Kinesio tape is often used to relieve pain, reduce swelling, or act as a preventative by adding support to joints and muscles. Runners may find it helpful for specific injuries, enabling them to continue training through a minor injury.
Gymnastics, diving and swimming have dominated the television, but runners are poised to get their turn in the upcoming days.
While a pre-dawn run makes sense in the heat of the summer, getting up early and skimping on sleep can be as hard on the body as running in the heat of the day. Sleep deprivation is a hazard that is easily avoided with a restorative nap.
A tradition in the area near NASA returns this weekend with the Lunar Landing 5K, scheduled Saturday at the Clear Lake Recreation and Community Center.
Our well-established running habits are our secret weapon in coping with the challenges of post-hurricane recovery.
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Making homemade versions not only saves money but enables each runner to tailor a drink to their own wants and needs.
The Texas Bud Heat Wave kicks off Independence Day with both 5K and 5-mile races in Mont Belvieu.
The Smoke Eater race, which benefits the Alvin Volunteer Fire Department’s public safety efforts, is scheduled for Saturday at National Oak Park in Alvin.
Incorporating a few easy exercises into the weekly running schedule can help to keep knee injuries away.
The Hometown Half Houston offers runners a last hurrah at double-digit miles, and even provides a bit of shade and a respite from hot pavement. The 13.1-mile half marathon beats some of the heat with a 7 a.m. start time.
The event offers two distances, sprint and Olympic. The sprint consists of a 500-meter swim, 20 kilometers of cycling and a 5K run, while the Olympic race pushes the distance up to 1,500 meters in the water, a 40-kilometer cycling portion and a 10K (6.2 mile) run.
It’s not exactly a surprise, as we approach Memorial Day, that hot weather is here. After a mild spring, though, the impact of heat and humidity can seem worse than we remember from previous years, and it’s a sure bet that the heat is going to get worse before it finally, eventually, in the far-off days of fall, starts to get better.
The event is a family-friendly celebration that offers challenges to seasoned runners and accommodations for the less athletically inclined, all to raise funds for literacy efforts in Galveston County.
The race, part of the annual Texas Crab Festival, takes place at the historic Fort Travis Park just a mile from the Bolivar ferry landing.
The quiz is accessible to all at Galvnews.com/interactive/quizzes. One quiz response will be chosen to receive the prize of two tickets to the Texas City-La Marque Chamber of Commerce’s Shrimp Fest, held on the same day as the Press Run, May 18.
Every sport, whether it’s rugby or pickleball, has its risks. We rarely think about them, preferring, and rightly so, to focus on the fun and health benefits instead. Those risks crowd to the forefront, however, when a tragedy such as the recent death of a seasoned competitor in Galveston’s …
If your response to a 5K race is “I’ll drink to that!” next week’s Galveston Bay Brewing 5K Beer Run will have plenty of appeal.
The upcoming Houston Texans Kids Triathlon, scheduled for this weekend, offers kids ages six to 17 the opportunity to compete in a well-organized, safety-conscious triathlon.
Everybody’s Essential raises funds for inclusive programs at Ball High School: the Tor Store, Ball High Life Skills program and Ball High’s Special Olympics teams.
Yuri’s Fun Run is part of the worldwide Yuri’s Night Out celebration commemorating the first human space flight, made by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961. The events also celebrate the first orbital flight of the U.S. Space Shuttle exactly 20 years later.
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