Everyone who runs will likely sometime in his or her running career, get an injury. Some are minor, but some can be severe. The key to running injury free is to do a few things right. Some of the things you thought were right may not be the best for your body. Here are the things you should do to avoid injuries.
You want to run a half marathon. The first thing you need to do is to think of a couple of reasons why you want to run a half marathon. This is part of the training. You need to have these reasons for motivation when you want to quit. It’s easy to be motivated when you make that initial decision; it sometimes is a bit harder to stay motivated when you have been training for several weeks. At some point, you will probably say to yourself, why am I doing this. If you have 2 good reasons, you will be able to answer that question, and you will be able to go on.
There are many reasons why people want to run in an organized race. The reasons vary from wanting to win a race, to just wanting to be able to say that you can finish a race. Whatever your reason is for wanting to run a race, you must start in the right manner, and train correctly so you will not get injured and so you will be able to finish the run, and take pride in the fact that you succeeded.
If you are a top athlete and you think you are ready for the ultimate running race, the Arrowhead ultra is one you should try. This is a race for the ultimate challenge to your ability to run and survive. The race is a 135-mile race across the northern part of Minnesota in the winter.
