UCSF RunFit

Week 25: June 18-24, 2012

June 24, 2012

Happy Summer! It was a weird week in the Bay Area that started off very warm until the Summer Soltice; then it seemed like Fall arrived – at least for a few days. Not much changed last week. I continue to mix up my workouts with strength training and cardio. I was only to get [...]

Tagged as: Biking/Spinning, Running, Strength Training, UCSF RunFit, Weekly Workout Recaps, Yoga

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UCSF RunFit Clinic

June 19, 2012

Earlier this year I went to the UCSF Human Performance Center for a Vo2Max and Lactate Threshold testing. The Exercise Physiologist that I worked with was so kind and knowledgeable that I peppered her for weeks after my visit with running questions. When I started to experience shin splints and feeling like my feet “slapped [...]

Tagged as: Runn, UCSF RunFit

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UCSF RunSafe Performance Evaluation

February 10, 2012

A couple of weeks ago, fifteen months after my initial visit to UCSF’s (University of California – San Francisco) RunSafe clinic, I went back for a Performance Evaluation. The Performance Evaluation was comprised of: 1. A Body Composition Analysis 2. Lactate Threshold Testing 3. VO2 Max Testing 4. A private consultation with an Exercise Physiologist [...]

Tagged as: Running, UCSF RunFit

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Back to Basics

January 26, 2012

Going back to last Fall, the right side of my body has felt a little “off.” The aches and pains were too inconsistent to feel injured, but it didn’t feeling 100%. For the longest time I thought it was my hip, but lately, I’ve been feeling twinges in other random parts of my body, from [...]

Tagged as: Physical Therapy, Running, Strength Training, UCSF RunFit

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RunSafe

January 4, 2011

It occurred to me last night, as I have chatting with a friend at Yoga class, that I never wrote a post about my experience with at the RunSafe Clinic at UCSF. I feel like I’ve told so many people about it already, but probably best to document it for posterity, and anyone else who [...]

Tagged as: Running, UCSF RunFit

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