Run on.

So it has been over a month since starting at my new location at Body Mechanics on Waterloo street in the YMCA. Things here are going great, loving the new location, the access to the gym and working with great co-workers and mentors! My case load is building up nicely and I am loving seeing and treating lots of runners! I am doing Functional Movement Screens as well as gait assessments and regular treatments including cupping, acupuncture and manual therapy.

Running had been a bit of a challenge for me over the past 2 months however. I have taken a step back in terms of training to help with the issues I have been having with my heel since national cross country championships in November and my marathon build up in October. I was running higher mileage and did an extra month of training and suffered from plantar fasciitis, which settled down quickly with some treatment on one side, and then flared up on the other side, without the same response to treatment. I have backed off a few times in training since then for both short and extended periods of time without really being able to get it pain free. Now the plantar fasciitis has settled but I am super stiff in the ankle and heel joint and have to do frequent treatment on it to loosen it up. Things have been better over the last few weeks and I am building back up in mileage and hoping to focus on the fall and winter for some quality racing.

I have been so inspired by all the racing over the last few months, including some great racing in London and Moncton by fellow London Runners Leslie Sexton, Aaron Hendrikx, and Ben Proctor, and Road racing by Lanni Marchant, Krista DuChene, and Natasha Fraser (on the track and the road), and Rob Watson. It is so great to see runners pushing the barriers and continuing to improve post collegiately as well as while in University.

With all the summer training programs winding into full swing I am looking forward to getting out and doing some injury prevention talks for some of the running groups around london, and would urge anyone interested to contact me either on facebook, or by email.

I am hoping to see most of you out on the trails as I ramp back up my mileage and get back into racing shape!

Until then, Happy Running!
-Karen