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I had a interesting run yesterday. I had this nagging piriformis injury that has been bothering me for a while. Our running group started a trail run every sunday, and I thought I'll try that (I ran limited trails last year but recently not enough time to drive to the trails). These guys run insane mileage, but I thought I'll just do 1 loop to their multiple loop plans. Anyway I ran 9 miles yesterday on pretty hilly, technical terrain and even though I am pretty sore today, I am not feeling the Piriformis. I had a similar epiphany last year as well with another nagging injury. I think trail runs where you are forced to run a overall slower and varied pace and where you use your muscles differently should be in everybody's training regime if they have access to a trail. Thanks for letting me share.
I think trail runs where you are forced to run a overall slower and varied pace and where you use your muscles differently should be in everybody's training regime if they have access to a trail.
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