Education

Have a road race coming up? Us too. Training supremely mediocre? Us too. Fortunately, Liz Halleran has some wisdom to clear the fog and get us back to the sweet spot for training.

Alma joined the RunUphill team last year for our “Learn to Run" clinic.  This Spring, she trained hard for the half marathon at the Rocky Mountain Soap Co. Women’s Run. On May 16th 2020, Alma ran her own virtual half-marathon in 2 hours and 46 minutes!

This week, we asked ultrarunner Svenja Espenhahn what advice she would give to runners who are getting into ultra running. Here are her top tips.

By Lynne Richardson, Physiotherapist and owner of Rocky Mountain Rehab & Sports Medicine Clinic in Canmore.

As a Physiotherapist in a mountain community, I can tell it's ski season by the number of sore, swollen knees that limp through our clinic door. It's often a very classic story: "I had a slow twisting fall, my bindings did not release, I felt a pop, and my knee swelled immediately". Knee ligament injuries are very common in skiers, and an ACL tear is often the diagnosis.

When I am not at SkiUphill cutting skins, fitting boots or mounting bindings, I am a physiotherapist at Rocky Mountain Rehab and Sports Medicine in Canmore. Technique and equipment play huge roles in performance, injury prevention and how much you enjoy your time outside backcountry skiing or trail running. Our mission is to put customers on the right equipment for them and to educate them regarding progression, injury prevention, fit, technique or simply on where to go! Here is an article I wrote a little while ago about hip flexors and backcountry skiing.