Comments for Kara Runs http://kararuns.com Wellness. Happiness. Balance. Motivation. Encouragement. Wed, 12 Sep 2018 17:44:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.22 Comment on Running After Becoming A Mom by Kara http://kararuns.com/2018/08/28/stronger-mother-runner/#comment-72766 Wed, 12 Sep 2018 17:44:55 +0000 http://kararuns.com/?p=8257#comment-72766 Sometimes what helps me get started is writing down all my thoughts, no matter how ridiculous, and assuming they’re for my eyes only. I can often refine and edit and get something out of it! Good luck! xoxo

]]> Comment on Running After Becoming A Mom by Tracie http://kararuns.com/2018/08/28/stronger-mother-runner/#comment-72763 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 21:00:29 +0000 http://kararuns.com/?p=8257#comment-72763 At least you got the words on the page. I’m still not there yet. Keep it up, love!

]]> Comment on Understanding Muscle Imbalances with Dr. Marc Taczanowski by Kara http://kararuns.com/2017/12/04/pain-without-injury/#comment-72762 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 00:14:48 +0000 http://kararuns.com/?p=8212#comment-72762 Definitely! Correcting the imbalance is the key before we start ramping up the mileage!

]]> Comment on Understanding Muscle Imbalances with Dr. Marc Taczanowski by Amy Lauren Scott http://kararuns.com/2017/12/04/pain-without-injury/#comment-72748 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 02:47:55 +0000 http://kararuns.com/?p=8212#comment-72748 I really like glute bridges too. It’s a very modifiable exercise, changing up your feet positioning to target certain muscles. I used to do them with weights but now that I’m always hurt, it’s all about the resistance bands. That also makes them easy to do anywhere!

I think he is right about the sight of pain not always being the problem. Often it’s the area above or below on the kinetic chain- and running injuries aren’t really about running. It’s that if we have an imbalance, running and repetitive motion on that imbalance for so many hours a week are going to cause an injury.

]]> Comment on Postpartum Exercise + Mobility For Runners by Kara http://kararuns.com/2017/11/20/postpartum-exercise-mobility-for-runners/#comment-72594 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 01:17:58 +0000 http://kararuns.com/?p=8170#comment-72594 Yes, definitely! They are really undervalued. I did mobility work randomly pre-pregnancy but definitely not as much as I should have. Now it’s a bigger part of my “workouts”, and I no longer rush through them like I used to! (If I was smart I would have focused more on this before, too. Oops.) A lot of what I’m doing now is actually movements my physical therapist gave me years ago for running healthy! Clamshells and glute brides are some of my favorites :)

]]> Comment on Postpartum Exercise + Mobility For Runners by Amy Lauren Scott http://kararuns.com/2017/11/20/postpartum-exercise-mobility-for-runners/#comment-72592 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 00:55:57 +0000 http://kararuns.com/?p=8170#comment-72592 No kiddos or pregnancies here, but you can do a LOT with body weight strength and mobility training. Thera bands are great too… clamshells, glute bridges, leg lifts, squats, lunges, etc. You can change up the foot positioning of bridges to target glutes (feet closer to butt) or hamstrings (feet further out). I think people really underestimate some of those exercises in terms of how much they help imbalances. You don’t have to experience a pregnancy to have them, a lot of it is from sitting all day or even crossing legs.

]]> Comment on Welcome, Baby Cecilia! by Kara http://kararuns.com/2017/10/26/positive-birth-story/#comment-72416 Thu, 02 Nov 2017 15:45:32 +0000 http://kararuns.com/?p=8140#comment-72416 Thank you Lora!!

]]> Comment on Welcome, Baby Cecilia! by Kara http://kararuns.com/2017/10/26/positive-birth-story/#comment-72415 Thu, 02 Nov 2017 15:45:10 +0000 http://kararuns.com/?p=8140#comment-72415 Thanks lady! I can’t wait to see you, love and miss you too!

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