Hello friends!
Yes it has been a long time since I last blogged. I love to blog, yet it sometimes falls to the wayside that I need to keep up with.
A lot has happened since we last spoke. The marathon was 3 weeks ago and fabulous time that was! Despite injury, I LOVE THE CHICAGO MARATHON! It is probably one of my favorite races I've ever done. The crowd, excitement and sights the entire time, truly make it a unique race. There were definitely times throughout the race, I totally forgot I was at mile 17 or 22. It was a great time despite my hip and knee wanting to fall off. I owe a big thanks to my fabulous boyfriend for jumping in the race with me keeping me calm and taking my mind off the pain. I came in at 5 hours. 30 min past my goal, but with injury, I was happy to finish.
Now after all that and taking time off due to my lovely IT band, I am now in recovery mode. Thanks to Dr. Brad at Carolina Sports Clinic and Justin over at Trysports , we have figured out the cause of problems is posture linking to stride length. I have a nice straight posture that is extended back too far causing my stride to be too lengthen causing me to heel strike and add pressure onto my hips, IT band, and knee. So now with that diagnosed, it's time to work on form and mechanics. In comes "chi running". It is the concept of breathing, good posture, openness through the joints, and using gravity to bring you into the run, rather than powering against gravity. It will be a gradual process of changing form and posture, but will decrease injury and increase performance.
My goal here is to document my journey in chi running and how it's helping me recover. I've got big plans of running the Naples Daily News half marathon in January or Disney Princess half in February. So follow along and see how it goes!
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