Endless Options! How To Choose?

Friday’s a designated day off anyway and I’m happy to take another day of rest before tomorrow’s run with LA Roadrunners. Even though my hip is doing much, much better than yesterday, resting it today will help tremendously.

I spoke with my physical therapist friend Danh, who gave me some good advice to combat piriformis. He suggested I get a foam roller to massage out the tightness, while also working on strengthening my lower abs. So, despite the 200+ crunches I do after my runs, turns out it’s still not enough because regular crunches don’t target my lower abs. Sheesh. I feel like I’m adding training here and there and it’s still not enough! I don’t understand how the regular person who can’t dedicate 8 hours a day to marathon training can do it properly!

I guess the secret is to do whatever training helps you the most. The options are endless, really. I mean, I looked up lower ab exercises and there were literally 10 different ways to work them. So it’s a matter of picking and choosing the best exercises that work for your body and running style. Pick the regime that will target weaker areas of your body—for me, it’s my hips—and do those whenever you can get them in. Until I’m a fully-sponsored marathon runner*, this is the advice I’ll have to follow!

Also, made some black beans—a trusted superfood—with some chicken sausage and kamut and spelt toast on the side. Delicious.

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*My goal is not to be a fully-sponsored marathon runner, by the way.