Massage Athletica: Giving Minimalist Running A Try

Massage Athletica: Giving Minimalist Running A Try: If you open up any running magazine these days there is a pretty good chance it will contain an article on barefoot running. It’s a growin...

Massage Athletica: Learn how to prevent and get rid of muscle cramps

Massage Athletica: Learn how to prevent and get rid of muscle cramps: Exercise associated muscle cramps Learn how to prevent and get rid of muscle cramps. Oct 09, 2011 | Mike Booth Why do muscles cramp durin...

Massage Athletica: Marathon Confirmations Received!

Massage Athletica: Marathon Confirmations Received!: It is official: We are registered in the Las Vegas Rock and Roll Full Marathon! At least we know we can put our training to good use - well...

Massage Athletica: Foot Injury!

Massage Athletica: Foot Injury!: While kelsey and Lisa have been putting in some good miles I have been unmotivated. Well this past week panic set in as I realized maratho...

Foot Injury!

While kelsey and Lisa have been putting in some good miles I have been unmotivated.  Well this past week  panic set in as I realized marathon day was fast approaching!  I decided to ramp up training with a few runs on the treadmill.  This crash training has resulted in a pain in my foot.   Anytime I attempt to run at a faster speed the lateral edge of my foot begins to cramp.

I have been going to Massage College Of Manitoba for sports outreach the last few months.  Payge, one of the student therapists at the college has kept me healthy but I think I did myself in with my crash training.

Anyhow, I had a bit of time today at the clinic so I decided to hyper-analyze my running gait.  When I slow the video down I seem to supinate more on my injured foot.  I'm hoping with a few treatments this next week I will be ready to run Vegas Marathon!

Mike

Almost There!

Well, we now have about ten days until we run the Las Vegas Marathon! I'm starting to get a little nervous to be honest! I asked Mike how likely it will be that Kelsey and I will be unable to do it under the time limit, and he basically said that if we hit a wall we'll be in trouble. Tomorrow we'll be doing our last longish run with a workout mixed in and then its pretty much biding our time until marathon day! We still haven't really figured out what we're going to do with our free time in Vegas; we obviously cant spend all day every day walking around and fatiguing our legs or getting those really big drinks everyone walks around with (which is a let down). We'll probably try to get a show in, although still not sure which one.. and maybe we'll go to the wax museum.. I think I still have a lot of planning to do! One thing we do have planned is taking some video while we are there so we can share our vegas marathon experience with everyone! Mike has even planned to get footage of kelsey and I finishing the marathon. Yes, this means that he can run so much faster than us that he can run an entire marathon, go back to the hotel, grab the i Pad and be back in time for us to cross the finish line. He will probably even have time to shower and grab a snack in there too. Speaking of food, it's going to be interesting finding food there that we won't regret during the race. We might have to stay away from the buffets... If anyone has any ideas as to where we should go please let us know! I better go and actually plan what we're going to do on this trip or we'll be spending the whole trip in our room!

Marathon Confirmations Received!

It is official: We are registered in the Las Vegas Rock and Roll Full Marathon! At least we know we can  put our training to good use - well the training Kelsey and I have done.. who knows what Mike has been doing for training :) We have less than 3 weeks to go now, and I have realized the tolls marathon training can take on your body! A couple days after my last long run I felt a crack while massaging and next thing I know I have a horrible pain in my chest! After ruling out Mikes unnecessary suggestion that I was having a heart attack we decided that I had sustained some delayed injury to my fourth rib. I had to take a day or two off, and than after comparing doing a run inside compared to outside, I think it was due to doing such a long run when the air was pretty cold. It has gotten better but I can still feel it when I take a deep breath in so I'm thinking about going to see a chiropractor for it. Any suggestions?
Now about vegas.. Vegas is known as the city that never sleeps- and we hope to live up to that profile while we're there, well as much as we can knowing that we have to run a marathon in two days. We get there on the Friday, then run on the Sunday night, so we have to try to be a little conservative. We plan to see a show while we're there, possibly The Blue Man Group, or as Mike requested: Thunder From Down Under (right Mike?). Mike also has a goal to put $1000.00 on Red and hope he wins, so I really hope he wins some race money or theres a good possibility he'll be hitchiking back to Winnipeg...
Lisa