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The G-Trainer and a Recreational Runner
“The G-Trainer allowed me to come back from injuries and overcome chronic pain. And it helped me achieve personal best times, which I love because I’m very competitive. I’m really excited that the G-Trainer can help me continue to race.” Tracey Slagle – Recreational Runner

Tracey Slagle related her story to Alter G and you can link to it and the Alter-G website at the foot of this post. For the summary:

• at 38 the accumulative stress of long distance running left Tracey with sore knees (sound familiar?). The pain limiting her ability to train and compete.
• at 10k all was well but Tracey was forced to stop at the Chicago Marathon of 2002 with 2 miles to go.
• Despite advice to quit she continued to train, compete in 10k, 1/2 and full marathons due to her love for long distance running but was concerned.
• Fast forward to 2007 and introduction of the G-trainer for recovery runs at sub-target pace and 85-90% bodyweight. Pain free running experienced!
• After watching the Nike runner Kara Goucher using the G-trainer over speed training was begun to lift Tracey’s minute per mile pace in training from 9 to 7 minute miles.
• With 2 months use of the G-trainer Tracey achieved 2 personal bests back to back in the half marathon (1:48.07 in San Francisco).

This a great example for using the G-trainer treadmill not just for running performance but also injury prevention by reducing cumulative stresses from impact. In this case Tracey also uses the G-trainer when strong pain prevents her from running at all at 100% bodyweight. Tracey Slagle 1_17_08.pdf (application/pdf Object)