WHY RUNNERS NEED BIKRAM YOGA
I spent my high school years running indoor track and cross-country, and while I was never very fast, I loved running because it was something I could do anywhere, anytime, and all I needed was my sneakers.
Running could be social time where I would chat away with my friends or it could be more of a reflective opportunity for me to be alone with my thoughts.
And no matter what, it always gave me a great workout.
From the time I was five-years-old, I watched the Boston Marathon every spring. The runners would race through my hometown en route to Boston, and the energy from the crowds, year after year, rain or shine, helped carry them to the finish line.
The Boston Marathon + my high school running days was the perfect equation to make me want to run a marathon…
And want I did. During my junior year in college I started following a marathon training plan. I logged a lot of miles that fall, and sadly never made it to any starting line due to a stress fracture in my tibia.
Major bummer.
This injury was frustrating, because I wasn’t in a cast and I didn’t feel super hurt, but I was and running would hurt me more.
The next year, I got my act together and applied to raise money for a Boston charity in exchange for a number to run the Boston Marathon. I was official! And I’d be damned if I was going to get hurt again.
It was during this time that one of my college roommates invited me to attend my first Bikram Yoga class. I was intrigued, especially because she said it was the best[……]