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NYARA Races and Clinics

Putting it Back Together - From Injury to Racing

New York, NY
January 11

February 10

March 1


We’ve all been injured at some point in our racing careers and the road to recovery is never easy. NYARA and our good friends at Alta Health and Fitness Center are providing a FREE clinic series on how to prepare your body for adventure races and remain injury free.

A little trail running
at NYARA's 2003
The Longest Day Adventure Race


Event Details

Disciplines

  • Clinic #1: At this clinic, you will have the opportunity to evaluate your fitness and performance level and learn how to test yourself to see if you are predisposed for an injury. Also, there will be a discussion on how much training will be necessary for your upcoming racing season.

  • Clinic #2: Incorporating your fitness evaluation into a training program.
    This clinic will teach you how to develop your training program to strengthen
    weaknesses, address injuries and work on overall fitness. There will also be a discussion on some common soft tissue injuries prevalent in adventure racing:

    Achilles/Soleus sprain/strain
    ITBand Syndrome
    Patella/Femoral Syndrome (Knee pain)
    Groin Strain
    Piriformis Syndrome
    Sciatica
    Low Back Pain

    We will discuss how these pathologies occur and what needs to take place to resolve and prevent these injuries from coming back.

  • Clinic #3: Using the concrete jungle to prepare you for the natural jungle! At this clinic you will learn how to training in a controlled, stable environment to prepare you for a chaotic, destabilized environment. This clinic will focus on using equipment found in the gym to help prepare you for an adventure race.

Date

Clinic #1: 11 January 2005

Clinic #2: 10 February 2005

Clinic #3: 1 March 2005

Location

Alta Health and Fitness Center
1841 Broadway Suite 600
New York, NY 10023

Start Time

7:00 PM (for all three clinics)

Duration

2 hrs

Price

NYARA Members

FREE

Non-members

FREE

Clinic Contact

Mark Merchant or (212) 956-2900

Registration

Registration not required for this clinic. Just show up!

Gear List

  • No gear required for this clinic.

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