Running clinic - What would you ask?

[Wahine]

Hi ladies!

I'm giving a running clinic tomorrow for the general population. The topic is Dynamic Warm-up, Running form drills and Injury Prevention.

I've given talks for each sub topic before and there is a lot of overlap between them, so I feel pretty good about pulling all 3 together without turning it into a rushed presentation.

My question is, what things would you ask at a talk like this? Ideas on things you'd like to see or hear about?

I'm a little bored with the presentation to be honest. Though it's always very well received. So I'm looking for ideas to make it a little different this time around and I'm hoping your feed back might make a light bulb go off.

Thanks in advance for your ideas.

[Catrin]

Personally I would ask about how to deal with tight heel cords and what to do after a run when that happens. You might already do that but wanted to mention it.

[Wahine]

Personally I would ask about how to deal with tight heel cords and what to do after a run when that happens. You might already do that but wanted to mention it.

This is something I usually talk about in an injury prevention talk. The talk I'm giving is part of a monthly series put on by our local running shop. Last month the speaker was another PT in town and he covered a lot of topics like stretching, stability exercises, dynamic warm-up... but he did so very superficially. There was very little that people at the clinic could walk away with and start using immediately to help their running. There were also a lot of questions about dynamic warm-up. That's my main reason for choosing this as my primary topic. Running form ties in nicely with that. I didn't actually plan on speaking about injury prevention beyond those categories. Mostly because it's a lot of stuff to try to get into one hour. But the shop changed the title of my talk (without my input) to include injury prevention. I would put dealing with tight heel cords after running in that group and that leads to a discussion of stretching and self treatment of trigger points which is another 1 hour discussion.

I will have a little talk about heel cords/calves and use it as a way to introduce stretching and trigger point work. Maybe I can use it as a teaser for another talk later.

Thanks for your feedback.

[OakLeaf]

Well I want to know how the H### Prisca Jeptoo can win a race looking like that.

But that's probably not what you wanted to know.

[Wahine]

Actually, that is a really fun way for me to introduce my topic! Thanks for the idea!

[OakLeaf]

Seriously, one of my biggest problems is leaning forward at the waist. I would think a lot of people have issues with their lumbar spine being locked in flexion, either from being sedentary or cycling or doing that whole 90s suck and tuck. I think some tips on mobilizing and warming up the lumbar area, and sensing posture while running, could be welcome.