about running

so i had that scare with a stress fracture a while ago that was really a foot sprain that took me out for about two weeks.

since then i've been training for the philadelphia distance run half marathon. i think i'm where i want to be right now as far as conditioning. i've stepped it up to running three times a week with a disciplined program where i run shorter but faster-paced runs twice a week on a treadmill and i do a longer distance run outdoors once a week. so far i've been doing really well on it. this week, i'll be doing treadmill runs of 47 and 57 minutes and i hope to get to 9 miles outdoors on sunday.

one thing that becomes really important at these distances is taking care of your rehydration needs. i was going through tons and tons of gatorade every week until i ordered a few month's worth of gatorade powder online at the gatorade online store. the better you replace your sodium and potassium and lost nutrients, the faster your body recovers. or so their commercials and sports hydration specialists tell me.

also important is proper running apparel. like running socks. and compression shorts. yeah. seriously.

only one month left to go.