Running against the wind, week of 4/21~

[Wahine]

I want to go for another run today. My Triathlon brain is chomping at the bit while my logical PT brain is saying "Don't even think about it!!" I'm feeling rather schizophrenic at the moment.

[Veronica]

Do some yoga.

V.

[solobiker]

I went out for a little over 4 miles today. This is the longest run I have done in a few years. My darn hamstrings always seem to tighten right up. Have to focus more of my time on Yoga and stretching. I am not getting any younger

[kelownagirl]

I missed my run on the weekend - just didn't feel up to it. Today, I went for a run at school, 1 k alone, 3 with the kids and another alone. Only took 4 - 1 min walk breaks. Hopefully, next week, I can 15 minutes with 1 min breaks.

[alpinerabbit]

35 min s-l-o-w-j-o-g along the banks of the Danube in Vienna yesterday. Still tip-toeing the line to where my shins are getting worse.
I have a 5.8K relay leg to run on May 17; I´ll do whatever I want that day even if it means another no-run month.

I went back to the hotel room to do hot-cold showers on shins (no dip pool by the sauna); that made them feel real good.

Again, running makes it better before it comes back the next morning - lucky muscle ache is not getting worse, it is just like a transient, deep ache that moves around the shin / tibialis area, sometimes it´s a burning feeling too but it is the muscle itself.. I need another series of trigger pt. massage there, and all the way along my right leg up to the hip.

it´s so weird all these little achy overloaded spots are on my right leg. Leg length, could it have something to do with it? I´m getting paranoid.

[Kimmyt]

I'm so happy. Started increasing by 10% last week and I feel GREAT. Today did almost 3 miles on the dreadmill, and at no point did I feel bad. In fact, my legs felt great. I also got on the bike for the first time yesterday (I know, it's shameful), and no residual pain except for the usual early season butt-adjustments.

So this week its three runs at 2.9 miles and then next week I can do a 5k! Once I get to 3 mile runs I'm very psyched because I can run outside during work. I hate the treadmill, especially in this spring weather when it's warm and balmy and sunny out.

I'm also psyched to ramp up the miles because I've been having a bad body image week, aided by the possibility that my pants I'm wearing today may have shrunk. I feel like I gained weight and feel gross all around, but I don't really think I have, so hopefully it's the pants.

Cross my fingers, anyway.


K.

[teigyr]

I ran almost five miles of hills last night. I felt a bit sluggish but did about the same as I always do time and distance-wise so perhaps it was in my mind?

The strange thing was on the downhills, my HR was dropping faster than I've ever seen it. I guess I won't complain but my max was 11 bpm less than last week and my average was about 20 bpm lower. I'm not sore today so maybe I didn't push it enough.

Kimmyt, you DID was those pants in hot water, didn't you?