Running into daylight savings time - 11/01-11/7/09

[Becky]

I walked a very slow half-mile in socks on the treadmill yesterday. I ran Friday and, despite my best efforts to land on the midfoot and keep my feet and lower legs relaxed, I ended up with shin splints. The treadmill walking was an attempt to ingrain in my head what my feet are supposed to be doing when my form is right.

Grrrrr DH says that I'm impatient. Persistant, but impatient. (He's right, of course.) I so badly want to get my form figured out so that I can start building mileage and speed.

I won't run again until Wednesday. Bike commute today, and night mountain biking tomorrow

[Jolt]

I walked a very slow half-mile in socks on the treadmill yesterday. I ran Friday and, despite my best efforts to land on the midfoot and keep my feet and lower legs relaxed, I ended up with shin splints. The treadmill walking was an attempt to ingrain in my head what my feet are supposed to be doing when my form is right.

Grrrrr DH says that I'm impatient. Persistant, but impatient. (He's right, of course.) I so badly want to get my form figured out so that I can start building mileage and speed.

I won't run again until Wednesday. Bike commute today, and night mountain biking tomorrow

To really work on the form, I'm not convinced that the treadmill is a great way to go--I feel like it can throw things off b/c it's the ground moving under your feet. This sounds awful, but I would suggest finding a gravel path or similar and walking barefoot on it--it helps sort out your form because if you aren't doing it right it's uncomfortable! Not that walking/running on gravel is entirely comfortable even with good form, but it should be tolerable. I still use this on my runs sometimes--today, for example, there were a couple of areas of gravel on my route and I ran over it on purpose (in VFFs) to check myself.

[OakLeaf]

Not that walking/running on gravel is entirely comfortable even with good form, but it should be tolerable.

You have a different standard of what's tolerable I think... Or else you really mean "gravel" (aka river rock), and not "crushed stone" which is what most people mean when they say "gravel."

I know my form is far from perfect. But I can't walk slowly and carefully across my driveway without excruciating pain. I'm not sure what grade of stone we have, but those rocks are big and sharp, and when they're at least half the size of the part of my foot I'm supposed to be landing on, how does that get comfortable???

[zia]

ASammy1: I'm using Hal Higdon's Novice Half Marathon. I broke it out into 3 segments, and added 3 weeks of semi-rest (read: sleeping in!), plus an extra week at the start, and another toward the end.

My goal is to know I can run 13.1 (which I haven't done since I was much younger, and mentally need to know I can do if I want to do a half iron), not to set any PRs, so this program works well. I love the options for cross training, and am running 3x a week, swimming 2x, and spinning 1x. I may toss in a few interval sessions from the intermediate plan... if I can find a track not covered in ice!

Is your half at least somewhere warm? (Mine is definitely not!) Good luck with your training!

[ASammy1]

ASammy1: I'm using Hal Higdon's Novice Half Marathon. I broke it out into 3 segments, and added 3 weeks of semi-rest (read: sleeping in!), plus an extra week at the start, and another toward the end.


Is your half at least somewhere warm? (Mine is definitely not!) Good luck with your training!

Zia, the only problem I have with this program is the longest training run you do is only 10 miles! I can't imagine only training 10 and then running 13.1. I would be adding some at the end too!

This will be my first half (in Virginia Beach in mid-March) and at this point my only goal is to finish it. I will worry about speed and time down the road. Good luck with your program too!

[zia]

Ah, well, Hal says: "Don't worry about making the final jump from 10 miles in practice to 13.1 miles in the race. Inspiration will carry you to the finish line, particularly if you taper the final week. "

I'll report back to you at the end of February on exactly how inspired I was!

[Jolt]

You have a different standard of what's tolerable I think... Or else you really mean "gravel" (aka river rock), and not "crushed stone" which is what most people mean when they say "gravel."

I know my form is far from perfect. But I can't walk slowly and carefully across my driveway without excruciating pain. I'm not sure what grade of stone we have, but those rocks are big and sharp, and when they're at least half the size of the part of my foot I'm supposed to be landing on, how does that get comfortable???

I guess what I was thinking of was closer to river gravel than to what you're describing--your driveway does sound like it would be a bit rough.