2011-07-27 - The Magic Kingdom
Yo run gang,
Nothing can compare to the daily run from home on a no stress, familiar course where we can get lost in our thoughts or seek the answers to life's difficult questions, our daily bread. The fond memories of the course and the place it plays in the grand scheme of life will be etched in our minds ... We won't remember each outing as they will blend together but a mental journey to the old course will be like going home.
As we run on vacation or as we travel the world, a simple run down the Champs-Elyses, through The Mall in Washington D.C, around the castle in Magic Kingdom or down Alii Drive in Kona, will take on epic proportions as we reminisce ... giving us the content feeling of satisfaction from a life lived fully.
Don't miss a single run on each precious healthy day,
Randy Step, an admitted obsessed runners with memories that remind me why.
July 2, 2008 - Good Pain vs. Bad Pain
Yo Run Gang,
Good Pain vs. Bad Pain
Good Pain: When the mileage is high and youre out there running near the edge where life is full of color, you may wake in the morning with the creaky achy body of a person twice your age. It might be a little knee pain, heel pain, shin, hip, groin or back pain or it might be a bit of all of them. As you warm up and get moving through your day the body smoothes out and for the most part, the pains disappear. These are the good pains! Its OK to get out and run but perhaps its time for an easy day or day off, Id even suggest a bit of ice on the troubled spots. Ice is the miracle drug, a couple minutes of ice on a specific spot and its like a couple days of healing and rest, without the rest! Take the time to ice.
Bad Pain: You are out on the run and a slight pain develops anywhere. As you continue to run the pain seems to be increasing. You feel it out for a bit to make sure its not just some phantom, fleeting pain that goes as quick as it came but a pain that is increasing as you continue to run is nothing to ignore, were talking bad pain. Once you are sure this pain is real and getting worse, bail on the run, find the quickest way home, ice the area of concern and take 2 or 3 days off cold turkey. This maneuver may save you weeks off. For a runner, bailing from a run and getting off schedule may seem more painful then this small increasing pain, especially if your out running with friends or worse, running in a race but this is the time to be smart And at the time, you will hate yourself for being so smart but not nearly as much as you will later hate yourself for being dumb and running further into the pain. Damn, these one day awesome then next day fragile bodies.
Run smart,
Randy Step, a limping obsessed runner that knows, those that cant do, write, teach and coach!