𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿, 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿.
We just finished my young son’s cross country season (7th grader). I was out on my run this morning as he starts his 2 weeks off from running.
And I thought about all the things we do to keep him healthy and happy and running his best times at the championship races (end of the season races)
The key above all else is this:
What is the purpose of this workout, the purpose of this rest day, the purpose of this sleep time, this food, water, etc etc…?
What is the purpose?
Here’s the principles we use.
1. For running we have phases of training and racing. If you want a more detailed breakdown of this. Here’s the link to The Running Formula by Jack Daniels https://amzn.to/41AddpP We like a hard/easy approach meaning some days are easy, others are tempo and others are repetition runs. The key here is the easy days are easy. There are off days and we don’t stack hard efforts day after day.
2. For food we like organic and gluten free because it optimizes for performance and health. It’s kinda like, would you put bad gas in your race car? No of course not. In the same way good food is key.
3. Good water. We like spring water so we don’t have fluoride or chlorine in the water. Again think good gas in the race car. You can research the effects of fluoride in the body or email me and I can give you more research on this.
4. Sleep. There’s a world class coach that tells his runners they are not as good a runner after a hard race or workout…unless they sleep 9 hours. The way you get faster is resting after hard efforts. If you’re going hard all the time or not sleeping well you’re breaking down.
5. No pain, no run. We don’t run through injuries. If you’re Kinesio taping or strapping or bracing, it’s kinda like putting duct tape on your race car. If an injury or pain shows up, we have a way to find the root cause and fix it up. This also helps the runner know not to stack hard days on hard days, because if they have pain, we don’t run. Doing this makes it so over the months and years the runner keeps progressing. If a runner has to take weeks off, because of an injury, then they’re not training and not improving.
If you want more information about healing from injuries let me know because I can do a myofascial mapping assessment and find the 1° root cause and how to fix it up. I’d be happy to do this for you if you need my help.
Ok! let’s get out there and run and have fun!
Ralph Havens PT IMTC
Fairhaven Bellingham Physical Therapy
Beyond Limits Physical Therapy
360.599.2217
www.RalphHavens.com
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