Running in circles....March 24th-31st

[rocknrollgirl]

Good Morning Everyone...

Yoda, the knee was pretty good. A tiny, tiny bit sore on the lateral aspect where the "rub"/chondromalacia (sp...sorry it is 5 am) is located.

Now that was before we did a mt bike ride yesterday. OH MY GOD MY LEGS ARE SORE!!!!

I rode with my SIL, we made the boys go out in front and leave us alone. I rode at my own pace, which was good. There were not any huge climbs, just lots of up and down. I felt great until about 3/4 of the way thru and then my quads went, OK, we are done! I wore one of those neoprene sleeves on my knee while I rode and I think it helped.

DH said it happened to him too, so I did not feel so bad!

Right now my knee feels ok, but I am back to school today, I think I will be teaching from my chair!

OY.....

Yellow, glad you got out...ahhh..the pain, feels great right?

[alpinerabbit]

I went to a training seminar with my bike guru. Lactate test, swim video, etc, etc, and finally a running session.

He suggested we do a sort of shuffle - do not lift your feet and don't bounce. All energy into a forward motion.

It felt weird, was difficult to absorb but it makes sense. Also, neither do my calves work so hard pushing off, nor do I strike as hard with my heel stressing the t.anterior.

Whaddaya think, runing Gurus?

[rocknrollgirl]

When I went to the running clinic in November, they suggested a very short stride, fast turnover, low to the ground. Sounds like the same idea.

[KSH]

Hey Alpinerabbit... that sounds... interesting. I can't say that my running coach taught me to shuffle... but if it works, then do it! I see a lot of people with shuffle type of run who are flying by me!


Well, on Sunday I rode 70 miles... aka: 4.5 hours... and then I ran afterwards.

It was a very short brick scheduled though... only 8-20 minutes of running.

I ran 1.5 miles, with a 9:40 minute mile pace. I was shocked! When I got off the bike my thighs were burning so badly. But somhow I pumped out a fast run. Of course, that was my threshold.

[teigyr]

I've been Mostly Away but on friday (last friday) I did 13 miles on the treadmill. I have to say, that was a lesson in something. I'm not sure what but OH was it boring! I'd make up little games in my mind like "let's see if I can do another mile before <insert something here such as another person walking by or another new person to the gym orientation talk>". Gads. Finally I had to keep telling myself that I need to be strong mentally and this would do it.

I did a track workout on the treadmill on Sunday. While I am/was darned tired of the treadmill, I am equally tired of the wet and snow and cold.

Let's hope for good weather this week

[emily_in_nc]

Emily, cuuuuuuute puppy. When I'm having a bad day/moment, I go to the Daily Puppy (Snap told us about this a looong time ago, some of you might remember...). There is a puppy named Prefontaine on page 2 right now.

Awwww, cute site!

I feel like such a slug...I didn't do anything but play with and take care of Paisley all the cold and rainy weekend; then today, I planned a run in the gym, but things got crazy at work and I didn't make it to the gym. Hoping for a mountain bike ride with a friend after work tomorrow, but it may rain yet again. We need the rain, but <whine.....>

I'm running on Wed. no matter WHAT!

Emily

[yellow]

Emily, you should make Paisley a poster girl there!!!

Oh my, I just looked at Aki the border collie-beagle.



Oh, and yeah...I didn't run today. Still recovering.