Running on Empty runs March 17th - March 23rd

[rocknrollgirl]

Oh Yoda...as a recently wounded warrior, I am sorry that you hurt.....

[Jo-n-NY]

I did my first run/walk during lunch time at work yesterday. This was outdoors on the path along the Westside Hwy. Walking the few blocks from the office to the hwy was my warm up and cool down. I did 7 sets, 4 sets in one direction then turned about to the other 3. Needless to say I got further than when I always just walked this path. I got to Chelsea Piers if anyone is familiar with Manhattan, beginning at Houston St.

Anyway, this was good, 1 min run; 3 min walk. I will be doing this through next week, then next Friday or my 3 run of the week I boost it up a notch.

I feel a bit tender at the right of my left knee cap. I hope this is just a tendon or something that needs breaking in. My next set will be tomorrow or Friday.

~ Jo

PS...Emily, your outdoor run over the weekend sounded wonderful and really enjoyable

[teigyr]

I did hills last night. Oddly enough, it felt good! I was initially sore from a 5K on sunday but after I got into it, nothing hurt. I'm tired going up the hill but I am having more stamina than I used to. I can also push myself a bit more which is pretty cool I did have a few moments of thinking "in 20 minutes, I can be at home in a chair with a glass of wine" but those thoughts were temporary.

On sunday (last week, I know!), I ran a 3.5 mile "fun run". There were 15,000 runners so my time wasn't all that because we were dodging walkers, etc. The great thing about it was there were some major roads that were closed and we got to run places that was normally for cars only. The bad part was we had to leap over road debris, up on curbs and back down, and we had to dart around people who would suddenly decide to walk. I guess that would be interval training?!

RnR - you're running faster than me too. That is great!

Wahine, ouch. I am sorry. It must be so frustrating for you.

[Grog]

{{{{{{ Yoda }}}}}}

That sucks.

[OakLeaf]

Aw Yoda, that stinks. Sending healing vibes your way.

I'm just trying to get back in the swing after the stupid food poisoning - scaled my interval workout back to 5 repeats today, but forgot that I had my 5-repeat workout set for 1:30 recoveries instead of the 1:00 I wanted. So not exactly the workout I was planning on, but it's all good. Knowing me, it's not usually a bad idea when a machine makes me take it a little bit easier than I'd planned

So 4.0 for me today, a lap and a half around the golf course at my inlaws' subdivision, and it felt pretty good.

[btchance]

eh - no running for me right now. I've pulled a muscle in my left leg - feels like the vastus medialis. It twinges when I'm doing daily stuff, doesn't bother me swimming or biking, but bites back when I run. So some rest for me and my good friends the anti-inflammatories.

Take care everyone else. Sounds like the injury bug is going around

[Wahine]

Thanks for the words of sympathy, but really it's not all that bad. I'm doing my PT exercises every day and that keeps me busy, and I still ride ans swim. So I'm far from moping around or crying in my beer. Wait.... did someone say beer?

BTChance - VMO strains as a primary injury are pretty rare unless there is direct trauma to the muscle belly. It's not impossible but statistically speaking, it's highly improbable. I would be more suspicious of patellofem dysfunction causing pain in that area. Are your hips tight? How are your shoes? Those two things can cause sudden onset PF pain.

[btchance]

BTChance - VMO strains as a primary injury are pretty rare unless there is direct trauma to the muscle belly. It's not impossible but statistically speaking, it's highly improbable. I would be more suspicious of patellofem dysfunction causing pain in that area. Are your hips tight? How are your shoes? Those two things can cause sudden onset PF pain.

I had said the VMO b/c the pain is superior to the knee - it is more in the middle of my quad, slighly medial but not enough to be the adductors - plus it doesn't hurt with adduction, only back and forward movements of my leg. It may be something else, but it does not go down to my knee - stops about two inches superior and goes up about 4". It started as a mild twinge during my long run last week, and has gradually gotten a little worse. Shoes are fine. Hips are a little tight with the leg length discrepency (had my sports med doc check - for now leave alone, stretch, and if I start having problems try very small inserts into my right shoe to even it out gradually. I'm about 3/4 cm short on the right).

Sorry for the thread hijack.