Running to Think

Hello folks! Yes indeed. I'm back. It has been long, it has been painful, discouraging, depressive. It basically tore me down. Two months of no activity (almost), dealing with a patellar tendon that really didn't want to be fixed, are not a joke.I am not in the mood to shout out loud how I dealt with it. Read some of my recent posts and you will certainly...

I have been running at a quite high pace for short distances (up to 13 km) these last few weeks. What's the news? I could finish with no pain and no bad feelings about my knee whatsoever. The physical therapy I am following, associated to shock wave therapy seem to work indeed. As being part of an experiment conducted at the Sport Medical Advice...

The last two weeks have been dedicated to fixing and recovering something that had all the characteristics to be a really bad injury. Without surprise I didn't feel psychologically down or, as many prefer to say, depressed, due to the fact that I couldn't run. I really didn't freak out this time. I rested. I ate more than I am supposed to and...

I'm gonna skip week 02, for the reasons I explained in a previous post. I deliberately planned for a break between two intense training blocks. Anyway my body anticipated me with a stressed posterior tibial tendon that needed to be fixed any time soon. Week 02 has been dedicated to resting, specifically active resting which consisted of...

The week that follows an injury does not belong to the category of memorable days. I usually start eating, I feel a bit depressed, my day suddenly becomes longer than a year and I start liking people less. In return they seem to like me less too.This is the moment when I start talking to very few and close friends about my mood and the status...

Hello folks! I remember the days when I was running like crazy as they were last week. Wait, it *was* last week!! Well, here I am, dealing with the first injury of 2014, even though whatever happens in my life is pretty much the first of the year, for the obvious reasons. The day I was kind of pushing myself to the limits, coming from a 31 km...

There are so many books about running out there and more and more runners who are switching from regular shoes to no shoes at all for a number of reasons that sound scientifically sound even though might easily be interpreted as hilarious and scary at the same time. They call it barefoot running. They do it on the track and field or grass....