Quote Originally Posted by indysteel View Post
Having run for the first time this past Sunday in 13 years, I cannot imagine using running as a way to avoid muscle strain or pulls. I can barely walk right now.
Oh yes. Good point.
You just reminded me.
After Christmas we have a family get-together - a sports day where we play tabloids, baseball, piggyback races etc. And have a bar-b-q. Its very relaxed and a way for the whole family (my partner has 4 siblings... between us all we have 16 kids) to get together without worrying about upsetting in-laws and no pressies are given out. For me, its our "real" Christmas day

Anyways, this year I participated (I managed to avoid it every year because I felt fat and unfit - but a year or two of mincing about in lycra on a skinny bike seat has left me with fewer inhibitions!).
I played baseball - yay me - I hit the ball - yay me - I had to run between the bases, in both innings... lol, if you call what I do running...

My legs, oh my legs... they were SOOOO sore the next day - I didn't ride. I should have. I rode the day after that. I rode for two hours, gently... steadily... my legs felt almost back to normal by the end of it.

There is no way I would have been any good for racing or for a hilly training course for at least 3 days...