Ready for Race Day: How to avoid getting injured during a marathon

WE’RE JUST TEN DAYS OUT FROM THE ORLANDO HALF MARATHON. AND RIGHT NOW, RUNNERS ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON GOOD NUTRITION, HYDRATION AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, NOT GETTING HURT. YES, PROPER EXERCISES CAN HELP PREVENT A MAJOR SETBACK LIKE THAT. SHELDON, YOU CAUGHT UP WITH A LOCAL WOMAN WHO IS TRAINING FOR THE U.S. AFTER A LIFE CHANGING SURGERY. YEAH, HER HEALTH JOURNEY IS TRULY REMARKABLE AND SHE’S USING ADVENTHEALTH RUNNER PERFORMANCE PROGRAM TO GET READY FOR RACE DAY IN JULY OF 2022. I HAD A GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY WITH ADVENTHEALTH. SO? SO I’VE LOST OVER 125 POUNDS. MONTHS AFTER THAT SURGERY, ALLIE SCHULTZ’S PASSION FOR RUNNING REALLY TOOK OFF. I KIND OF STARTED RUNNING BECAUSE I NOT SO MUCH TO LOSE THE WEIGHT, BUT JUST BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO. NOW AND I REALLY FOUND THIS JOY IN RUNNING, I’M ABLE TO PLAY WITH MY SON SO MUCH MORE. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE ABLE TO DO SO MANY MORE THINGS LIKE WE CAN GO ON WALKS AND HANG OUT. I’VE JUST HAD SO MUCH MORE ENERGY. IT’S JUST BEEN REALLY FANTASTIC. LIKE, ALLIE ALREADY HAS A NUMBER OF FIVE K RACES UNDER HER BELT AND SHE’S TRAINING TO GET ANOTHER MEDAL AT THE ORLANDO HALF MARATHON. HER FIRST 13 MILE RACE. WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO TAKE THE LEAP AND DO A HALF? WELL, YOU KNOW, I HAVE I’VE DONE A LOT OF FIVE K’S. I’VE GOTTEN MY TIMES DOWN A LOT. AND I JUST SEEMED LIKE THE NEXT STEP. RUNNERS CAN GET HURT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, LIKE NOT HAVING GOOD TECHNIQUE, OVERUSE, USING OUR MUSCLES OR NOT HAVING THE PROPER SHOES RACE UP INTO IT. GO NOW, ALLIE DOESN’T WANT AN INJURY TO KEEP HER FROM DOING WHAT SHE LOVES, SO SHE SIGNED UP FOR THE ADVENT HEALTH RUNNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAM. I SAW A PAMPHLET ACTUALLY AT THE ADVENT HEALTH BOOTH AND IT TALKED ABOUT IT, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. AND NOW WE’RE HERE. AND WHAT ABOUT IT, LIKE, STUCK OUT TO YOU OR SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO DO DURING YOUR TRAINING? WELL, I’M SUCH A NEW RUNNER. LIKE I HAVEN’T EVEN BEEN RUNNING A YEAR. I STARTED DECEMBER OF LAST OR THIS YEAR. A LITTLE BIT OF A BEND IN THE KNEE. I FIGURED IT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO MAKE SURE I’M RUNNING CORRECTLY AND SAFELY AND, YOU KNOW, JUST KEEP KEEP AT IT AND KEEP IMPROVING. TRY TO HIT ME RIGHT IN THE HAND HERE. GOOD. THIS IS THE ADVENTHEALTH TRAINING CENTER. IT’S BUILT WITH OUR AFFILIATED PARTNER, THE MAGIC ORLANDO MAGIC. WE HAVE A LOT OF HIGH TECH AND HIGH QUALITY EQUIPMENT HERE. DOUG ALLEN HAS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST FOR ADVENTHEALTH. HE TALKED WITH ME ABOUT THE PERSONALIZATION OF THE RUNNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAM. WE CAN HELP THAT RUNNER KIND OF MAKE MODIFICATIONS AND STRATIFICATIONS TO THEIR RUNNING PLAN IN ORDER FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO RUN AND KEEP RUNNING AND TO BUILD ONTO THEIR RUNNING ENDURANCE. IT ALL STARTS WITH AN HOUR LONG ASSESSMENT THAT ALLIE RECENTLY COMPLETED RAISES HIGH AS WE CAN. WE DO A QUALITY MOTION ANALYSIS. WE ALSO DO A RUNNING ANALYSIS. MS. AND WE USE SOME TECHNOLOGY TO ANALYZE YOUR RUNNING BIOMECHANICS AND THEN WE DO A STRENGTH ASSESSMENT AND A FLEXIBILITY ASSESSMENT THAT’S REALLY SPECIFIC TO RUNNERS. I LEARNED SOME DIFFERENT EXERCISES LIKE STRENGTH IN THE ARCH OF MY FOOT AND TRY TO LIKE MAKE MY CADENCE A LITTLE LONGER OVER TIME. YOU KNOW, I’M JUST AMAZED WE CAN FIND OUT SO MUCH LIKE IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, KNOWLEDGE THAT ALLIE IS READY TO START PRACTICING. I’M JUST GOING TO STACK IT ONTO MY TRAINING THAT I ALREADY DO. AND THEN AFTER THE HALF MARATHON, DEFINITELY MAKE SURE I’M DOING IT A LOT MORE. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I’M STRONG ENOUGH TO, YOU KNOW, RUN FASTER AND STAY HEALTHY AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT LIKE THE THE MUSCLE MASS TO PUSH MYSELF AS I RUN. ALL RIGHT. AND YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ADVENT RUNNER PROGRAM ON THE U.S. HALF MARATHON PAGE ON WESH.COM. AND ALSO THERE WE’VE GOT A LINK FOR YOU TO SIGN UP FOR THE RUN OR THE HALF OR THE FIVE K AND BIG NEWS WESH 2 NEWS WESH 2 NEWS VIEWERS WHO SIGNED UP FOR THE FIVE K CAN GET A $7 DISCOUNT. WHO DOESN’T WANT TO SAVE SOME MONEY? YOU CAN USE THAT CODE WESH TO DURING REGISTRATION. A FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT WE ARE YOUR HOME FOR LIVE RACE DAY COVERAGE ON SATURDAY DECEMBER SECOND. THAT IS NEXT SATURDAY Y’ALL. OUR DEDICATED RACE DAY PROGRAMING STARTS AT 7 A.M. STEWART MORE MICHELLE IMPERATO AND I WILL ALL BE RUNNING IN THAT RACE. STEWART AND I WILL BE REPORTING ALONG THE RACE ROUTE. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE HOSTING OUR PROGRAM. IT’S GOING TO BE A BUSY DAY NEXT SATURDAY FOR EVERYONE AT WEST, BUT WE’RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. YEAH. ARE YOU READY? YEAH. COOL. NO, NO, I AM LIKE YOUR VOICE GOT A LITTLE HIGHER. YEAH. YEAH, THAT’S LIKE, YOU KNOW, NOT SHELDON. YOU ARE A SERIOUS RUNNER, THOUGH. AND YOU’VE. YOU’VE BEEN RUNNING SINCE I’VE KNOWN THING LIKE. AND I’M SURE PEOPLE AT HOME CAN RELATE TO THIS TOO. BUT MY TIMES ARE GETTING SLOWER AS I GET OLDER AND IT’S JUST KIND OF WRAPPING MY HEAD AROUND LIKE THIS NEW PHASE OF RUNNING FOR ME BECAUSE IT’S NOT WHAT IT WAS FOR PREVIOUS RACES. SO AT THIS POINT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN FINISH WITHOUT GETTING AN INJURY, RIGHT? GOTCHA. YEAH. OKAY. AND THAT’S THE FOCUS NOW FOR LATE 30S. THAT’S FINISHING STRONG. YEAH. JUST BEING OUT THERE AND DOING IT. YEAH. I’VE DONE ONE AND I’M LIKE, THAT’S IT. GOOD ONE. AND DONE. MY, MY FRIENDS YOU GUYS HAVE BOTH RUN HALF MARATHONS, SO THIS IS WHY YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE GREAT COMMENTATORS ON RACE DAY BECAUSE YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT THE RUNNERS ARE GOING THROUGH. YEAH, I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO. YOU HAVE TO SWING BY US SO WE CAN INTERVIEW YOU. YES, FOR SURE. AWESOME. AND TOMORROW YOU’RE GOING TO BE OUT