Jason Fitzgerald has a nice overview of yoga for runners on his Strength Running site today. I gave him some advice about periodization for the story:
In the off-season and early base, a stronger style of yoga is OK, but as the goal race approaches, and especially in the taper, runners need to stick to gentle and restorative yoga so they don’t jettison all their hard work by overdoing it on the mat.
Read the full piece here. And get all my advice on yoga for runners in The Runner’s Guide to Yoga, available in both paper and e-book format.