STress & Recovery

Stress is stress. Your body cannot differentiate between running a marathon, moving, financial stress, work stress or the stress of having a new baby at home. Your body can't tell if the stress is good or bad. Running should be fun- let's keep it that way! Here are some podcasts, videos and articles about stress, injury and running. You can also find information about recovery here including sleep, soft tissue recovery and some nutrition.

Oh...and a coloring book I published!

If this isn't enough information for you feel free to go to the RUNsource app, where we have athlete meditations, yoga classes for runners and education from sports psychologists. Or you can come see us at the clinic or schedule a consult with me.

Videos

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Blogs

Running As You Age: How to Stay Fast, Healthy, and Decrease Injury Risk From Youth to Masters Running

Can you keep running as you get older? Absolutely. Research consistently shows that runners can maintain high levels of fitness, performance, and health well into their 60s, 70s, and beyond. AND you are never too old to go out and walk or even run. While aging affects muscle mass, recovery, running economy, and aerobic capacity, many of the changes we associate with "getting old" are actually related to inactivity, loss of strength, inadequate recovery, and poor training habi

How to Handle a Bad Run

Not every run feels great. In fact, some running feels terrible. You might be dragging your feet, watching your pace fall apart, or questioning why you’re even doing this in the first place. But, the truth is bad runs are part of the process. Every runner, no matter their experience level, has days like this. A bad run doesn’t mean your training is off-track. It means you’re human. Running is a sport of stress and adaptation. Without hard days, there’s no stimulus for growth.

Why You Can’t ‘Out-Run’ Stress: The Overlap of Training, Life Load, and Injury Risk

You’ve followed your plan. Your mileage looks right. Your strength sessions are dialed in. So why does your body still feel off, or worse, why are you getting injured? Here’s the honest answer: it might not be your running. As runners, we love control. We obsess over pace, cadence, and shoe stack height. But the biggest threat to your training isn’t always in your programming, it’s in everything outside of it. Life stress, sleep, nutrition, and recovery all shape how your bod

The Morning Run Advantage: Does Time of Day Affect Performance and Injury Risk?

Runners are creatures of habit. Whether it’s a standing sunrise loop or a late-day stress reliever, your training schedule likely follows a rhythm. But have you ever wondered if that rhythm actually matters for performance or injury risk? Turns out, it does. When you run affects more than just your calendar it influences energy metabolism, sleep quality, tissue stiffness, and even injury risk. So let’s break down what the science says, and what you can do with it. The Science

Consistency: The Most Underrated Performance Enhancer

I took this of some of our ATC elites at the One Mile invitational in Boston when we were there this April. (Luciano Fiore, Luke Houser, Clay Pender, Sean Dolan) This past weekend I was glued to the TV watching the USATF Outdoor Championships. There were several of our ATC athletes competing so I was not only engaged, but also yelling at the TV. One of our athletes, Sean Dolan was interviewed after advancing through his preliminary race in the men's 800 meters. Early in the i

How Coffee Impacts Running Recovery and Performance

Caffeine is a favorite among runners at Fast Bananas RUNsource. Many of us rely on it to jumpstart our days and fuel our workouts, but what is caffeine really doing to our performance and recovery? Let’s dig into the science to understand how to maximize the benefits of coffee for both performance gains and optimal recovery. Caffeine’s Effect on Performance Caffeine can boost endurance and reduce perceived effort during exercise by stimulating the central nervous system and i

What Runners Need to Know About Their Heart

Sometimes I feel like a broken record, but every year I like to tell my story. To build awareness in our running community. I like to remind my friends, patients and anyone that will listen that just because we run and live healthy lives doesn't mean we are invincible. Ten years ago, I was running regularly. Training hard. Lifting. Eating right. Living what looked like a “healthy” runner’s life. And I almost died. Not from a car. Not from dehydration or heat stroke. From my h

Articles & More

Kate Mihevc Edward's article in Run Outside about Recovery

Kate Mihevc Edward's article in Run Outside aboutcompression socks.

Kate Mihevc Edwards on the strength running podcast

Be Slow. Get FasT. A coloring Book For Runners

Slowing down is a way to give our nervous system a break. Recovery and stress such important things to understand as a runner. I created this coloring book so that my patients and clients had another way to slow down and take care of themselves.

Grab a glass of water or a warm cup of coffee and take some well deserved you time! My coloring book is perfect for all runners.

Its beautiful images take you through what it truly means to be a runner and what makes running so special.

Add this to your daily recovery or mindfulness routine today!

runners coloring book by Dr. Kate Mihevc Edwards PT, DPT, OCS

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