Running into the New Year! Week of New Year's.

[Jolt]

Well, the good news is going down stairs does not hurt today so I think the aggravation last night was pretty mild (plus I have been icing and taking Aleve just to be safe). Basically I am throwing everything at it that I can think of. I'm thinking it is a matter of stretching things and getting the glutes stronger (and maybe retraining myself to use them more) so they do their share of the work; I can feel that the left glutes don't seem to be activating as much as the right and I think that is why I have had the problem and why I still just feel "lopsided". Maybe some rollerblading (at a rink, of course) would help with that, along with the exercises I'm doing from PT. Looks like I need to put some junk in the trunk (which on me would be a good thing)! Tonight I will be swimming--one of the other lifeguards at the Y where I sometimes work is doing swim workouts twice a week for whoever wants to participate. It will be sort of like being on swim team again.

[Jolt]

Ouch!! Maybe I should stay off the indoor gym track...did you alternate directions, or was the whole run going one way?

[Crankin]

Hit the treadmill again today. 31 minutes, 2.54 miles including warm up. I was able to run consecutively for 5 minutes at 5.5, 4 minutes at 5.8 (twice), and 2 minutes at 6.0, with another minute at 6.0 after a walk interval. The walking was done at 4.2, some at a 3% incline. I was wiped... it's like I have never exercised a day in my life.
Then, I made the mistake of going to a "Core and More" class. I've been to this a couple of times, always with a different instructor. It's 30 minutes and I thought it was a good thing most of the things are done in a lying down position so the others can't really watch. Plus, it's right in the middle of the fitness center. Today's instructor used lots of props and did so many reps I wanted to kill her! The other students all looked older than me (60's) and in worse shape; I had to modify a few of the abs things because it hurts my neck to do abs work with my neck unsupported.
I feel fine now, knees and groin still OK with the running, but I will sleep well tonight. I am looking forward to spin class tomorrow as I know I won't feel like keeling over!

[Deborajen]

Syndirelah, I did the same thing a year and a half ago. It was the first time I'd run on the track and I did 6 miles. Took a break every 15 minutes to drink some water and shake my legs out but it wasn't enough. I know other people who run on the track all the time and don't seem to have problems - I guess not everyone can do it.

Deb

[OakLeaf]

Tempo run today. I hit the lap button at my turnaround point without thinking, so the GPS thought I wanted to start my cooldown and stopped monitoring my pace. So I finished the run as a HR tempo run, just keeping an eye on it, and as it turned out, it actually worked out pace-wise too. The distance wound up being a bit shorter than I wanted, but oh well. It felt like a good workout.

[Urlea]

Hit my goal of 20miles this week and beat it by .5

Ran 8miles today and felt mostly fatigued during it making my pace slow. Not sure why. It wasn't a bad run, but not great either. Glad I got one last run in before Japan.

Figure I will take Monday off so that I'm not stiff for the 24hrs of travel we'll have between planes & trains Tuesday.

Keep up the running ladies!!

I'll be sure to post on my Japan runs when I get them in. (if I don't get to lost.)

[emily_in_nc]

I ran three times this week (normally I'm lucky to get two runs in). Two were on the treadmill, and one was a trail run as I was working from home and it was actually a warm January day - bliss! I got in about 10 miles total (each run was 3 to 3.5 miles). Unfortunately my left knee is barking a little today for the first time in ages (not really sure why, it was fine during all the runs and after them), so I am taking the weekend off from running and just doing trail walks. If my knee is pain-free, I'll try the treadmill again Monday at the gym.