Running Into Fall (but, not falling!)

[Jolt]

Wow! It sounds like everyone but Jolt is having a great week running-wise. Jolt, how are you holding up? Have you seen a PT yet?

This week, my PT worked on releasing my diaphragm. OUCH!!! The left side released right away, but two sessions and the right is still pretty "stuck." I saw her Tues./Thurs. and each night went to the gym and attempted speedwork (intervals Tuesday and tempo last night). Both nights I got pretty bad side stitches (on the right side, of course), right in the area she worked on. So, I ended up walking more than I would have liked.

I'm hopeful for my long run on Sunday though: cooler weather and I don't get side stitches when running at the slower pace my long runs require.

Keep up the good work everyone, and keep enjoying this lovely fall weather!

Thanks for asking. I went to the sports medicine doc yesterday and he said it is indeed a classic case of IT band syndrome and gave me a referral for PT. I have an appointment in about a week and a half with the PT (they were booked for a few days and plus I have a crazy schedule) and am hoping once I get that started it won't be ridiculously long before I can get running and hiking again. I've been just sticking to swimming and will continue to do so until I go to the PT; it's decent exercise but it stinks having to drive to the Y and then being indoors to work out when I should be outside. Interestingly enough, flutter kick causes a few twinges but breaststroke kick seems not to bother it at all so I've been using a pull buoy for freestyle and doing a fair amount of breaststroke. This is really a rotten time of year to be injured (not that there's any good time...)! Hope nobody else is dealing with this problem right now!

[kelownagirl]

Hi all!

I've had a bit of a slow week (only ran 3k on Tuesday) but I'm doing my Zen Run 10K 'race' for the World Wide Festival of Races today. Here's my bib number.


I just made up my own 10K route down on the flats today. It's sunny but cold. 5C right now. Will have to wear tights and a jacket for sure.

[teigyr]

Syndirelah, good luck and have fun!!! And please don't forget to let us know how it went

michelem, I'm still coughing. I ran a total of ten miles this week - Runners World said to do 1/4 mile weekly training the first week after a marathon so I figured 1/4 of 40 would be easy. It's strange but I am now faster. I don't know why. My legs never did hurt after the marathon. I don't know why. Perhaps we will discover Nyquil is an effective training tool.

Jes and Jolt, I hope both of you can get back to doing what you want to do. Jes, it sounded promising for you? And Jolt, at least it WILL get better. I can really understand the impatience though.

Oh, 20 miles on a treadmill?

[colby]

20 miles on a treadmill, nooooooo! Hopefully the weather cleared up!

I actually got to run today! Yay. I went just about 3 miles, 4 minutes running, 4 minutes walking, so about 35-40 minutes (a little extra walking). It felt weird when I got back, but I don't feel bad now. My PT is letting me run 3 times a week, 4 minutes on/4 minutes off then 5 minutes/3 minutes, etc, 4 repeats (I did 4 run/walk repeats with a walk warmup). Trying to focus on engaging my glutes when I was walking, but that's too much when I'm running, so I just try to stay "even" and have good form.

On the road again... hopefully I get to stick with it. My regular exercises have been reduced to only a few that are less dependent on isolation and more on integration, especially in my glutes.