The Balancing act: Overreaching, Single legged Strength, and Cancer Prevention | Feb TTT
Fun roundup of things I've found to make you a better runner/human
🏃🏽♂️Skim time (5k pace): 48 seconds
🚶🏽♀️Read time (long run pace): 3 mins 47 seconds
TLDR about what’s coming up;
Future Things: Overreaching, Single-Leg Strength and Cancer Prevention
Past Things: Rise Stronger with Injury Recovery and Late-Day Training Tips
Present Things: How’s my current training
What other Masters of Some are doing
I’m still in the trial stages of this new format of TTT. This is one of two per month and it’s the "lighter” one where I do a quick wrap-up of things training, racing and life all under the context of “TIME”. And time just so happens to be the foundation of all things we do as runners.
In the next week or two I’ll do a bit more of a deeper dive on one topic and calling that “One Thing Wednesday” or OTW for short cuz… alliteration FOR THE WIN!
Let’s plyometric jump into it.
🧬 Train Wisely - Overreaching, Single-Leg Strength and Cancer Prevention (Future things)
“Overtraining” vs “Overreaching" vs “Feeling Tired"
This one hit home. I had this happen to me back in April and like the video says… “You don’t know it’s happening until it’s too late”. Check out the telltale signs here.Single Leg Strength Training for marathon Runners
Strength training is cool now (yay!), but most runners might want to try adding in more single-legged workouts to their strength routine. Here are a few for ya.
Exercise suppresses cancer, even in advanced stages
It’s almost like exercise is the one “real” magical solution to a lot of things in life. Keep on with your training routine as it may pay off later in your life. Learn more here. #PerformBetterAsYourAge
🌃 Rise Stronger with Injury Recovery and Late-Day Training Tips (Past things)
The best 4 tips when coming back from injury
Most people don’t agree on a lot of things in this world. But if you’re a runner or endurance athlete we can all agree that injuries suck. Whether it’s chronic or acute, they all suck. But what do you do when you inevitably get injured? Find out here.Why I don’t like training late in the day (but should anyways)
Milking this warm weather here in Australia (#SorryNotSorry North Hemisphere folk) and cycling/swimming for aerobic base development over the next few weeks while I get ready for the “race training phase”. Learn why it sometimes is annoying for me.Feeling this? Why not…
🏃♂️Present Things: How’s my current training
I’ve been in a bit of a “holding period” with my training as I don’t want to ramp it up too quickly and get injured/burnout. But I also want to make sure I’ve covered my aerobic bases, done my strength work/plyos/hills/sprints, increased my vo2 max and even prepping my lactic acid system ready for some threshold work.
It’s a new place to be in and it’s kind of fun. I could do this for a while but I know I gotta really ramp it up if I want to get to that elusive 15:59 5k (I’m cool if I never get it btw, it’s just a fun target for the next few years).
Hyper aware that my health is being sacrificed for fitness, but sometimes you gotta roll the dice to get the times you want, right? Peep my Strava here for updates in the future.
Notable Quotable
🛠 Mastering some of your life
If you’re curious, you are probably a Master of Some. The goal in life is not to master all, not master none, but to try to be a MASTER OF SOME.
The goal here is to community shoutout people in my circle doing dope things.
Mirelle M. | “I just got back from a loooong holiday
(so runs were at a higher elevation and really tough 😂) then got sick and my body is still not liking my runs! But just focusing on Building a solid 5km speed now.
So many of the online runners I follow on socials are either doing a half or a marathon sometime soon so it’s hard to NOT want to just… start training for that. 😂😅 But I know I need a better 5K foundation!”
San A. | “My first Olympic Triathlon summary: 🏊♀️ 1.5km 🚴♀️ 40km 🏃♀️ 10km
I didn’t train properly but I knew it was doable.. I wasn’t so sure about it once the hectic swimming part started and I got slapped, kicked, pulled and all that fun 😒.
The transitions… what a mess 🤦♀️ Cycling was ok but left my legs feeling like gelatine for the first 10min of the run.
My time was far from good, which means I should probably be able to do better next time, which is a plus. But the hair at the end.. omg. The hair. 👹 There must be a better way to do this… “
Nicole B. | Author, Jeopardy contestant and Runner (true Master of some)
Just completed Dark Anchor 34-hour ultra marathon in Savannah, GA in Jan - It’s a @yetitrailrunners event. She ran 70 miles before she bowed out. Unreal.
All In preparation for London marathon. I’m running the 2023 London Marathon to support the incredible work done by the British Heart Foundation. Want to help? Even a couple dollars (or pounds, or euros) make a big difference. Link to donate is here. donations go directly to @the_bhf!
And…
… for Feb 2023
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