Running Injuries: Heal with Time, Therapy and Pacing friends
Running Injuries: Heal with Time, Therapy and Pacing friends After having had an injury-restricted run at Berlin, I was back to the physios, trying to figure out the reasons for the nagging niggles and sort them out. ADHM, my favorite performance race every year for the past 7 years, was here again. For the first time, I wasn’t going to run at my best or attempt any improvement over my previous results. An event which is blessed with a flat course, wonderful weather, a fast field and a world class organization would always tempt you to outrace yourself, but it wouldn’t be prudent at this stage to exert and worsen my recovering legs. So, I decided to run it easy, within a safe level of exertion and back off if it caused any discomfort. Every runners’ easy pace is dream target for another. So, while I was preparing to go into this one easy, I decided to pace another runner, who would be targeting that timing. Neelam Vaid, the gritty and mentally resilient runner, had been always t...