and ices up like it has been during the past month or so, it’s easy to be coy and say, as I did in this space a few weeks ago, that to keep in running trim, you should put on your T and shorts and running shoes, cover up with zipper leggings and a warm jacket, walk or light jog to your neighborhood gym, take off your cover-ups and run on the treadmill for thirty minutes. There you have it; all the winter training tips you need.
It is true to a point. As I wrote about in this space, I suffered my worst injury by attempting to hard-train through similarly blizzard-like conditions during the winter of 2011. In February that year, I was on a cold-weather run in Prospect Park when I pulled a hamstring muscle. A month later I was near-hospitalized when my hamstring tore painfully and forced me out of the 2011 Boston Marathon. I came back to run Boston the next year, but I’ve since been shy to train in cold weather. In part because that blown hamstring muscle has never really felt like it did before the injury …
All of which is to say, when it comes to winter training tips, this runner goes back to basics. Call me coy, but I’d like to start training for my run with my daughter this summer. That means, for the next six weeks or so, I’ll be doing most of my running in the gym, on the treadmill. If you're training, or about to start a training regimen, and have any concerns about tight muscles, I'd advise you to do the same.
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It is true to a point. As I wrote about in this space, I suffered my worst injury by attempting to hard-train through similarly blizzard-like conditions during the winter of 2011. In February that year, I was on a cold-weather run in Prospect Park when I pulled a hamstring muscle. A month later I was near-hospitalized when my hamstring tore painfully and forced me out of the 2011 Boston Marathon. I came back to run Boston the next year, but I’ve since been shy to train in cold weather. In part because that blown hamstring muscle has never really felt like it did before the injury …
All of which is to say, when it comes to winter training tips, this runner goes back to basics. Call me coy, but I’d like to start training for my run with my daughter this summer. That means, for the next six weeks or so, I’ll be doing most of my running in the gym, on the treadmill. If you're training, or about to start a training regimen, and have any concerns about tight muscles, I'd advise you to do the same.
Next: Running for Your Life: Marathon Mental Space
