Hey runner, I'm Marie, @drwhittfit. Never feel like all your hard work was all for nothing ever again. I coach strength training for runners, helping YOU identify your weaknesses and fix them with strength exercises designed for runners to help you build the exact strength you need to run your best, strongest, fastest, most injury-resilient race yet. Subscribe and come join the Running Fit Fam!
I Need YOUR running advice....
It's true.Even as a Doctor of Physical Therapy and a runner of 15+ years...I know a thing or two. But I sure don't know everything. One of my favorite things to do on Instagram and Threads is to literally ask you all for advice on different running topics.
And damn...you all are GOOD.But what's even more heart warming (and insanely helpful) are when you all give a little back story, a context tidbit that makes me go "oooh yeaah, that makes sense!" I realized I was sitting on a gold-mine. And I wanted to give your voice and your running advice a platform to be heard. (no, I'm not pretending I have a Beyonce-platform out here. But I do think you deserve to be heard.) So this week, I put together some of the BEST RUNNING ADVICE for BOTH new runners and not-so-new runners.Because let me be real with you: even as a "seasoned" runner of 15 years...I still have to practice slowwwwing doooowwwn. See... Running 80% easy / 20% hard was NOT how running was done when I first learning all this in high school in XC. (omg looking back it's SO CRINGE...) Instead it was "run at 75% max."For like...all distances. Unless it was a specific tempo/ hill workout /some kind of repeat where the intensity was higher plus there was set recover time, etc. you get it.) Yeaaaaah.. We've come a ways, haven't we? Hence why even I need a reminder or two.So, whether you've got 15 marathons under your belt or you're looking to just run 15mins without stopping, take a look at this week's running advice blog and video. We've all got something to learn. :) oh, and before you go...if you have any golden running advice that you're dying to share, feel free to email me back! I'd love to hear it. :) Dare to Train Differently, Marie Whitt, PT, DPT //@dr.whitt.fit P.S. New runner or experienced runner, we can always use a new tip or trick, especially for SUMMER HEAT (yes, it's still here...). So take a gander at the ultimate collection of running advice in this week's blog. Looking for MORE ways to work together?
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Dr. Marie Whitt / Strength Coach and Physical Therapist for Runners
Hey runner, I'm Marie, @drwhittfit. Never feel like all your hard work was all for nothing ever again. I coach strength training for runners, helping YOU identify your weaknesses and fix them with strength exercises designed for runners to help you build the exact strength you need to run your best, strongest, fastest, most injury-resilient race yet. Subscribe and come join the Running Fit Fam!
I still remember that one race... I was coming around the final turn and just felt "a hitch" in my right hamstring (and groin if I'm honest). I didn't stop; I didn't need to. But it made me come off the gas. And I lost my place in the race. That last thing I want for you this race season is to encounter a similar "hitch". A weird niggle that makes you stop and ask yourself, "is my check engine light on?" But maybe your blessed by the running gods and your hamstrings never give you any trouble...
Can you guess what the most common running injuries are? Ankle & foot. (I lump calf injuries into there, too) I mean, think about it... your feet are absorbing the impact of you being hurdled back to the ground (probably on concrete too) repeatedly for hours stride after stride... And our usual foot and ankle injury prevention method is "hope and pray". lolsss. Don't feel bad though. Because really, "foot and ankle strengthening exercises" aren't sexy or flashy. Especially compared to BQs,...
The best part: it's NOT to good to be true ;) I was working with some runners recently and I started to notice a trend... A looooong list of strength exercises. Let me explain, because I did the same thing. In 2020, during the height of 'Rona, I had time again to run after 2 years of quite literally not having enough time to eat, sleep, work, and workout for myself. But I found out quickly how weak I was. And how much strengthening I had to do. I looked back at previously running journals,...