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Olahraga adalah hobby-ku sedari kecil. Aku selalu berpikiran bahwa manusia itu terbagi kedalam dua bakat, dalam hal seni dan dalam hal olahraga (ini menurut pendapat ngaco-ku aja). Berhubung aku sangat sangat susah menangkap dalam belajar seni (nyanyi, nari, gambar, main musik, dsb) maka aku termasuk orang yang mudah dalam belajar olahraga (karate, renang, basket, futsal, naik gunung, dsb).

Dulu latihan lari paling sering adalah ketika warming up untuk karate, lumayan lah per sesi latihan bisa road run (tanpa alas kaki) dari 5km-7km per-sesi latihan. Semenjak SMA kegiatan per-olahragaan itu terhenti karena jauhnya jarak dari rumah ke sekolah (lintas kabupaten-kota wkwk) jadi keabisan waktu di jalan.

Semenjak kuliah mulai lah latihan lari karena keharusan latihan fisik sbg penunjang kegiatan pecinta alam, dan dari situlah mulai tumbuh kecintaanku pada berlari.

Alasannya? Pertama, lari itu olahraga paling murah, modal sepatu sama kemauan doang. Kedua, ya jelas banyak manfaatnya lah buat kesehatan (aku gamau jelasin ini karena aku bukan expert dalam bidangnya). Terakhir dan terpenting, bagiku lari itu menyembuhkan.

Pernah denger ungkapan “lari dari kenyataan?” Walaupun terdengar sedikit minus, tapi itulah yang terjadi ketika kita sedang berlari. Ketika lari itu, aku sering banget berkontemplasi. Pas lagi stress dan galau gundah gulana? efeknya nampol bgt. Pernah suatu ketika, pas lagi patah hati bgt , aku lari keliling gasibu kira-kira 21 keliling (sekitar 7km) doang sih, terus abis itu muntah-muntah wkwkkwkw karena cape abis magang, tapi setelah itu I felt betteeeeeeeeeer. Ya dan sekarang pun begitu, ketika aku ngerasa sedih, kesel, ingin marah tapi gabisa, dan bermacam-macam perasaan negatif lainnya, aku lampiasin semuanya ketika aku berlari. Semakin stress atau sedih, maka semakin jauh jarak aku berlari, sampe kepala udh pening aja.

Lantas lari-nya cuma dijadikan pelarian aja? Engga gitu sih sebenernya, cita-cita aku ingiiiiiin bgt ikut race kaya marathon gitu (belum nargetin ada di podium, jadi peserta aja udh alhamdulillah). Bukan ngerasa ga mampu secara fisik (bagiku semua orang mampu, asalkan ada kemauan dan usaha) cumaaaan, karena statusku masih mahasiswi (yg hampir 90% mandiri secara finansial) maka untuk ikut race macem gitu harus mikir berkali-kali hehe.

Semoga, di tahun-tahun berikutnya keinginan tersebut bisa tercapai, Amin.

Can Running Help A Cold? — Running While Sick

Developing a case of the sniffles may seem like the most frustrating thing in the middle of your training. You may feel unsure on how running with a cold might impact your goals in the long-term or even your health in the short-term. Especially if you desire to stay on track with your training schedule, these types of concerns may arise from this.

Researchers have done scientific studies investigating the role of exercise on illnesses, specifically having to do with colds and respiratory infections. There are a few simple rules based on the evidence, that can help you decide whether to go out for a run or to just stay home and recover.

The Do’s & Do Not’s Of Running With A Cold

There is a basic rule that you can use to determine whether you should or shouldn’t run with a cold according to this advice given from medical experts. Depending where the location of your symptoms are found, you should follow the following rule. You would need to assess how you feel after determining if you feel symptoms above or below the neck.

The Neck Rule — Above or Below?

This rule, above-the-neck/below-the-neck, is a tried and true test that will allow you to decide whether if training is appropriate or not.

If your symptoms seem to be manageable, which includes having a headache, runny nose, watery eyes, sore throat or sneezing, and is above-the-neck, according to the rules it suggests that you have the regular run of the mill cold. However, any symptoms below-the-neck such as chest congestion, body aches, nausea or diarrhea most likely requires rest and is a sign of a more serious sickness. According the rules, training under these conditions may actually do you more harm than good.

Think of these as more of guidelines to deciding whether to run when you have a cold. Just because your symptoms may be above-the-neck, it doesn’t necessarily mean you should hit the pavement. Take it easy if you do decide to go for a run and stop if symptoms become worse or become unmanageable.

Exceptions

There are important exceptions to this neck rule, just how most rules also have exceptions. For any “Full-Body” symptoms such as a fever... 

There's no denying that running is a standout amongst the most law based approaches to work out. You can do it whenever, anyplace, and all you need is a decent pair of running shoes and some stamina. It's no big surprise, at that point, that an ever increasing number of Americans are receiving the game and doing it aggressively; the quantity of individuals who completed composed races became 300% in the U.S. from 1990 to 2013, and in 2015, there were somewhat in excess of 17 million Americans who kept running in races across the country.

In any case, gauges recommend that 79% of sprinters will get harmed sooner or later, a measurement that is remained moderately stable for over 40 years. "Running is no picnic for the wheels, particularly in case you're doing long-separate running," says James O'Keefe, a cardiologist at St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City and a previous sprinter. "Many individuals will separate orthopedically."

Since in excess of 80 million Americans are carrying on with a stationary way of life, there are positively a lot of individuals who could profit by running as opposed to doing nothing by any means—and on the off chance that you do run as of now, there is no motivation to stop except if a specialist guides you to. The most recent science on running and its consequences for the body offers both empowering and preventative takeaways for individuals who appreciate the game.

Running may avert a few wounds

Running has a notoriety for causing mileage, yet new research proposes that it might really counteract wounds instead of increment the danger of them.

A little report distributed in December 2016 found that 30 minutes of running brought down irritation in sprinters' knee joints. In the report, scientists at Brigham Young University brought 15 solid sprinters into a lab where tests of their blood and knee-joint liquid were taken when they kept running for 30 minutes. The specialists at that point contrasted the examples and ones taken before when the people were stationary.

The specialists expected to discover an expansion in particles that goad irritation, however they didn't. Rather, they found that master provocative markers had diminished. "It was amazing," says study creator Matt Seeley, a partner teacher of activity science at BYU.

Seeley accentuates that the report is a pilot and that his group intends to do a similar report with more individuals soon. "I think, and expectation, the information will demonstrate that running is useful for your joints," he includes. "Despite the fact that the outcomes are constrained, they are likewise startling and could be significant."

Not every person is persuaded. "There is information on the two sides of the fence," says Brian Feeley, an orthopedic specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, who wasn't required with the investigation. "We know there are a few people who run all the time without any issues and others that have joint pain at a generally youthful age." For now, individuals of all capacities ought to permit themselves an opportunity to recuperate post-exercise.

It may not be incredible for ladies' bodies

Ladies make up about 57% of race finishers, and information recommends that the quantity of female sprinters is up around the world. However, people will in general keep running in various ways, and sometimes, that can mean more wounds for ladies.

Stephen Messier, chief of the J.B. Snow Biomechanics Laboratory at Wake Forest University, is attempting to comprehend why female sprinters get harmed more frequently than men. So far he's discovered that ladies will in general have higher curves and call attention to toes out additional as they run. "We don't have the foggiest idea if those distinctions credit to a more serious hazard for damage," says Messier, yet his group is attempting to discover.

Earlier research has discovered that female sprinters are bound to be heel strikers, which a few specialists think expands danger of damage in light of higher-sway arrivals. The manner in which individuals' hips and knees are normally adjusted may likewise expand their hazard. Ladies likewise will in general have less quality in their center and hips, which could influence them.

That shouldn't deflect ladies from running, notwithstanding. Ladies have more muscle versus fat, which is gainful for vitality stockpiling and continuance, and they're regularly more adaptable than men, which can profit their muscles. Ladies likewise seem, by all accounts, to be better at pacing themselves during races contrasted and men.

To avert impact point striking, specialists propose that individuals take a stab at landing nearer to their midfoot or landing gentler during each walk. Messier is additionally propelling a preliminary that puts female sprinters through quality preparing activities to check whether some building up can enable them to bring down their damage hazard by and large.

You can run even in maturity—to a point

As the ubiquity of aggressive running expands, more individuals are doing it further down the road, as well. "Ages before us weren't doing this," says O'Keefe. "Individuals weren't running more than 10 miles per day into their 60s."

Today, individuals age 40 and up make up almost half of long distance race finishers in the U.S., while in 1980, they made up simply 26%. O'Keefe says there is no clear age cutoff at which running is never again bravo, however checking it with age might be a smart thought. "Numerous individuals find that their joints feel much improved in the event that they do energetic strolling instead of pursuing age 45 or 50," he says. "I do prompt individuals over age 45 to stay away from unending exceptionally high-power long-separate running, as the body isn't as flexible as we get more seasoned."

One examination took a gander at long distance runners and their non-sprinter life partners and found that the sprinters were more slender and had lower circulatory strain and pulse. In any case, the discoveries additionally demonstrated that the more seasoned racers had a great deal of plaque in their courses and scored higher on an estimation of heart-assault hazard.

Different kinds of activity, similar to high-power interim preparing and quality based activities, are great to blend in as you age. Pilates and yoga have likewise been appeared to improve adaptability and parity, which are significant for sprinters—and in maturing. If your running to unwind, be social or for long haul wellbeing, I disclose to them you're in an ideal situation running a mile and a half and afterward heading off to a yoga class. Focusing on one thing can sting over the long haul.

Leslie Blair Reames

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I have been running since I was ten years old.  I never concerned myself with speed when I was young, and I never knew why I wanted to run, I just knew I needed to go, and my dad was willing to take me, so I went. I ran through, middle school, high school, and college.  I ran before work, on lunch breaks, and after work.  I ran through two of three pregnancies, and was back at it two weeks after delivery.  I ran through raising three children, 20 years of marriage, and everything in between.  I’ve ran to things, and I’ve ran away from things. I’ve ran because of life’s circumstances, and I’ve ran in spite of them.  

I’ve ran to clear my mind and sort my thoughts.  And I’ve ran to defy my mind and defeat my thoughts.  I’ve ran in heat that had my clothes soaked before I hit the first mile, and I’ve ran in sleet and rain that blew me backward with each step.  I’ve angled my foot on a rock so strategically that I ran 24 miles of 26.2 with a limp.  And I’ve landed my head on a rock so strategically that I was reminded of that rock every time I looked in the mirror for the next two weeks.  

I’ve ran through depression, anxiety, and sorrow.  I’ve laughed so hard during runs that I had to slow down.  And I’ve cried so hard during a run that I had to sit down.   I’ve pounded a 5k out at a 6:45 pace, and I’ve drug one out at an 11:50 pace.  I’ve been done after an 8 minute run, and I’ve kept going until the clocked turned to 8 hours.  And yes, I’ve ran in circles around my house because my Garmin was .03 from an even mile.  

Life is such and adventure and I am so blessed to be able to run through it all.  It is not likely that I will clock another 5k at a 6:45 pace, and I certainly do hope I never hear “you’re pregnant” again.  In fact, most of the things I’ve ran through up to this point in my life, I will probably never experience again.  Life is full of uncertainty and surprises.  Sometimes it’s fun, and sometimes it isn’t.  No matter which way it goes, I am certain of this; as long as view each one through the proper lense and keep my focus on my Creator and a good pair of running shoes within reach, I will come out on top.