Zippity Doo Dah - Running week of Jan. 18 2009

[Veronica]

I just got back from a 5.4 mile run. I haven't gone that far since August. I got a stitch in my side after about a mile, but I decided to HTFU and run through it. My time was all right - a 10:38 pace. Really I should be thrilled with that time. Ten months ago I was doing 12:30 miles and only running two of them. And it's not like I've been running a lot since August.

Beautiful weather we're having here - sunny, 62 degrees, not too windy. I saw a few ducks in the canal.

Veronica

[solobiker]

Beautiful day here with temps in the mid 60s. I was able to run just under 4 miles. My hamstrings still tighten up a lot when I run, they tighten up so I can't fully extend my knee when running It was a nice run though, I just slowed my pace down and just enjoyed being outside. It was wam enough to wear shorts. When I got back home I did a yoga DVD for about 45 min. Gosh, why do weekends have to go by so fast.

[spindizzy]

. Gosh, why do weekends have to go by so fast.

I was thinking the same thing- really need to work 4 days a week - so much more civilized!

[kelownagirl]

I did a painful 4km today. Shins acting up again. Hope it goes away on its own.

[kacie tri-ing]

So everyone was right, I should not have run at all after my marathon. But I did, just a little....Then my old hip injury started acting up. So I went to see the sports chiropractor, and he got me in line. Then he forbade me from running for a little while, which is fine, since I am jumping into tri training. Really, I am ok with my running now. I was going to be backing my running way down anyway, but I don't have the confidence swimming and biking as I do running now. Alas, I am icing wherever it hurts, which has been steadily crawling down my leg from my hip. I am currently on the outside of my knee. Enjoy your runs this week!!!

[jesvetmed]

Ugh.. sounds like a lot of us are hurting! Here's to quick healing for all.

I walked yesterday -- promised myself no running for another week so that the calf has better chance to heal. I walked only 3 miles, but it was gorgeous out. Man I wanted to break into a jog! That's the hardest part for me. Walking always is boring, even with the dog along!

[rocknrollgirl]

I have not been posting much lately, but I just jumped in on the interval discussion in the other thread so I thought I would come out of the lurking closet and say hi again.

I have been running, just not posting.

I am sorry that so many people are aching. I have been battling tendonitis for a year. Some periods of good knee and lots of bad knee.

So I feel ofr ya! I have done the therapy gambit( is that spelled right..i have no idea) So ask me anything.

hang in there!!!!!

Ruth

[Jolt]

Ugh...too many injuries around here!! As for me, I haven't been running as much lately--partly because I am being very careful getting back into it, partly because the weather here has been making it harder to run outside, but largely because there are so many other activities I've wanted to do such as snowshoeing. We just got about 7-8 inches of snow yesterday so I am enjoying it! Snowshoed for 1.5 hours today on local conservation land and it was a good workout.

[Grog]

I had a horribly painful long run yesterday. I had planned to run 21 km, and did run 21 km in the end, but boy! how many plans did I do to stop my misery along the way. "I'll run to the university (17 km) and then take the bus back," or "I'll run to Granville Island and turn around if it's too painful," (10 km), "I'll take the bus back up the hill," (saving 2 uphill km) and so on. I hadn't run for more than an hour in recent weeks and my ankles and other joints had gladly forgotten about the constant banging of running. Plus, part of the run was on really terribly hard surface.

But! I did the run exactly as planned in the end. I walked for 1 minute every 20 minutes for five cycles and for the last 2 or 3 km I was running 5 and walking 1, cursing at myself for having so much willpower.

I was really sore and drained immediately after the run but it's much more bearable today, and I have no residual joint pain.

The decor for the run was very special though. For about a third of the route, the skies were clear and beautiful. For the other two thirds, I ran through a thick fog. Bizarre...

[emily_in_nc]

Good job on your run, Grog!

Yeah, the injuries really suck -- guess I'm in good company. I did a short (2-mile) trail walk yesterday (first walk in a week due to the knee pain), then walked just six minutes on the treadmill today before my knee started barking at me again, so I stopped. I sure hate hearing about how long you had tendinitis, Ruth. Hope it stays away from now on. And I hope that mine (quadriceps tendinitis right above my left knee) is short-lived. It's only been hurting a little over a week, and I already feel like a whiny baby. I'm trying to decide whether to make an appointment with a sports doc or just continue the icing and ibuprofen for awhile longer.

The silver lining is that b/c I can't run right now, I'm spending more time on upper body weight training, rehabbing an old rotator-cuff injury that is now almost all better, and Pilates. But I sure do miss my cardio!

Emily

[Aggie_Ama]

2.4 miles and faster than last run. The weather is spectacular for running right now, it was about 60 when I went out after work. I wish I could have this weather 10 months of the year, I like the hot for about a week.

[michelem]

Sunday, my brother emailed to ask if I want to run a half with him on March 15. I’ve cut way back on the running since the marathon (an easy 8-9 miles once a week on weekends, at the most) and have been concentrating on the bike and weights. But, my brother and I aren’t very close, and I feel honored that he’d ask me to do something like this with him. So, I pulled out my FIRST Half Marathon Training schedule and I’m trying to figure out how to squeeze it down from 18 weeks to eight! I mean, I could go out there and run/complete a half right now, but of course, I want to improve my time and have fun and not hurt and all that as well. 

So, last night I hit the treadmill for speedwork. The program called for 12 intervals of 400m (1/4 mi) at half marathon pace -75 seconds with 90 sec. rest intervals in between. Well, that didn’t happen. But, I do feel good about what I did. One mile warmup: .10 @ 4.5 mph (fast walk); .40 @ 6.0; .25 @ 6.5; .25 @ 6.9. Then intervals: 1 x 400m @ 8.0 mph; 1 x 400 @ 8.2 mph; 1 x 400 @ 8.4 mph; 2 x 400 @ 8.2 mph; 1 x 400 @ 800 mph. By that time my legs were feeling really fatigued. I did my rest intervals at anywhere between 4.2 mph (walking) to 6.0 mph. 1 mile cooldown from 6.9 down to 3.9 mph. Less than an hour, but I felt good and whipped afterward.

No side stitches, no aches or pains, so this was very good for me. I guess I’ll just have to lay off the lower body weights and any hard cycling for now. I just finished reading a really good article in Runner’s World about the aging marathoner. VERY INFORMATIVE (unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it is on their website; probably because it is in a recent issue). The key thing I took from it though is that recovery time is much more important the older you get. Unfortunately, I don’t like taking recovery time! But, I need to do it.


Continue to take care of those aches and pains everyone.

[rocknrollgirl]

Emily,
stretch, stretch, stretch that quad......so many knee issues are from being tight.

[emily_in_nc]

Emily,
stretch, stretch, stretch that quad......so many knee issues are from being tight.

Thanks, will do (and have been) -- I am icing at the moment. That helps too (for awhile), but it's even hurting at night in bed when I move around now. Sigh...

[OakLeaf]

Wow, sorry so many of you are injured! Here's some healing energy over the wires. ~~~~~~~~~~

I just did an easy 3 miles today, getting ready for the race on Saturday. I did three little bursts at race pace, about 1 minute each, just to keep the speed in muscle memory. I was out of time so I ran right to the yoga studio (only about a block and a half from my house) - I felt a little guilty about being all stinky for the class, but oh well. It was a good class, and my shoulder keeps getting better the more yoga I do.