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Do You Have a Running Repair

plan for your legs?

Running Repairs
Definition-'repairs, as to a machine or vehicle, that are minor and can be
made with little or no interruption in the use of the item'

www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/running-repairs

Running Repairs can also apply to other areas such as the legs
that have to be kept going until the time for major repairs can
be made

Running repairs can be applied where the legs are overused

and suffering from muscle soreness and stiffness
http://bit.ly/runningrepairsaudio

Experienced faster runners are going to finish first and

rarely need help but they get to the aid area with the
massage people while the other people who are out
there longer do need it miss out.

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If this was you can get to the aid station and what are
they going to do, and will they go home with you to
help you through the next few days while your legs
repair?

The suffering at the finish of a marathon is nothing compared to the

suffering that may go on afterwards as legs don't function properly and
this problem can impact on day to day life

The agony after the ecstasy

https://youtu.be/BwpNJSeNYqI

https://youtu.be/ncsTy6hIQCk

Here is a solution someone found to help with sore tight legs that were dis-
functional however dont watch it if you have a delicate frame of mind, but it
goes to show what can happen if an inappropriate massage is given.

Ask before getting someone to work on your legs after a marathon what they
do and how they do it before you pay them!
https://youtu.be/hsLdqIVDaJE

https://youtu.be/2pQm59bXTew

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Are you happy with suffering like this after a marathon?

Muscle Soreness and Stiffness

Muscle soreness and stiffness after sport can be funny to watch on

someone else but when you are the one who has to put up with the
temporary inconvenience and interference in your life and work you
wonder why you ever did it.

Many people swear off ever doing sport or having a massage again

https://www.statista.com/statistics/280473/marathons-by-number-of-
finshers-worldwide/

New York 51,383 finishers

Paris 41,718 finishers
Chicago 40,608 finishers
London 39,072 finishers
Tokyo 36,150 finishers
Berlin 36,054 finishers

These are just a few of the marathons held each year around the world

It would be safe to say that most of the people who do a marathon and
finish (or not) and go to an aid station because their legs have become
dis-functional are unable to access it because the area is overcrowded
with other runners with similar problems.

The longer you are out there the more likely you are going to have
problems and the longer you are on the road the less chance of getting
looked at.

Now What?

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Suffering

If you have pushed yourself to the limits during a marathon you are going to feel
pain for a few days as Suffering continues as the body does its repair work before
life can continue normally

Soreness (during) and stiffness (after) have to be accepted as a fact of life of doing
sport, and if you don't like it a way to avoid it is don't do it-easy!

There is no miracle cure for soreness and stiffness!

The body repairs itself physically and physiologically, but while the natural recovery
systems are doing their own thing the body can be assisted in making itself more
comfortable while recovering

A faster 'pro-active' mobility system would get them back to normal

activities and training and competing again earlier than had they
'passively' waited for full recovery

The majority of people who enter a marthon only need a minimal amount
of work to help them get over the initial discomfort of after competing

Not everyone who does a sport gets injured from it, but if they
do they need to be treated by the appropriate medical
professionals

You need to do running repairs to get the legs

functioning again!

The body does the main work of recovery at micro-cellular level

of healing and no amount of work on the muscles will increase
the speed of recovering and may slow it down because it breaks
into the body's own recovery processes!

If you can work with the body then overcoming the muscle
stiffness which is a part of the recovery process the athlete will
be able to move easily again much faster without pain or
discomfort!

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Pro-active mobility does not mean that the legs are battered
into submission and made to move!

Light Manual Muscle Relaxation may help you move more

easily without breaking into the body's natural repair processes

Speeding up your recovery after an event can help

improve your performance in the next one!

This event is where working 'Wholistically' was envisaged and tested and
further testing was carried out at the many events following on this
website and the one linked to this.

Above it the result sheet of the 1995 Colac Australian 6 Day

event

The difference between working on the muscles can be seen in the

middle of the event as the change in approach to working with the
muscles became obvious in extra distance being gained
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Wholistic Light Manual Muscle Relaxation

The simple recovery system with big results!

soreness and stiffness after sport

Light Manual Muscle Relaxation done

a recovered leg
(a do it your self recovery system)
assists with recovery when the legs are feeling fatigued.

offers a strategy for coping with sore legs after doing a sport.

fills the gap between professional massage and no massage.

gives the self supporting athlete a user friendly way to recover

What do your legs mean to you in your sport?

How valuable are your legs to you?

When you have run your race and your legs are totally worn out and the muscles
have cooled down and stiffness is setting in, you are probably thinking

What now?

There are many articles and books on how to improve your performance and avoid
injury, but relatively little on maintaining the legs in a functional state

We offer a simple tested practical solution to the

problem which may address the athletes lack of
knowledge of dealing with fatigued legs after training
or events

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What's Your Legs Maintenance Plan?

The professional athlete and marathon runner have one thing in common, their
competitive spirit makes them want to go further, faster, harder, so both groups
try to do this by using different running shoes, training regimes, equipment, or
whatever they find out about and try

Wholistic Light Manual Muscle Relaxation

(for the recovering athlete anything else is just a luxury-or not
necessary)

Using Wholistic Light Manual Muscle Relaxation as your legs

maintenance to keep them functional, all it takes is a change of
approach to working with the muscles not on them

What is the difference?

Working on the muscles means a lot of training is needed to get the knowledge and
skills to do the strokes to be effective, it needs oil to prevent friction, towels to wipe
the oil off, a massage table to work on, this may be beyond the financial range of
many runners and walkers and their support person if they have one

Working with the muscles means very little training is needed, and no equipment
other than the hands, this means that the athlete doesn't need to get undressed so
can maintain a slow cool down rather than rapid heat loss which can lead to
hypothermia on a cold day

Wholistic Light Manual Muscle Relaxation is based on

Medical Physiology
(Guyton-Textbook of Medical Physiology eighth edition-1991 W.B. Saunders Company-
ISBN 0-726-3994-0 (p. 182)

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What is Wholistic Light Manual Muscle Relaxation?

The aim of Light Manual Muscle Relaxation is to clear the legs of micro-cellular
debris as quickly as possible without breaking into the body's own recovery
processes so that a healthy circulation can be resumed as quickly as possible which
will result in a better performance for the athlete!

it is a simple physiology based recovery system developed for extreme athletes and
tested at events all over the world and is in fact the only system that has been used
on 2 runs around the world http://www.worldrun.org with Jesper Olsen of Denmark
on his world run 1 and Tony Mangan of Dublin Ireland on his world run
http://www.theworldjog.com/blog

Arguably it can be said to be the most tested recovery system in

the world!

It has also been used at events in these countries

France

Denmark

The United States

Australia

Canada

The advantages of using Light Manual Muscle

Relaxation
It is Do It Yourself recovery

No disrobing

Works with the muscles not on them

No oil used

Non invasive

User friendly

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Easy to learn

It only needs a few minutes and can be done as often as

possible because it does not use a rubbing motion does not
initiate or further irritate sore muscles

There are flow on benefits to all athletes

They can easily learn and use the same system

They do not need to do an expensive dedicated course in recovery system

They do not need to invest in or carry expensive equipment

They can use it trackside or field side whenever they need it

If they do not have the services of a support team they just Do It Themselves!

A tested Trusted Alternative

Light Manual Muscle Relaxation the recovery

system of choice for world runners!

Light Manual Muscle Relaxation

(arguably the most rigorously tested leg recovery system in the
world)

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http://bit.ly/whyultramarathonaudio

Michael Gillan is an Wholistic Legs Maintenance Practitioner from

Australia who works with Endurance or Extreme Athletes in long distance running and
walking since 1993

Michael developed Wholistic Light Manual Muscle Relaxation in 1995 at the Colac 6 day
(Australia) running and walking event and has been using it in various fields and events
since then.

These include the 1996 Nanango 1000 Mile (1600 kilometer) 16 day event in Queensland
Australia, part of Jesper Olsens world run 1 in Victoria www.worldrun.org and Tony
Mangans record around the world 50,000 kilometer run

He was with Tony from Melbourne to Darwin Australia www.theworldjog.com and more
recently as part of his around the world walk from Perth to Sydney for 2500 kilometers
www.myworlwalk.com

Light Manual Muscle Relaxation which is a system he developed in 1995 and is different
from conventional legs maintenance because it works with the legs and not on them.

This makes it more effective to use for people who dont have the knowledge and skills
needed for conventional massage systems.

It doesnt rely on the hand skills and strokes as does massage so needs no oil to prevent skin
friction, it needs no undressing which means that it is appropriate to use in conditions
where conventional massage is too restrictive.

If anyone was planning to walk or run around the world or across continents Michael would
be the one that you would want to have with you because of his extensive experience being
out there in the wild country and helping to keep the runners and walkers on track as
smoothly as possible.

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Michael does workshops on Wholistic Light Michael was also involved in a run across
America in 2011 for Natural Medicine from San Francisco to Bridgeport Conn.
http://www.therun.org

As also been tested on and by runners at events around the world

It doesnt rely on the hand skills and strokes as does massage so needs no oil website at
www.running-repairs.international

1995 Colac 6 Day race (Light Manual Muscle Relaxation developed, used from
here on)
1996 Nanango 1000 Mile 16 day (1600 kilometer) Footrace
Coburg 24 Hour race (official masseur) in the following years
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011,
2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Australian Centurion Race walkers 100-mile event (official masseur) in the following years
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011,
201 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2016, 2017
1999 Sri Chinmoy 24 hour race with Cliff Young (official masseur)
2000 Cliffies Dream 16-day event as masseur (7 days)
2000 Sri Chinmoy Adelaide 24 hour Event (official masseur)
2003 National 24 Hour Championships Self Transcendence Footrace (official masseur)
2004 Round the World Run 1 (3 weeks official masseur and support crew)
2005 Cliff Young 6 day event (3 days with Indian National record holder)
2007 Antibes (France) 6 jour event (official masseur)
2007 Mors world run 2 training camp (14 days)
2007 Mors 100 Mile event
2007 World Distance 24 Hour Championships Montreal with the Danish National Distance
Running Team
2011 Run across America for health and Natural Medicine San Francisco to Bridgeport Conn.
2013 joined Tony Mangans run around the world from Melbourne (Victoria to Darwin
Australia)

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2014 With Tony Mangan around Southern Ireland and finish of his 50,000 kilometer around
the world run at the Dublin Marathon
2015 Fort Lauderdale Icarus 6 Day Event
2015 Raw Runners around Australia (Nullabor Plain to Melbourne)
2017 joined Tony Managan on the Australian leg of his around the world walk from Perth to
Sydney
Numerous 6 hour events and marathons around the world
Various Anti cancer Council 24 hour relay for life events plus Duathlons and Triathlons

These people have Wholistic Light Manual Muscle

Relaxation as their Recovery Plan
Cliff Young Ultra Marathon Runner, Jesper Olsen World Runner, Tony Mangan World
Runner, Sandra Brown Race Walker, Dr. Dennis Godby and his 2 sons and nephew,
the Coburg 24 hour event, the Australian Centurions (Race walkers) and many other
runners and walkers since 1995

A common thread other than being elite endurance athletes is

that Whoistic Light Manual Muscle Relaxation has helped them
achieve more distance more efficiently in a shorter time legs
became functional faster!

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