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Beating Pain During 10K Training With ThermaCare (With Giveaway!)

Just getting my 10K training on! Credit: Drew Ertle Photography

The following post is sponsored by ThermaCare. For our sponsored post policy, click here.

You’ll hear more about this in the coming weeks, but we FBGs are training for the Rock ‘n’ Roll 10k in Brooklyn this October. And since I haven’t run a race since, oh, this 5K, I’ve had my work cut out for me. To get there, I’ve been doing two days a week of shorter two- or three-mile runs, and then a longer run on the weekends. So far, the longest I’ve hit is four miles. But I have five and six miles in my sights for later this month. Also in my sights? Getting relief from pain as soon as it starts.

Between my uber active vacation, CrossFit-style workouts and the recent 10K training, I’ve been busy. And I know from the ramped up activity, staying injury-free has to be my No. 1 priority. That means before and after every run and workout that I’m foam rolling and that when the slightest twinge of pain comes up—especially on my back, which tends to get tired after about three miles—out pops my ThermaCare Lower Back & Hip HeatWrap. After suffering and coming back from a booty injury (please, laugh at the irony) after my first (and probably only) full marathon, I take all of this so very seriously. ‘Cause you know what sucks? Pain. Pain sucks big time. And these ThermaCare wraps are giving me warm, muscle-loosening goodness for up to 16 hours to help defeat any back pain that creeps up. A true training essential!

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Together we can defeat back pain!

Try ThermaCare Yourself By Winning a Prize Pack!

Are you training for a race or suffering from pain and could use some ThermaCare love, too? If so, we have the giveaway for you! ThermaCare is giving one lucky U.S. reader a ThermaCare Gift Pack with 16 ThermaCare Lower Back & Hip HeatWraps in it, so that no matter what race your training for or activity you’re doing, you can do it sans pain.

To enter to win, all you have to do is comment with your favorite race. It can be a 5K, a 10K, a marathon, a tri or anything other event—even if you haven’t done it yet! Although it’s certainly not required, we also encourage you to check out ThermaCare’s Rally for Relief campaign on Facebook. Not only can you make a super fun avatar of yourself being all fit (check out mine here), but also you can win some amazing prizes like $16,000. Now that would enter you in a lot of cool races, huh?

Here’s to training without back pain! —Jenn

 

 

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