Dear fellow runners:
My heel? Yeah, it hurts when I run. Hell, it hurts when I walk. I started running on a regular basis roughly a year ago and it’s been a relatively injury-free journey. Until now, that is.
The injury bug finally caught up to me about a month ago and, well, I’m pretty ticked off about it (to put it politely). Logic says that I should stop running and give my heel some rest, but I reeeeeally want to get outside and pound some pavement. In my mind, every day that I don’t run is another day of gains thrown right out the window. You know what I mean? Of course you do.
At the beginning of the year, I made the decision to run the 
If you run short distances of six miles or less your body can most likely make do with a lot of water or even a sports drink. If you’re an endurance runner your body needs a certain combination of carbohydrates, protein, electrolytes and other hydrating fluids. Enter the recovery drink. A beverage that will put back all that you lost so you can get back out and do it all over again.