recovery

Fuel Your Recovery- Supplements

Tina Muir
recovery, supplements
I did not intend to make this a whole post of its own, but it did not really match with any of the other topics, so here it is. I just wanted to make a shorter post about my thoughts on supplements. I am not a big fan of them overall, as I believe you…

Fuel Your Recovery- Massage and Compression

Tina Muir
massage, recovery
Today I would like to talk about some of the forms of therapy I use to keep my muscles as happy……well,  as happy as they can be for someone running 80-90 miles a week! Massage/Foam Rolling Most Mondays I have a one hour massage with Karen Keys to work on specific muscles that are tight, as…
Elite Runner Tina Muir shares the aspects of recovery that keep her body strong during marathon training, and how you can apply them to your training to make sure you are race ready for your next marathon.

Fuel Your Recovery- Fuel and Sleep

Tina Muir
fueling, recovery, sleep
I am well into this segment of training, and that means recovery is so critical. If I am going to make it to the start (and finish) line healthy, I need to make recovery a priority, probably even more of a priority than the hard workouts themselves. After all, it is better to go into…

8 Reasons You Should Take Time Off From Running

Tina Muir
recovery, rest
Of all my Secret to Success posts, I honestly think this is one of the most important, and one of the most overlooked factors when it comes to peaking for the races that you care about the most. I am gonna be bold and say that it is okay to not run for 2 weeks…

27 Anti-Inflammatory Foods to Speed Recovery

Tina Muir
recovery, runner foods, super foods
Inflammation. It is definitely a word we are used to hearing on a daily basis. We all have little pains here or there that come from inflammation. Exercising beyond what your body is ready for will often result in inflammation. It is, after all, our bodies natural response to something being not quite right. It is…