Filed under: NBR Goings On, Pain | Tags: fun, health, injury, knees, racing, team, Workouts
Injury Prevention & Treatment Workshop
Injured? Don’t want to be? Either way, you should attend this informative workshop. Physical Therapist Jill Hoefs will be offering tips on how to prevent injuries, how to treat injuries, and how to recover from injuries. This is a must-attend for anyone who wants to run as much as they would like to. Being injured sucks – so let’s prevent it and figure out how to recover as quickly as possible. Open to members and friends. Free!
Date: Monday, April 5th
Time: 8:30pm-10pm
Where: Greenpoint Reformed Church – 136 Milton Street – Greenpoint, Brooklynn
Filed under: NBR Goings On, Workouts | Tags: fun, goal setting, health, injury, running, salon, winter, yoga
By popular demand, we’ve organized a Yoga for Runners Workshop! This is designed to introduce runners to the practice of yoga as an effective supplement to their training and races. Yoga instructor Maya Seidel will guide participants through a sample yoga session, focusing on poses which are specifically useful for runners. Special attention will be given to proper alignment, breath awareness, and balance. Following a period of guided relaxation and brief meditation, the workshop will conclude with a discussion about how to apply yoga to round out a workout.
Maya Seidel is a certified yoga instructor experienced with teaching yoga to children, adults, and seniors. For more information, please visit www.mayayoganyc.com.
This workshop will cost $2 for Greenpoint YMCA members, and $4 for non-YMCA members. We also will be collecting optional instructor tips to give to Maya.
Date: Sunday, February 28, 2010
Time: 1:30pm – 3:00pm
Location: Greenpoint YMCA – 99 Meserole Ave – Brooklyn NY – 11222
Hosted at the Greenpoint YMCA in the SACC room in the basement.
Also, you might want to bring your own mat if you have one.
See you Sunday!
Black toenails. No toenails. These are two extremely frightening things associated with runners. Your friends may ask you if you have toenails when you tell them you’re a runner. Dates may shy away from giving you foot massages after seeing your hooves.
Black toenails are caused primarily by two main things:
- Wearing shoes with a small toe box (or shoes that are too small)
- Doing lots of downhill running (in which case your toenails are slamming into the front of your shoe repeatedly)
As an ultrarunner who does lots of trail running, I fit into the latter category. I currently have one black toenail (how depressing). The main reason people have black toenails is because they are wearing shoes that are too small for them. I wear size eight shoes when I’m not running, but size 8.5 running shoes. This extra half a size gives my toenails extra space.
Of course, you can always end up removing your toenails like the infamous Marshall Ulrich!
- Cherie
