The NYC Marathon is over, and its participants are headed home to soon once again begin training for next year's run. Running is popular for many reasons, and some of us feel almost addicted to it. So, whether we aspire to begin a running program, run just a few miles a week, or we want to improve our performance (for the next marathon?), here's "Running and It's Impact" on our health, that is...More
Hay muchos a los que les gusta caminar, pero el tiempo disponible, a veces imposibilita el hacerlo, ya sea porque las calles están llenas de gente, puede estar haciendo mucho calor, por la noche puede ser peligroso e inclusive en el caso de las mujeres, éstas pueden ser víctimas de “piropos” desagradables. Otro inconveniente que se está transformando en un problema serio, inclusive de transmisión de enfermedades, es la jauría abandonada en las calles. ...More
No matter who you are, if you're a runner, you have good days and bad days. On those "bad" days, for whatever reason, it's a struggle to pull it all together and have a decent run. This can even happen to those of us who love to run, including yours truly. It's understandable given the crazy lives that most of us lead. There are so many factors that affect our running. ...More
Running injuries are not inevitable, as so many people believe them to be. The idea that running causes injury is a myth that I want to put to sleep – forever. Runner’s knee, shin splints, IT band syndrome, plantar faciitus – all the dreaded sideliners that put so many runners off their stride are, in most cases, preventable. ...More
The question about the best kind of running shoes to wear arises very often at our clinics and on our forum. It is really not easy for many runners and triathletes to make a proper choice in an ocean of information from the shoe making industry catalogues, ads, and press. The abundance of different designs around, all appealing to your eyes, makes the actual choice an almost unbearable suffering...More
Does the above question make any sense to anyone who is involved in running? Isn’t running a natural, simple and accessible for most people exercise for health, pleasure and competition? Is there anything wrong with this picture? By the latest statistical data, there are about 33.6 million people only in the US, including people running in some exercise program, which makes running the most popular and also most dangerous kind of sport, because by the same statistical analysis, 2 out of 3 runners are injured every year...More
