The ADAPT Log.

Field-tested insights from the clinic, the road, and the trail.

Mountain Ultra Leg Strength: What Actually Holds Up On The Descent
01 — Strength & Power / Sep 2026

Mountain Ultra Leg Strength: What Actually Holds Up On The Descent

I ran Moose Mountain the fittest I have ever been, and my quads still came apart on the descent. Here is the ranked leg strength hierarchy I rebuilt afterward, with every claim checked against the research, including two I got wrong.

Three Kinds of Knee Pain, Three Different Weeks of Training
02 — Running Injuries / Aug 2026

Three Kinds of Knee Pain, Three Different Weeks of Training

Knee pain does not mean stop running. It means change what the week looks like. Here is how I adjust training for the three knee injuries runners actually get.

The Training Pyramid: How You Earn a Sub-3 Marathon
03 — Training / Aug 2026

The Training Pyramid: How You Earn a Sub-3 Marathon

Every zone in your training has a job. The reason most runners stall out is not effort, it is that they never built the layer underneath the one they are trying to race on.

Your Achilles Doesn't Need Rest. It Needs Load.
04 — Running Injuries / Aug 2026

Your Achilles Doesn't Need Rest. It Needs Load.

Why 'wait until it stops hurting' keeps failing runners with Achilles pain, and what the research says to do instead.

Shin Splints vs Stress Fracture: Can EMTT and Shockwave Therapy Help Runners Recover Faster?
05 — Clinical / Jun 2026

Shin Splints vs Stress Fracture: Can EMTT and Shockwave Therapy Help Runners Recover Faster?

How to tell medial tibial stress syndrome from a tibial stress fracture, and where focused shockwave, radial pressure wave, and EMTT fit into modern runner rehab.

Why Shockwave Therapy Works (When It's Done Right)
06 — Regenerative Therapy / Dec 2025

Why Shockwave Therapy Works (When It's Done Right)

Dose, pressure, and precision are the difference between shockwave that heals and shockwave that disappoints. What I took from the CuraMedix tissue-regeneration conference.