Sore - and some rambling thoughts

[Veronica]

I've signed up to do a half IM tri in August. Yesterday was my first run in a very long time. I slept in about 45 minutes longer this morning. I love weekends because I can sleep as much as I want. That's usually about 8.5 hours.

My quads are sore and whatever that muscle is on the front of my shin - anterior tibialis? Anyway... I was stretching while I was waiting for my coffee to finish brewing and I blurted out, "Oh my god!" Thom looks over, with a worried look and I shout out, "My knee doesnt hurt!" Now I know it's actually my hamstring that was the issue, but I'm used to saying knee because it hurt behind my knee.

I did have a little setback with the hamstring earlier this week. I wear regular shoes on my commute bike and of course I wear different shoes, different days. The shoes I wore on Wed. were not right and caused the hamstring to be unhappy again. I need to get the fit just right on that bike. We're thinking of turning the Rambouillet back into my commuter. It will be easier to get the set up just right and maybe just sticking with my bike shoes on the bike and carrying my work shoes back and forth. It's a little bit of a hassle, but I like not hurting!

The more I move, the less sore I feel from running. Time to go to do some housework I guess.

V.

[jesvetmed]

Congrats on the "mostly" pain free run! Sounds like you are on the right road to the IM... hope you get the bike worked out. So important to be comfortable, especially at those lengths. Keep us posted! Happy Housework.. my plan for the day, also, since the weather is so nasty today!
Jes

[KSH]

Sounds like suffering to me!

Welcome to training for a Half Ironman. It will work itself out. Or you just train sore. I train sore 50% of the time.

[velogirl]

V, how long did you run? One of the mistakes cyclists make (since we train long hours on the bike) is running too long too soon. I recommend 5 walk/5 run/5 walk the first week (2-3 days) and then increase from there: 5/10/5, 5/10/5/10/5, etc. starting very short like this will almost ensure that you won't get shin splints or IT band tenderness or piraformis syndrome. while you probably have excellent aerobic capacity and muscular strength, you're now using your body in a very different way and you need to adapt slowly to the biomechanics of running.

[Veronica]

It was 2.2 miles. I'm going to stick with that distance for a bit. Probably until I can do it without being sore for three days after.

At the time I definitely felt I could have gone another mile or more, but I knew it would hurt later.

I gotta say I love my Spinervals yoga DVD. The flexibility segment felt really good on Saturday.

V.

[velogirl]

2.2 miles? no wonder you were sore. btw, in my recommendation, it's 5 MINUTES (not miles) for your first run. if I ran 2.2 miles with no progression I wouldn't be able to walk for a week afterwards.