Improve Your Running In the Deep End: Jennifer Conroyd
08/11/21 • 42 min
Aqua jogging, also known as deep water running, is the most running-specific alternative to land running. By using a flotation belt which keeps you vertical in the water, you can mimic a land-based running workout, with no impact. It can effectively maintain or even build your fitness if you're injured or if you can't handle the pounding of another day of running.
Jennifer Conroyd is a marathon runner who was stuck in the deep end of the pool for six weeks before the Chicago Marathon. She had injured her calf so badly that pool running was her only option to keep her fitness and finish the race. Not only did she finish Chicago, but she qualified for Boston.
Her success led her to found her company Fluid Running, which provides a complete system to get anyone started with deep water running. Fluid Running offers group classes that Men’s Journal voted one of the Best Workouts in America, and they also have the only app-based and coached water running workout system in the world. Using waterproof, bluetooth headphones, you get workouts, music, and a coach in your ears to keep you entertained and focused on your fitness.
Coach Claire Bartholic talks with Jennifer about her personal journey, the science behind deep water running, and how it can not only help injured runners, but healthy runners as well. If you are looking for a way to break out of a plateau, but just can’t handle more pounding on the roads, this could be the solution for you.
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Aqua jogging, also known as deep water running, is the most running-specific alternative to land running. By using a flotation belt which keeps you vertical in the water, you can mimic a land-based running workout, with no impact. It can effectively maintain or even build your fitness if you're injured or if you can't handle the pounding of another day of running.
Jennifer Conroyd is a marathon runner who was stuck in the deep end of the pool for six weeks before the Chicago Marathon. She had injured her calf so badly that pool running was her only option to keep her fitness and finish the race. Not only did she finish Chicago, but she qualified for Boston.
Her success led her to found her company Fluid Running, which provides a complete system to get anyone started with deep water running. Fluid Running offers group classes that Men’s Journal voted one of the Best Workouts in America, and they also have the only app-based and coached water running workout system in the world. Using waterproof, bluetooth headphones, you get workouts, music, and a coach in your ears to keep you entertained and focused on your fitness.
Coach Claire Bartholic talks with Jennifer about her personal journey, the science behind deep water running, and how it can not only help injured runners, but healthy runners as well. If you are looking for a way to break out of a plateau, but just can’t handle more pounding on the roads, this could be the solution for you.
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The Best Warm Up For Any Run
Finding the time to get in a run, let alone a warm up can be a challenge at times. But if you are the kind of runner that thinks a little jogging is all you need to warm up, you're going to want to listen to this.
A proper warm up will help you feel better on the run, be less injury prone, and with practice, run better and faster than ever. And if you are getting ready for a speed day or a race, a warm up is essential for performing your best.
In this bonus Run to the Top Podcast, Coach Claire Bartholic talks about why you shouldn’t skip a true warm up and she explores exactly how to warm up for any kind of run or race.
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The Perfect Strength Training for Runners
Strength training for runners improves performance and prevents injuries. But when you love to run, it can be hard to add strength training into your routine, even if you know you should.
The two main benefits of strength training are that it prevents and helps heal injuries, and it enhances performance. Done properly, strength training creates a foundation for injury-free running and allows you to keep up with increasing mileage and intensity on your runs.
On the performance side, studies have shown that resistance training improves running economy and endurance muscle fibers. Research has also linked weight training to better body composition and resting metabolic rates.
Not to mention, strength training is particularly important as we get older, in a way that running alone is not. Recent studies have proven that running does not protect against the gradual loss of lean muscle tissue and, as we lose muscle, we also lose a larger percentage of our fast-twitch muscle fibers, which is part of why we slow down as we age.
To say it another way, if you are afraid of getting slower as you get older, making strength training a part of your routine will slow down that slow down.
In this episode of the Run to the Top Podcast, Coach Claire Bartholic explains exactly how much strength training runners need, when to do it, and the four best exercises for runners.
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