Yearly Archives: 2014
Recovery Thoughts II
| February 26, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I summarized yesterday’s post with the statement: The major consequences of stress/stimulus applied during a run is muscle damage, fuel depletion, and psychological/emotional stress. In order to fully utilize them again, you need to repair or refill them to capacity. Tomorrow we are going to add a caveat to that statement: “….You need to repair […] more
Thoughts on Recovery I
| February 25, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
It’s fitting that recovery is on my mind, since now 2 days after a race is usually when I’m convinced I will never ever walk normally again. Doesn’t it seem like a crap shoot what’s sore after a work out? I mean, I know that theoretically the cycle is that muscles are stressed and then […] more
Clinic schedule and other stuff
| February 24, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I accidentally posted an article on “recovery” that was still in draft form (getting used to my wordpress editor!). I took it down but I know that it auto publishes to Feedly and other RSS feeders, so if you came here trying to read the rest of it, I didn’t want to disappoint you with […] more
Fourmidable Race report
| February 22, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Event Report |
In perhaps the last YOLO moment of my life….I ran a 35K (approximately 20-21 miles) this morning after completing a 24 hour taper that included copious amounts of gin and ice cream. It was early on in the gin consumption that I realized the only difference between the 13.1 half marathon distances and the 35K […] more
Stupid or Brilliant?
| February 21, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’ve just made a stupid or brilliant decision. By tomorrow afternoon I’ll know. So there I am, minding my own business on facebook (as much as anyone can mind their own business on facebook) and I see a RnT friend posting a status on marking trail at Cool for the ultrarun tomorrow. I know that […] more
Endurance 101 Book Review
| February 20, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Product Reviews |
A year ago I reviewed the book “Endurance 101” written by blogger Aarene Storms of the Haiku Farm. The review was printed in AERC’s EN extra edition last spring and today I got permission to reprint the review here! So if you aren’t an AERC member, or you missed the review the first time around, […] more
Science of Running
| February 19, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Product Reviews, Vet & Sports Medicine |
One of my favorite running blogs, Science of Running, has published a book by a similar name. Amazon link (Kindle version is $9.99) I’m extremely busy this week with 2 exams on Friday, 1 on Monday, and another cow surgery to prepare for tomorrow afternoon. However, between my angst of managing my time for all […] more
