Plantar fasciitis, runner’s knee and shin splints, just to name a few; if you’re a runner, chances are that you’ve sustained one of these common running injuries or know someone else who has. Rather than jumping the gun and assuming that having knee pain or a sore ankle has to mean an abrupt halt to […]
Read More ›Being amongst the half million marathon runners in the US (2013 was a record year for the classic distance with more than 1,100 marathons run across the country generating 541,000 finishers with a breakdown of 57% men and 43% women)[1], I like to keep up on new trends and developments in the performance side of […]
Read More ›Tomorrow, the 36th annual Ironman World Championships will take place here in the big island of Kona, Hawaii. The big show of triathlon, held every October is a spectacular event to witness, whether you’re a volunteer, an athlete or a spectator. A little history… The inaugural “Hawaiian IRON MAN” Triathlon was conceptualized in 1977 as […]
Read More ›“You can do it.” These four words may sound simple enough, but their significance is powerful, if you believe in them. I wanted to write this piece to share a little more about why this race means so much to so many people and with the hope that anyone reading this who thinks, ‘they can’t’ […]
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