Running Coach Update - Week 11- Running is HARD!

[KSH]

I've been looking for a running coach, where did you find yours?
I would like to improve my 10 min mile pace. I can run forever, it's just really slow!!!! I thought do a marathon would help ....you know improve my endurance and all, but I'm only a little bit faster!

Well, I found mine in the back of local sports/fitness magazine. I would recommend him, but I live in Dallas, TX.

Ask around the sports clubs out there, I bet you can find someone in your area.

For some, being fast running... is all about form. Then again, some people are pretty darn fast with sloppy form.

Good luck!

[chickwhorips]

For some, being fast running... is all about form. Then again, some people are pretty darn fast with sloppy form.

then there are the others of us that are just slow and steady.

[KSH]

then there are the others of us that are just slow and steady.

Slow and steady wins many times! I use to be slow and steady before my injuries. In the end, it's all about what works for you.

I would have kept going slow and steady if it weren't for the lower leg pain.

[chickwhorips]

I would have kept going slow and steady if it weren't for the lower leg pain.

im having problems again with my leg pain. its frustrating! its a bit sore when im running now, but goes away a few hours after i'm done.

i just want to run! is that to much to ask for?

[KSH]

im having problems again with my leg pain. its frustrating! its a bit sore when im running now, but goes away a few hours after i'm done.

i just want to run! is that to much to ask for?

Yea, my leg pain would ONLY happen when I was running. 2-3 hours after running, my legs were fine.

I would get this horrible burning in my lower legs, on the backside. Just aweful.

After my last tri, with a 13 minute mile, I know if I didn't do something... I was not going to be able to compete in tri's anymore. So, I found my coach.

I tell you, it was my heal to toe strike that did the damage... that and upping my miles too quick to train for a 1/2 marathon... and bad shoes (not supportive for my strike).

I too just wanted to run... and I didn't know why it was so hard for me.

Hopefully your pain will go away, or you will find a way to fix it. I know how frustrating it is to have pain with running that you can't get rid of/fix.

[chickwhorips]

Hopefully your pain will go away, or you will find a way to fix it. I know how frustrating it is to have pain with running that you can't get rid of/fix.

it went away then its back again. we have a friend that is a physical therapist in town and went to see him. he said that my fibia rotated and thats what was causing my pain. so he got it back to where it was suppose to be and i felt 100% better. no stabbing shooting pain. well now a couple months later i'm still taping it when i run, but its still sore.

he made me temporary orthotics which seem to help and casted me for custom made orthotics. just got them in the mail and aren't ready to use them running yet. hopefully that helps even more.

do you know anyone that's had this problem.... maybe i should start a new thread seeing if anyone has.

[Dr. C]

without a proper exam and history I can't be sure, but here are a few of the simple ideas....Leg pain with running can often be corrected with a good shoe fit! make sure that if you are pronator, you are wearing a shoe for someone that pronates and have your friends that is a PT watch you run on a treadmill. He or she might be able to see if you have muscular imbalance causing you gait to be altered! A tight muscle here and a weak muscle then can cause flawed gait and pain. But it be sure I would have to know a lot more!