Run away! BOO! Halloween week runs, 10/25/09-10/31/09

[colby]

I think I mislead you...I was runing M then W then F, and now I'm going to run M and Th. Two times a week. More time between for my knees to recover.

Oh, Duh. The makeup on my face from my Halloween costume must have leached into my brain

[Tuckervill]

It made me SOOOOOO happy when I could finally run 8 miles, the shortest loop from my house! Out and back is boring.

Do you know why running hurts your knees? Is there something you can do to avoid that? Form, myofascial release, strengthening, ??? My personal experience is that two days a week is enough to maintain, but if I want to get faster or stronger, it has to be three days. JME, IANATE (either) But I would think that either there's something unavoidable that makes running hurt your knees - in which case maybe it just isn't your sport - or you can avoid it, in which case you should?

I have osteoarthritis in the medial parts of my knees. It's from overpronating and not wearing the right shoes and being overweight and inactive for a long time. They have come a long long way since I started working out over 3 years ago. I started cycling just because my knees were getting so bad. That enabled me to start doing other things, like squats and lunges and running (I have to be very careful with the squats and lunges--I can't go down as far as other people).

I take really good care of my knees, and the philosophy I share with the physical therapist who owns my gym is that the stronger I make them the better they'll be. He thinks I should still be able to run. (OTOH, he says my husband should never ever run at all because of his knees, so the PT is not just pro-running no matter what.)

When I used the term "hurt my knees", I meant in a general sense. The kind of hurt that wears them down before the rest of me does. I have not been suffering any unusual knee pain because of the running. They hurt and ache and have twinges on occasion, but before I started taking care of them they were sore every morning when I woke up, and ached constantly, so I've come a long way.

I have brand new shoes from the running store with a professional fitting. I think working up to a mile in under 12 minutes (what Noel thinks is a reasonable time for overall fitness) is within my ability, so I'm going to keep on.

Thanks for your input!

Karen

[ASammy1]

Jolt- Sounds like you had a great time! One day I hope I can the same!

Restarting my C25K program tomorrow and actually looking forward to it

[Crankin]

Jolt, you had to jump over an electric fence ? Congrats on the time. It sounds pretty good to me, with those obstacles. Maybe next year I will go with you.

Going to run at 5 AM tomorrow... had a nice easy-ish ride today.

[Jolt]

Jolt, you had to jump over an electric fence ? Congrats on the time. It sounds pretty good to me, with those obstacles. Maybe next year I will go with you.

Going to run at 5 AM tomorrow... had a nice easy-ish ride today.

We didn't have to jump over it...there was this big wooden step/ladder thing over the fence that we had to climb over. There was really no way one would accidentally touch the wire--they'd have to do it on purpose!

[katluvr]

Busy weekend with a football game Friday night (=beer drinking & VERY late getting to bed) and the Halloween (= pumpkin beer drinking)....Mental Note: save drinking night to Sunday!!

Actually I had a great 5 mile run on Sat. AM. I am finding my "speed". (Ok, speed for me is a far cry from other paces here!). It was to be an easy run still just building...but I felt good and had an avg pace of 11 min miles. I was running in the "10's" a lot. Our humidity is breaking and therefore helps a LOT.

Sunday was not as good of a run. But I still logged out my 6 miles and kept the pace down. As technically this is my LSD run...stayed bout 11:30 min mile pace.

So I have completed 2 weeks of running 5/7 days each week as outlined by my TP. I have to congratulate myself for not skipping ANY runs! This week may be a bit challenging since I have a late (and stressful) meeting on Weds night--and my Friday runs start building mileage. But I CAN and WILL do it!

(ordered new shoes...can't wait to get them!)

K