General Training Tips
These tips from long-time recreational distance runner and member of the Brainsport team, Lisette Schermann, will help you make the most of your Saskatchewan Marathon experience.
Lisette has run road races ranging from 5 km to Marathon distance – and a couple of trail races too. Her fitness goals include finishing an ultra-distance trail race in 2011, and to keep running always.
Download Lis’ General Training Tips
Safe Training Tips
Early February is the time of year when people begin to turn their attention to increasing their training in preparation for the Saskatchewan Marathon in late May. As the volume and intensity start to ramp up, so does the opportunity for injury if runners do not follow the principles and guidelines for safe training.
Research has shown that anywhere between 30-70% of runners will sustain an injury that will cause them to miss more than seven days of consecutive training. Of these injuries 85% are overuse injuries which occur as a result of training errors—basically too much too soon.
By following some very basic guidelines when structuring your training, you can greatly decrease your risk of an overuse injury. Below is a list of training guidelines that will help you avoid some of the common training mistakes in the lead-up to your key race of the season.
Brad Spokes, BScPT, CSCS, CAFCI
- Certified and Licensed Physiotherapist and Acupuncturist
- Physiotherapy Consultant at the Saskatoon Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Centre
- Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
- Canadian Sports Physiotherapist-Level 1
- Certified Specialist in the Prevention of Running Injuries
- 2009 Speaker Sport Medicine Saturdays on Injury Prevention for Runners
- 2008-2010 Men’s Coach of University of Saskatchewan Cross-Country and Track and Field (Distance)
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2008-2010 Educational Co-ordinator at Brainsport Running Clinics
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2006-2007 Assistant Coach of University of Saskatchewan Cross-Country
Download Brad's Guidelines for Safe Training
- Click here to download Guideline #1 – Avoid increasing your volume too quickly
- Click here to download Guideline #2 – Risks associated with too much hard running
- Click here to download Guideline #3 – Watch the length of your long runs
- Click here to download Guideline #4 – Beware of running too fast on your long & recovery runs
By incorporating these very simple but effective training principles into your training plan you will greatly reduce the risks of doing too much too soon. It often isn’t about who does the most training, but who does the smartest training.
Safe Training!