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Elite Runners on How to Come Back from an Injury (and Avoiding Re-Injury!)
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Elite Runners on How to Come Back from an Injury (and Avoiding Re-Injury!)
Considering the minor knee injury that I’ve been dealing with for the last couple of months, writing this article on how elite runners deal with injury came at a perfect time. Of course, the main thing they all told me was to have patience (ugh) but admittedly, they did have some really good advice about how to physically, mentally and emotionally get through a serious or not-so-serious injury. I’m lucky that riding bikes feels totally fine on my knee, so I’ve been able to maintain an endurance base, but I really miss running. Still, I’m trying to come back slow and steady with some one minute on, one minute off running and fingers crossed, I’ll be OK this week to start running and building my base for running back. But in the meantime, if you’re dealing with any kind of running injury, check out the advice of some crazy-smart runners and PTs!
Molly Hurford is a journalist in love with all things cycling, running, nutrition and movement-related. When not outside, she’s writing about being outside and healthy habits of athletes and interviewing world-class athletes and scientists for The Consummate Athlete. She’s the author of multiple books and her most recent project, Shred Girls, is a young adult fiction series and online community focused on getting girls excited about bikes. She also writes regularly for publications including Bicycling magazine, Outside, Map My Run, and Nylon. Molly is a little obsessed with getting people—especially women—psyched on adventure and being outside, and she regularly hosts talks and runs clinics for cyclists and teaches yoga online and IRL… And in her spare time, the former Ironman triathlete and cyclist now spends time racing ultra-runs on trails. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @mollyjhurford