Running the New York City marathon is a an amazing experience and quite an accomplishment! For some people, it starts with a simple goal: getting in better shape. For others, it is about proving something to themselves, raising money for a cause, overcoming a personal challenge or accomplishing something they never thought possible. Whatever your reason, running 26.2 miles is a serious undertaking that requires months of preparation, consistency and the ability to keep going

If you have ever run a marathon, you probably know the feeling. Everything is going well. You are holding your pace, your breathing feels under control, and you are starting to think about the finish line. Then suddenly, your calf tightens. Or your hamstring grabs. Maybe it is your quad. You try to keep running, hoping it will disappear. Sometimes it does. Sometimes it gets worse. For runners preparing for the New York City Marathon, muscle cramping can become an especially f

If you're running the New York City Marathon, there is one thing I want you to understand before you start looking at your training plan: you are not training for a flat marathon. And that matters. I've worked with runners for more than 23 years, and one of the biggest mistakes I see with marathon preparation is that people focus almost exclusively on mileage. How many miles did you run this week? How long was your long run? Did you hit your marathon pace? Did you get your 20

Eight weeks to go!! It's September in New York City and in my medical massage practice that means, here come the runners!! The infamous New York City Marathon is just two months away and the Chicago Marathon even less. In the weeks and months leading up to the NYC Marathon, sometimes half of my sessions I will be treating marathon hopefuls struggling with a wide range of nagging or serious running injuries. Running a marathon, especially a big one like New York, Chicago or Bo

It almost doesn’t make sense. Why should something that is free, that is accessible to all and that has so many benefits be so injury prone

As great as running is, it is well-documented that as much as 82% of runners get injured to the point in which they either cannot run or the