Comments on My Dirt Road Anthem: Why I think running and yoga are best friends

Good for you! I am happy for you to be feeling bet...

2014-05-29T16:36:15.881-06:00

Good for you! I am happy for you to be feeling better but not TOO cocky about it! And do keep up the yoga cause you seem to enjoy it so much as well as well as find it helps. I like it too.

I think yoga is indeed great for running - because...

2014-05-29T13:15:43.572-06:00

I think yoga is indeed great for running - because it strengthens muscles that you don't know you have, and is great cross training. I try to do it twice a week to keep my body healthy, if I stop doing it for a while I notice that my body feels weaker. Maybe I'll get into different cross training (I should probably do spin class more often), or something else, but yoga is great for me right now

That's awesome that yoga has been so helpful f...

2014-05-29T05:37:41.995-06:00

That's awesome that yoga has been so helpful for you! I'm glad you're feeling better and taking it easy getting back into running!

pretty convincing! glad you're feeling good!

2014-05-28T21:13:24.714-06:00

pretty convincing! glad you're feeling good!

i am so happy to read this. i had some major back...

2014-05-28T20:26:11.018-06:00

i am so happy to read this. i had some major back pain last year that resulted in a microdistectomy. i'm so thankful that it combined with major physical therapy did wonders for my chronic pain. recently i found a really affordable yoga studio that has hatha alignment classes twice a week. i LOVE it. i may have found yoga late in my pain journey, but i can already tell that it's going to make a huge difference.

I miss yoga and I think you've inspired me to ...

2014-05-28T20:02:57.347-06:00

I miss yoga and I think you've inspired me to get back into practice. It does help.

I always think people look so completely badass in...

2014-05-28T14:11:18.876-06:00

I always think people look so completely badass in their yoga pictures, and I'm sure I look like a total clutz! Congrats on such a triumphant return. I also appreciate yoga, and while I never really thought of it that way, you're right that yoga is good for running, but not the other way around. I haven't done yoga in a month and need to get back to it!

I agree, consistent yoga has been so helpful for m...

2014-05-28T11:06:25.498-06:00

I agree, consistent yoga has been so helpful for my running.
Do you ever to yoga before a run or always after? My schedule this Friday is such that if I want to get the yoga in, I need to do it before my 5 miler. Part of me feels like running after yoga will "cancel it out". The other part of me thinks it might be good to warm up the muscles.