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August 18, 2025
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AND WE ARE BACK. Thank you so much for your patience and understanding! A shortened version of our newsletter is here for quick details, and we'll be back in full next week.
🦵 Injury Prevention & Recognition
Shin splints and post-tib pain have been showing up everywhere lately! In just the past week, we’ve seen runner after runner struggling with Tibialis Posterior issues—at one Fit For Life clinic last Friday, nearly half the patients came in with this exact problem. It’s a frustrating injury that tends to flare up right around this point in the MIT training cycle.
That’s why this week’s article from Chelsea Hall, P.T.—who also happened to win Sunday’s Grandview Yard Half Marathon (!!)—is all about how to spot post-tib pain early and take care of it before it derails your training.
👉 Train Your Brain: Mid-Season Mental Health Tune-Up
Dr Bechtel has another key Train Your Brain article on the mid-season mental health tune-up.
Thanks for bearing with us.
See you soon!
– Coach H
Workout Hub
This Week's Workouts at a Glance
WEDNESDAY GRIT WORK: YASSO 800s @ THE TRACK
WHEN
Wednesday, August 20th @ 6:30pm
LOCATION
Fleet Feet Office & Trackhouse
867 North High Street
Worthington, OH 43085
PARKING:
Please park across the street in the REMAX parking lot, or find parking in historic downtown Worthington.
WORKOUT DETAILS:
Yasso 800s are back! What's Yasso? The premise is pretty straightforward: If your goal is to run a marathon in, say, 4 hours flat, you should be able to do 6-8 800m repeats in 4:00 minutes with recovery between reps. A 2:30 half marathoner (or 5 hour marathoner) would run their reps in 5:00 minutes, and so on and so forth.
V.02 workouts on your watch might have you doing this one a little faster than Yasso pace. Pay attention to your body.
ROUTES:
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HALF MARATHONERS:
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6x800 @ YASSO with 2 min recovery
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FULL MARATHONERS:
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8x800 @ YASSO with 2 min recovery
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Advanced: instead of 2 min standing recovery, do a 400m jog recovery.
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COOL DOWN: 1 mile back to office
Note: Please be sure to bring a hydration bottle or bottle to every Wednesday night workout. Hannah will have a cooler for water, but we are cup-less!
SATURDAY LONG RUN: Otterbein University
WHEN
Saturday, August 23rd @ 7:00am
LOCATION
Otterbein University - The Point
60 Collegeview Rd, Westerville, OH 43081
PARKING
Plenty of Parking at the Point! Be careful of runners and walkers entering the building.
WORKOUT DETAILS:
ROUTE: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2331766
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HALF MARATHONERS:
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9 miles
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FULL MARATHONERS:
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16 miles
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Be sure to bring your own hydration cup or bottle - our water stops are cup-less! Use your MIT Discount at any Fleet Feet Columbus store and snag an amphipod flexible cup, a handheld bottle, or hydration vest.
POST-TIB & SHIN SPLINTS :(
Mid-Season Tune Ups
Shin splints and post-tib pain have been showing up everywhere lately! In just the past week, we’ve seen runner after runner struggling with Tibialis Posterior issues—at one Fit For Life clinic last Friday, nearly half the patients came in with this exact problem. It’s a frustrating injury that tends to flare up right around this point in the MIT training cycle.
That’s why this week’s article from Chelsea Hall, P.T.—who also happened to win Sunday’s Grandview Yard Half Marathon (!!)—is all about how to spot post-tib pain early and take care of it before it derails your training.
Also in this issue, Dr. Heather Bechtel returns with a Train Your Brain article to check in on your Mid-Season Mental Health!
Fit For Life Physical Therapy are proud to be the Official MIT and Fleet Feet Columbus Medicine Partners. We care for people of all activity levels — to help prevent, recover from, or rehabilitate athletic injuries.
Michael Sean Huffman MS, ATC, PT
Fit For Life Physical Therapy
MIT Medical Resources Coach
