Pose Method

OK, so I haven't been doing my stretches. So halfway through my long run, back came the pain in the butt. Here's a funny thing though; it disappeared on the second half. Sometimes when I get an ache, I remember my training with Dr Nicholas Romanov of the Pose Method. Dr R is kind of uncompromising when it comes to injuries; whenever I've complained to him of something being not quite right, he's always thrown it right back at me: if I was running using correct form, I wouldn't get injured.

Compared to practising a triple axel with double toe loop and back flip to finish while holding a woman wearing lethal ice skate blades above my head, I'd have to say that the technical challenges of running are minimal.

But that won't stop me having a good winge.

After weeks of making sure I am running UNDER 70% of my beart rate reserve, for today's run coach Bobby McGee demands 55 minutes at 75%. Man, this is difficult (winge, winge). We find ourselves between blizzards here in Boulder so for once I know I can pick a route that is on non-icy ground. Which means I am running faster, more easily. (I know, I never stop complaining, do I?)