Running Injuries – Should you run through them?

The age old question – should I run with an injury?  I promise to take it easy.  I will lose so much conditioning if I don’t get my runs in. We’ve all been there (and don’t want to be back there). 

My toughest injury was half way through my marathon training program for the Victoria Marathon.  I was feeling great.  I’d got my distances up there and then on one of our Sunday morning long runs, we were running through a beautiful little park and didn’t see that massive tree root that came out of the blue.  I went over on my ankle and that was it – my only concern at that moment was the marathon and how could I complete it.  I dreamt of every possibility but it just wasn’t going to happen for me.

Back in those days, I hadn’t discovered water running.  Now, I still may not have completed the marathon if I had been a water runner, but I would have definitely been able to have kept most of the conditioning that I worked hard to obtain. Water running is a great alternative to running.  For those that find that their training schedule is just too rigorous, or they have some kind of running-related injury, water running is just the trick. 

Water running has become a popular water aerobics class now, so you can enjoy this low impact, resistance training with other runners or water runners while being coached through warm-ups, intervals and cool down sessions. So next time that injury strikes or you’re just looking for an alternative low impact x-training, check out your local pool schedule.

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