Episode 59: How Sam Plans to Escape His Cycle of Injuries

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Health & Fitness, 10k, Beginnerrunning, Marathontraining, Fitness, Injuryprevention, Marathon, Halfmarathon, Running, Sports

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Sam started running in 2002 to lose the weight he put on in college. But his training really picked up years later when he started racing more in 2015.

He told me:

I set a goal to run another marathon in December, 2016 with a goal of a BQ. I dumped weight lifting and boot camps, to focus on running. I jacked up my miles going from running 10-15 miles and week quickly to running 30-40 miles a week.

Leading up to the marathon I developed plantar fasciitis but was able to train through it. A week before the race I developed ITBS and ran the marathon anyways. It was a horrible race that left me sitting on the side of the road at one point.

But I finished (actually setting a PR in 3:30) and could barely walk afterward. After 2 months, I started training again and decided I wanted to try triathlons.

I jacked up my miles and completed a Half Ironman. But I didn’t take time to recover and developed ITBS. And I've been battling with issues ever since.

Listen in as we strategize how to get control over this injury cycle so Sam can focus on racing faster.

Sam is a member of Team Strength Running and is able to talk over these issues with me on our live coaching calls.

If you'd like that opportunity, sign up here to see when the team is accepting new members.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Ready, set go.
0:04.0	This is episode 59, featuring a coach and call with team strength running member Sam about
0:09.6	preventing injuries long term, the importance of being an athlete, not just a runner, and how to create
0:15.7	a cycle of continued improvement. Welcome to the Strength Running Podcast. I'm your host Jason Fitzgerald, the head coach of
0:30.6	Strength Running and I'm excited to let you listen in over my
0:33.6	shoulder on another private coaching call. This time I'm talking with Sam a member of
0:38.9	team strength running on his journey to get faster. Sam is like a lot of other runners,
0:44.2	he struggles with injuries.
0:45.6	In fact, after both planar fasciitis and IT band syndrome,
0:49.8	Sam was left sitting on the side of the road in his first marathon. That ain't fun. He went on to get even more injuries and has been suffering through this chronic cycle of being hurt ever since. But things have started to turn around and in our conversation today
1:06.4	we're going to be diving deeper into Sam's history as a runner to tease out both the high level
1:12.4	and also the more tactical details for how he can escape
1:16.9	this cycle of injuries and keep getting faster.
1:20.0	If you've ever gotten injured or if not would simply like to stay healthy so you can keep doing what you love
1:25.8	This is going to be a very informative podcast. I should add that as a team strength running member
1:31.2	Sam gets coaching advice from me on the regular through our private
1:34.9	community group and also our regular live coaches chats where I do an hour or sometimes a little
1:41.1	more of Q&A for our members.
1:43.4	If you like to see what the team is all about,
1:45.7	and I think you should, since our group is really affordable
1:48.7	and includes so many different resources to help you succeed,
1:52.2	go to strength running. com slash TSR. That TSR
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