Ran a 10k in June (4 Viewers)

[Darrinll40]

Well, I'll use this as my first foray into this thread.

Welcome 3000!Glad you stopped in...hope you stick around.

Ditto

 

[Ned]

A tiny victory for me today, but its more of a sign of my respect for the upcoming mileage increases (this coming weekend has me a little ). I was able to throttle it back on a short 3 today. I felt kind of sluggish during the run, but ended up totally refreshed afterwards. Going that slow (GMP + 0:20) just feels wrong to me, but I understand the need to do it. I probably should've even been a bit slower than that, but I was under total control and not breathing hardly at all.

 

[Sand]

BnB - good point about the first podium finish for the year. Should we set a thread target for podium finishes in 2011? That might be fun to track during the year (highlighting gold, silver, bronze, and downplaying who brought them in).

Also - killer workout! I can fully imagine that the downhill was as challenging (in a different way) than the ascent.

Since I claimed the first podium - I absolutely concur with tracking this! Downhill was a #####, to be honest. Trying to keep the legs from flying apart while also trying to run 5 minute miles wasn't too easy. 10% down is too darn steep.

 

[FUBAR]

Monday - hour long trail run, muddy and slick, loved it

Tuesday - 4 mile tempo run, just figured I'd push within comfort. 6:59, 6:49, 6:53, 6:49 felt great!

Planned:

Wednesday - pool

Thursday - 18 miles

Friday - 10 miles

 

[FUBAR]

BnB - good point about the first podium finish for the year. Should we set a thread target for podium finishes in 2011? That might be fun to track during the year (highlighting gold, silver, bronze, and downplaying who brought them in).

Also - killer workout! I can fully imagine that the downhill was as challenging (in a different way) than the ascent.

Since I claimed the first podium - I absolutely concur with tracking this! Downhill was a #####, to be honest. Trying to keep the legs from flying apart while also trying to run 5 minute miles wasn't too easy. 10% down is too darn steep.

killer! good work, 10% decline scares me.

 

[pmbrown_22]

And will someone just take liquors behind the shed and shoot him? Put the poor soul out of his misery.

We can wait and do this at the Bourbon Chase. We can dump him on the side of the road if he can't help us. Let the "Hill People" take care of him.----------------

Nothing for me today guys. It was raining hard last night and this morning I would have looked like a piece of newspaper blowing in the wind. I am hitting the treadmill this afternoon though to get some miles in.

 

[ThreeThousand]

Monday - hour long trail run, muddy and slick, loved it

Tuesday - 4 mile tempo run, just figured I'd push within comfort. 6:59, 6:49, 6:53, 6:49 felt great!

Planned:

Wednesday - pool

Thursday - 18 milesFriday - 10 miles

Nice plan - Wednesday is pool day for me too. I usually hit it up at lunch, and can get in about 2100 meters. Plan for today:200 WU

4 sets of 400 FS/50 BS

100 CD

On another note - how do you guys put in 18 miles on a weekday? Don't you have jobs? It's dark here by the time I get home, and there's not a chance in Hades I'm doing 18 miles on a treadmill.

 

[Ned]

Monday - hour long trail run, muddy and slick, loved it

Tuesday - 4 mile tempo run, just figured I'd push within comfort. 6:59, 6:49, 6:53, 6:49 felt great!

Planned:

Wednesday - pool

Thursday - 18 milesFriday - 10 miles

Nice plan - Wednesday is pool day for me too. I usually hit it up at lunch, and can get in about 2100 meters. Plan for today:200 WU

4 sets of 400 FS/50 BS

100 CD

On another note - how do you guys put in 18 miles on a weekday? Don't you have jobs? It's dark here by the time I get home, and there's not a chance in Hades I'm doing 18 miles on a treadmill.

They're all lunatics. I won't be shocked if FUBAR is out there with a reflective vest, headlamp, and flashlight running at 11pm. ;-)

 

[Darrinll40]

Monday - hour long trail run, muddy and slick, loved it

Tuesday - 4 mile tempo run, just figured I'd push within comfort. 6:59, 6:49, 6:53, 6:49 felt great!

Planned:

Wednesday - pool

Thursday - 18 milesFriday - 10 miles

Nice plan - Wednesday is pool day for me too. I usually hit it up at lunch, and can get in about 2100 meters. Plan for today:200 WU

4 sets of 400 FS/50 BS

100 CD

On another note - how do you guys put in 18 miles on a weekday? Don't you have jobs? It's dark here by the time I get home, and there's not a chance in Hades I'm doing 18 miles on a treadmill.

They're all lunatics. I won't be shocked if FUBAR is out there with a reflective vest, headlamp, and flashlight running at 11pm. ;-)

I beg to differ, these are the real lunatics.People who can find to to run 18 miles on a work day are just slightly different.

2 miles yesterday. I am still barely running every week with a maximum of 11 miles. I am still trying to lose the extra weight and I hadn't planned to increase mileage until I hit 220. Luckily I have many months before my next race in October, so I shouldn't have any problems.

 

[gruecd]

On another note - how do you guys put in 18 miles on a weekday? Don't you have jobs? It's dark here by the time I get home, and there's not a chance in Hades I'm doing 18 miles on a treadmill.

What's wrong with running in the dark? Seriously, put on some reflective gear and maybe a headlamp, and have at it. I think I started at 4 AM one time so that I'd be done before work, and I've done plenty of 2- to 3-hour runs at night.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

On another note - how do you guys put in 18 miles on a weekday? Don't you have jobs? It's dark here by the time I get home, and there's not a chance in Hades I'm doing 18 miles on a treadmill.

I'm fortunate enough to have a job that allows for a lot of time-shifting. I generally don't have any problem putting in a weekly 10-15 mile LR in the middle of a weekday. I just plan around it. Like gru said, though, there's nothing wrong with running in the dark. When I was near the peak of marathon training last summer, I would try to get out there for my long runs between 4:00 and 5:00 am so that I could get in a couple of hours while it was relatively cool before the sun came up. That's atypical for me because of my work non-schedule, but it's very doable.

 

[Sand]

Monday - hour long trail run, muddy and slick, loved it

Tuesday - 4 mile tempo run, just figured I'd push within comfort. 6:59, 6:49, 6:53, 6:49 felt great!

Planned:

Wednesday - pool

Thursday - 18 milesFriday - 10 miles

Nice plan - Wednesday is pool day for me too. I usually hit it up at lunch, and can get in about 2100 meters. Plan for today:200 WU

4 sets of 400 FS/50 BS

100 CD

On another note - how do you guys put in 18 miles on a weekday? Don't you have jobs? It's dark here by the time I get home, and there's not a chance in Hades I'm doing 18 miles on a treadmill.

They're all lunatics. I won't be shocked if FUBAR is out there with a reflective vest, headlamp, and flashlight running at 11pm. ;-)

I beg to differ, these are the real lunatics.

I love how the guy who won was also the guy who is holding back the field at the start there. Classy.5 mile dreadmill run last night. And, uh, there's no chance in Hades I'm ever doing more than an hour on a treadmill. So no 18 milers mid-week for me, either. I think I had gotten a 10 miler in once or twice.

 

[FUBAR]

On another note - how do you guys put in 18 miles on a weekday? Don't you have jobs? It's dark here by the time I get home, and there's not a chance in Hades I'm doing 18 miles on a treadmill.

I'm fortunate enough to have a job that allows for a lot of time-shifting. I generally don't have any problem putting in a weekly 10-15 mile LR in the middle of a weekday. I just plan around it. Like gru said, though, there's nothing wrong with running in the dark. When I was near the peak of marathon training last summer, I would try to get out there for my long runs between 4:00 and 5:00 am so that I could get in a couple of hours while it was relatively cool before the sun came up. That's atypical for me because of my work non-schedule, but it's very doable.

This year, I'm getting my LL.M. with a flexible schedule. For example, today I am completely my own man, nothing scheduled except getting stuff done. Tomorrow I'm in class from 10-1 but otherwise free.

 

[2Young2BBald]

Monday - hour long trail run, muddy and slick, loved it

Tuesday - 4 mile tempo run, just figured I'd push within comfort. 6:59, 6:49, 6:53, 6:49 felt great!

Planned:

Wednesday - pool

Thursday - 18 milesFriday - 10 miles

Nice plan - Wednesday is pool day for me too. I usually hit it up at lunch, and can get in about 2100 meters. Plan for today:200 WU

4 sets of 400 FS/50 BS

100 CD

On another note - how do you guys put in 18 miles on a weekday? Don't you have jobs? It's dark here by the time I get home, and there's not a chance in Hades I'm doing 18 miles on a treadmill.

What HIM plan are you using? If you are still looking for one, the one I used last year was awesome. PM me an email address and I ship it off! One of the best parts, was the double and triple brick workouts. Instead of a brick of, say, 45/9, they broke it up in to three bricks of 15/3, with quick transitions between them. There were long bricks just prior to taper, but these made up much of the endurance phase. My plan for this year is to add speed for the sprints. I am batting about the thought that my long days should be double brick of 12/3 (or two sets of the sprint distance), with Tuesdays being my run-speedwork day and Wednesdays being some kind of bike-speed/strength day. Pool days on Monday & Thursday (with some core) should round out the weeks well.

 

[2Young2BBald]

I beg to differ, these are the real lunatics.

That looks like FUN! I did the Race Up The Ren Cen here in Detroit a few years back. Granted, it was "only" about 80 stories, but I enjoyed the event. As I recall, at least one other poster here did the Hancock Tower in Chicago and someone might have done the race linked above.

 

[pmbrown_22]

On another note - how do you guys put in 18 miles on a weekday? Don't you have jobs? It's dark here by the time I get home, and there's not a chance in Hades I'm doing 18 miles on a treadmill.

I'm fortunate enough to have a job that allows for a lot of time-shifting. I generally don't have any problem putting in a weekly 10-15 mile LR in the middle of a weekday. I just plan around it. Like gru said, though, there's nothing wrong with running in the dark. When I was near the peak of marathon training last summer, I would try to get out there for my long runs between 4:00 and 5:00 am so that I could get in a couple of hours while it was relatively cool before the sun came up. That's atypical for me because of my work non-schedule, but it's very doable.

I have to agree. You gotta do what you gotta do to get the miles in. Last Summer, I routinely got up between 3:30 and 4:00 to get my longer runs in before work. Of course, I am a complete zombie by 2:00PM, but that is the sacrifice I make to do this "hobby". I am trying to do this now, but right now I am prefering the night runs. If you are safe about it, there really is nothing to worry about it.

 

[ThreeThousand]

Monday - hour long trail run, muddy and slick, loved it

Tuesday - 4 mile tempo run, just figured I'd push within comfort. 6:59, 6:49, 6:53, 6:49 felt great!

Planned:

Wednesday - pool

Thursday - 18 milesFriday - 10 miles

Nice plan - Wednesday is pool day for me too. I usually hit it up at lunch, and can get in about 2100 meters. Plan for today:200 WU

4 sets of 400 FS/50 BS

100 CD

On another note - how do you guys put in 18 miles on a weekday? Don't you have jobs? It's dark here by the time I get home, and there's not a chance in Hades I'm doing 18 miles on a treadmill.

What HIM plan are you using? If you are still looking for one, the one I used last year was awesome. PM me an email address and I ship it off! One of the best parts, was the double and triple brick workouts. Instead of a brick of, say, 45/9, they broke it up in to three bricks of 15/3, with quick transitions between them. There were long bricks just prior to taper, but these made up much of the endurance phase. My plan for this year is to add speed for the sprints. I am batting about the thought that my long days should be double brick of 12/3 (or two sets of the sprint distance), with Tuesdays being my run-speedwork day and Wednesdays being some kind of bike-speed/strength day. Pool days on Monday & Thursday (with some core) should round out the weeks well.

In general, I just wing it. I'm never qualifying for Kona or for the 70.3 world championships, so I do these for fun and fitness. I guess I could say I use one off BeginnerTriathlete.com as a guide, but I don't look at it much. In general, I'll run 3x a week (2 4-5 mile runs during the week, one long on the weekend of 11-12), bike 3x a week (2 13-14 mile bikes during the week, one long on the weekend of 26-30). Toss in a couple of swims (typically what I posted above) and you've got my average training week.

 

[FUBAR]

Does anyone have experience with Leftlane Sports? They have a pretty good sale going right now and I will probably buy these as I really need better shoes for running on the trail. Usually I buy in store but if the sizing is true as it says, I can't beat this deal.

 

[gruecd]

Interesting read on endurance athletes and relationships: http://on.wsj.com/gZdHa6.

 

[The_Man]

Interesting read on endurance athletes and relationships: http://on.wsj.com/gZdHa6.

The main guy in the article sounds like the kind of doosh that the triathlon-bashing article was about. That being said, this can be a tough issue when you've got young kids. I handle it by recognizing that sometimes my workouts are going to have to take second place to my family. We also went through a little of the spousal imbalance stuff for a while. My wife never ran a lot, but I was still clearly the lazy couch potato in the family. When all of a sudden I was surpassing my wife's runs, it bothered her a little. But now we've gotten past that, to the point where a 5k - which used to be a big deal to her - is now nothing. She recently did a 5-mile race and is gearing up for a 10k. So, in the end, the exercise has been good for us.

 

[pmbrown_22]

Interesting read on endurance athletes and relationships: http://on.wsj.com/gZdHa6.

The main guy in the article sounds like the kind of doosh that the triathlon-bashing article was about. That being said, this can be a tough issue when you've got young kids. I handle it by recognizing that sometimes my workouts are going to have to take second place to my family. We also went through a little of the spousal imbalance stuff for a while. My wife never ran a lot, but I was still clearly the lazy couch potato in the family. When all of a sudden I was surpassing my wife's runs, it bothered her a little. But now we've gotten past that, to the point where a 5k - which used to be a big deal to her - is now nothing. She recently did a 5-mile race and is gearing up for a 10k. So, in the end, the exercise has been good for us.

I could not agree more. My kids and wife come first before my runs. That is why I have to schedule runs at the hours that i do. I also agree that that guy seems to go a bit over the top, but there does have to be something said about being passionate about what he does. If he was not passionate, then he probably would not be doing it. I run to stay in shape and my family loves to see me run. I have one upstanding rule for me. That is that if anyone in the family thinks I need to stop running because it is getting in the way of something else, then I am cutting back or quiting all together. My goals for exercise is for me to be healthier and hopefully set a good example.The imbalance stuff definitely happens at my house. My wife will support me, but does not really want to run because she thinks that I step in too much when she asks for help, which I probably do, but I am only trying to help out. She has talked about attempting to walk a half next year. I am all for it, but told her that we could do it together as I kind of think that I will be cutting back a lot next year.

I guess I will step down from my soap box now.

 

[FUBAR]

Interesting read on endurance athletes and relationships: http://on.wsj.com/gZdHa6.

The main guy in the article sounds like the kind of doosh that the triathlon-bashing article was about. That being said, this can be a tough issue when you've got young kids. I handle it by recognizing that sometimes my workouts are going to have to take second place to my family. We also went through a little of the spousal imbalance stuff for a while. My wife never ran a lot, but I was still clearly the lazy couch potato in the family. When all of a sudden I was surpassing my wife's runs, it bothered her a little. But now we've gotten past that, to the point where a 5k - which used to be a big deal to her - is now nothing. She recently did a 5-mile race and is gearing up for a 10k. So, in the end, the exercise has been good for us.

I could not agree more. My kids and wife come first before my runs. That is why I have to schedule runs at the hours that i do. I also agree that that guy seems to go a bit over the top, but there does have to be something said about being passionate about what he does. If he was not passionate, then he probably would not be doing it. I run to stay in shape and my family loves to see me run. I have one upstanding rule for me. That is that if anyone in the family thinks I need to stop running because it is getting in the way of something else, then I am cutting back or quiting all together. My goals for exercise is for me to be healthier and hopefully set a good example.The imbalance stuff definitely happens at my house. My wife will support me, but does not really want to run because she thinks that I step in too much when she asks for help, which I probably do, but I am only trying to help out. She has talked about attempting to walk a half next year. I am all for it, but told her that we could do it together as I kind of think that I will be cutting back a lot next year.

I guess I will step down from my soap box now.

the article has been making the rounds in my facebook community, it brings up some valid points and you two have it right IMO. I haven't ran on the weekend since my 4th son was born, that's family time and time for Mom to get some sleep. Before that I would head out in time to ensure I'd be back by 9 or 10 so I really only missed out on breakfast. I'll go back to that when I don't have time during the week and the little guy is sleeping better. Priorities are simple if you stick to them.

1. Family

2. Job

3. Training

4. Friends (friends probably could go above training but some train with me, so that works)

5. FBGs!

 

[Third]

I wanted to pose a question to any of you guys who have knowledge about gait analysis.

My wife has always mentioned to me that I run a little "funny." She says my right leg/foot "kicks out to the side" a little when I run, while my left leg/foot appear normal. I've noticed it at times in the past but thought going to a stability shoe helped straighten it out somewhat.

Last night I had to run on the treadmill and happened to be in a position where I was facing a mirror on the other side of the room. I had a moment when I caught a glimpse of myself. My left leg/foot appear to move straight forward - straight back. No excess movement - it looks relatively efficient. But on the right side, my foot appears to be traveling in an oval path. It goes back, and then the foot travels outside on its way back to the front. It honestly looked like my right side was in a spin cycle compared to my left side. It made me tired to watch it in the mirror - so much wasted movement.

Here's the deal. I've not had any injuries whatsoever in the 2 years I've been running, but I suspect I will have my share if I don't correct this "problem." I'm not going to attempt to self-diagnose, but wouldn't be surprised to learn that it relates to muscle and structural imbalance/tightness in my hip.

Where would you start if you were trying to diagnose and eventually improve the efficiency of your stride? I don't trust going to a running store for normal gait analysis. I suspect their answer will be a new shoe. The University of Virginia has a SPEED clinic that is supposed to be among the best places in the US for this type of thing. I won't be traveling across the country for this, so does anyone know of any place in the south/southwest that might be similar? Sports massage therapist? PT?

 

[IvanKaramazov]

I wanted to pose a question to any of you guys who have knowledge about gait analysis.

My wife has always mentioned to me that I run a little "funny." She says my right leg/foot "kicks out to the side" a little when I run, while my left leg/foot appear normal. I've noticed it at times in the past but thought going to a stability shoe helped straighten it out somewhat.

Last night I had to run on the treadmill and happened to be in a position where I was facing a mirror on the other side of the room. I had a moment when I caught a glimpse of myself. My left leg/foot appear to move straight forward - straight back. No excess movement - it looks relatively efficient. But on the right side, my foot appears to be traveling in an oval path. It goes back, and then the foot travels outside on its way back to the front. It honestly looked like my right side was in a spin cycle compared to my left side. It made me tired to watch it in the mirror - so much wasted movement.

Here's the deal. I've not had any injuries whatsoever in the 2 years I've been running, but I suspect I will have my share if I don't correct this "problem." I'm not going to attempt to self-diagnose, but wouldn't be surprised to learn that it relates to muscle and structural imbalance/tightness in my hip.

Where would you start if you were trying to diagnose and eventually improve the efficiency of your stride? I don't trust going to a running store for normal gait analysis. I suspect their answer will be a new shoe. The University of Virginia has a SPEED clinic that is supposed to be among the best places in the US for this type of thing. I won't be traveling across the country for this, so does anyone know of any place in the south/southwest that might be similar? Sports massage therapist? PT?

I don't have any advice to offer, but I know exactly what you're talking about. One advantage of doing a lot indoor running at a gym is that you see all kinds of strides, and I've seen lots of people with strides like you're describing. My knees hurt just watching it, but if it doesn't cause you any problems for now, I don't know how much I'd worry about it. The "bouncers" -- the ones who seem to get their entire body completely off the ground with every footstep -- are the ones who freak me out the most. That has to be the most inefficient running mechanic possible.If you're going to try to diagnose/change this, a good start might be to call the nearest major university with an excersise physiology program (or something similar). If they don't this sort of thing, they can probably refer you to somebody credible who does. It may require a series of phone calls to get in touch with the right contact person though.

 

[Ned]

Another mid-week 'long' run and I felt really good today. Higdon has you push the pace a little more on Wendesdays, which I enjoy of course...

If you're feeling good--and we hope you are after the stepback week--push the pace a bit today. Maybe for a mile or two toward the end of your run, increase your pace by about 15-30 seconds a mile.

I started out relaxing at the beginning, picking it up in the middle, and calming back down at the end. Ended up averaging 8:51 overall and I'm really pleased with how 'easy' that felt. I can't believe I can even say any sort of 6mi run felt easy. A slow 3 tomorrow and then rest day before the big weekend of 6 @ GMP on Saturday and 13 on Sunday.

 

[prosopis]

7 mile tempo run for me today. I almost did not do it as a cold front came in here. It is 40 out and windy. I then thought of some of you up north and figured I better HTFU and do it. I got er done but dang that is really cold for me. My hands were killing me. I am supposed to do 2 tomorrow and I am pretty sure I will do it on the dread mill.

 

[Ned]

7 mile tempo run for me today. I almost did not do it as a cold front came in here. It is 40 out and windy. I then thought of some of you up north and figured I better HTFU and do it. I got er done but dang that is really cold for me. My hands were killing me. I am supposed to do 2 tomorrow and I am pretty sure I will do it on the dread mill.

It was 40 here today and I was going nuts it felt so warm. We even got a few peeks of sunshine...First time I wore shorts!Good job on the HTFU - I know these temps are all just relative.

 

[tri-man 47]

FUBAR - dang, that's some speed!

Prosopis - wear some cheap garden gloves on the cold mornings ...it'll be enough to take away the chill.

Third - if your foot strike is good, I don't think you risk injury. But I don't know how much the inefficiency hurts your pacing. I've read of some studies done in the Chicago area where the stride is examined. Maybe a local running store would know of some places for an analysis (hopefully for free).

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Interesting weather in Chicago over the last day! We ended up with about 20" of snow, a lot of even higher drifts because of very strong winds (lots of snow blowing sideways), and even thunder and lightning in the middle of it all! I spent 4 hours this morning with the snow blower and shovel digging out my place, a neighbor's place (older woman who owns the snow blower), and then another neighbor (cute) whose husband is out of town (yet another cute neighbor was already working on cute1's driveway, so I joined in too).

Of course, when that was all done, I went for a 7 mile run in the plowed (or at least rutted) streets. Temp was actually nice (22 degrees and sunny), so the run was quite normal, despite the continuing chaos all around. Very weird to have the lakefront's Lake Shore Drive closed down last night at the back end of rush hour. Eventually, the snow, winds, and then a quick sequence of accidents turned it into a parking lot. They evacuated the people, leaving several hundred cars on the road! Great story of it all was a TV interview where they stopped some guy who was running down LSD. He said it was great! A beautiful lakeside road all to himself. He did a shout-out to his running club, encouraging them to join him. The TV crew quickly backtracked and discouraged runners from using the main artery as a personal running path.

 

[2Young2BBald]

If there was any way I could get to Wisconsin next weekend, I would love to do this Indoor Trail 1/2 Marathon. 55 laps could get a little boring, but cool bragging rights. There is a full marathon too.

 

[FUBAR]

7 mile tempo run for me today. I almost did not do it as a cold front came in here. It is 40 out and windy. I then thought of some of you up north and figured I better HTFU and do it. I got er done but dang that is really cold for me. My hands were killing me. I am supposed to do 2 tomorrow and I am pretty sure I will do it on the dread mill.

It was 40 here today and I was going nuts it felt so warm. We even got a few peeks of sunshine...First time I wore shorts!Good job on the HTFU - I know these temps are all just relative.

 

[SteelCurtain]

I just started getting Runner's World and I need a quick help with definitions.

Can someone explain the difference between Speed Workout, Interval Workout and Tempo Workout? The terms are interspersed throughout the magazine and in this thread and I realize I don't know the difference. (perhaps some of them mean one in the same?)

Thanks.

 

[gruecd]

I just started getting Runner's World and I need a quick help with definitions.

Can someone explain the difference between Speed Workout, Interval Workout and Tempo Workout? The terms are interspersed throughout the magazine and in this thread and I realize I don't know the difference. (perhaps some of them mean one in the same?)

Thanks.

Hi, SteelCurtain. I'm off to a massage appointment, so I'll try to elaborate more later, but both interval workouts and tempo workouts are types of speed workouts. An example of an interval workout would be "8 x 800M with 90-second jogs in between." You run the 800s at 5K pace. A tempo workout, on the other hand, is a continuous, sustained effort at a little bit slower pace. For example, "7 miles with 4 tempo." You would do a 2-mile warmup, then do 4 miles at 15K to half marathon pace, and then a mile cool-down.I hope this helps.

 

[pigskinliquors]

And will someone just take liquors behind the shed and shoot him? Put the poor soul out of his misery.

We can wait and do this at the Bourbon Chase. We can dump him on the side of the road if he can't help us. Let the "Hill People" take care of him.

:finger: I just got back from the Dr. and there will be no shooting or dumping!!! My Doc is a Sports Specialist and took a LOT of time with me. We started with X-Rays of my wrist. Nothing broken, but it is a bad sprain. I have a brace for it, that I'll need to wear for two weeks, and he thinks it will be fine after that! He then did a lot of movement/stretches with my legs to check my knee, calves and groin. He said my calves are doing much better than usual (duh, I haven't really run on them in 2+ months)! My groin was likely a bad grade 2 pull/strain, which typically takes two months to heal = not abnormal at all that I'm still in pain. He thinks biking on it won't hurt it more at this point, and I need to start stretching it, as it will shorten as it heals without that (shorter groin does NOT sound good ). My knee is the bigger problem. It is tendinitis of a tendon that can linger for quite some time. IF it isn't close to 100% in three weeks, he's going to give me an MRI, and likely inject it with blood from another area of my body, which will actually inflame it more, but will make it heal much better. The problem with that is I will likely then have to be off it for 4 more weeks. = worst case scenario, I have 7 more weeks with no running; likely best case scenario is 2 more weeks. The upside is that I can slowly start to get back on the bike, and my wrist should be golden in less than 2 weeks :fingerscrossed:

 

[gruecd]

We started with X-Rays of my wrist. Nothing broken, but it is a bad sprain.

Damn overuse injuries....

 

[pigskinliquors]

We started with X-Rays of my wrist. Nothing broken, but it is a bad sprain.

Damn overuse injuries....

You forget, I'm now single. Overuse has something to do with my calf injury, and a lot to do with my sprained tongue

 

[gruecd]

We started with X-Rays of my wrist. Nothing broken, but it is a bad sprain.

Damn overuse injuries....

You forget, I'm now single. Overuse has something to do with my calf injury, and a lot to do with my sprained tongue

The phrase "Pandora's Box" seems particularly appropriate here....

 

[Darrinll40]

2 miles again today. I beat Tuesday's time by 68 seconds and it felt great. For the first time in a while I felt comfortable enough to speed up a bit. Of course, the weather was damn near perfect to run in, cloudy and 65 degrees.

I am starting to finally have more easy than hard runs, and it is about time. Weigh in tomorrow morning, I don't know if I lost any but I felt thinner today.

 

[Darrinll40]

And will someone just take liquors behind the shed and shoot him? Put the poor soul out of his misery.

We can wait and do this at the Bourbon Chase. We can dump him on the side of the road if he can't help us. Let the "Hill People" take care of him.

:finger: I just got back from the Dr. and there will be no shooting or dumping!!! My Doc is a Sports Specialist and took a LOT of time with me. We started with X-Rays of my wrist. Nothing broken, but it is a bad sprain. I have a brace for it, that I'll need to wear for two weeks, and he thinks it will be fine after that! He then did a lot of movement/stretches with my legs to check my knee, calves and groin. He said my calves are doing much better than usual (duh, I haven't really run on them in 2+ months)! My groin was likely a bad grade 2 pull/strain, which typically takes two months to heal = not abnormal at all that I'm still in pain. He thinks biking on it won't hurt it more at this point, and I need to start stretching it, as it will shorten as it heals without that (shorter groin does NOT sound good ). My knee is the bigger problem. It is tendinitis of a tendon that can linger for quite some time. IF it isn't close to 100% in three weeks, he's going to give me an MRI, and likely inject it with blood from another area of my body, which will actually inflame it more, but will make it heal much better. The problem with that is I will likely then have to be off it for 4 more weeks. = worst case scenario, I have 7 more weeks with no running; likely best case scenario is 2 more weeks. The upside is that I can slowly start to get back on the bike, and my wrist should be golden in less than 2 weeks :fingerscrossed:

You must have really pissed off the running gods. I hope everything goes well and you get back soon.

 

[tri-man 47]

the weather was damn near perfect to run in, cloudy and 65 degrees.

"liquors' :finger:, white courtesy phone ... liquors' :finger, white courtesy phone"eta: fixed for brain freeze spelling error.

 

[culdeus]

And will someone just take liquors behind the shed and shoot him? Put the poor soul out of his misery.

We can wait and do this at the Bourbon Chase. We can dump him on the side of the road if he can't help us. Let the "Hill People" take care of him.

:finger: I just got back from the Dr. and there will be no shooting or dumping!!! My Doc is a Sports Specialist and took a LOT of time with me. We started with X-Rays of my wrist. Nothing broken, but it is a bad sprain. I have a brace for it, that I'll need to wear for two weeks, and he thinks it will be fine after that! He then did a lot of movement/stretches with my legs to check my knee, calves and groin. He said my calves are doing much better than usual (duh, I haven't really run on them in 2+ months)! My groin was likely a bad grade 2 pull/strain, which typically takes two months to heal = not abnormal at all that I'm still in pain. He thinks biking on it won't hurt it more at this point, and I need to start stretching it, as it will shorten as it heals without that (shorter groin does NOT sound good ). My knee is the bigger problem. It is tendinitis of a tendon that can linger for quite some time. IF it isn't close to 100% in three weeks, he's going to give me an MRI, and likely inject it with blood from another area of my body, which will actually inflame it more, but will make it heal much better. The problem with that is I will likely then have to be off it for 4 more weeks. = worst case scenario, I have 7 more weeks with no running; likely best case scenario is 2 more weeks. The upside is that I can slowly start to get back on the bike, and my wrist should be golden in less than 2 weeks :fingerscrossed:

The obvious solution is to buy a recumbent, grow a beard, and wear sandals everywhere.

 

[2Young2BBald]

And will someone just take liquors behind the shed and shoot him? Put the poor soul out of his misery.

We can wait and do this at the Bourbon Chase. We can dump him on the side of the road if he can't help us. Let the "Hill People" take care of him.

:finger: I just got back from the Dr. and there will be no shooting or dumping!!! My Doc is a Sports Specialist and took a LOT of time with me. We started with X-Rays of my wrist. Nothing broken, but it is a bad sprain. I have a brace for it, that I'll need to wear for two weeks, and he thinks it will be fine after that! He then did a lot of movement/stretches with my legs to check my knee, calves and groin. He said my calves are doing much better than usual (duh, I haven't really run on them in 2+ months)! My groin was likely a bad grade 2 pull/strain, which typically takes two months to heal = not abnormal at all that I'm still in pain. He thinks biking on it won't hurt it more at this point, and I need to start stretching it, as it will shorten as it heals without that (shorter groin does NOT sound good ). My knee is the bigger problem. It is tendinitis of a tendon that can linger for quite some time. IF it isn't close to 100% in three weeks, he's going to give me an MRI, and likely inject it with blood from another area of my body, which will actually inflame it more, but will make it heal much better. The problem with that is I will likely then have to be off it for 4 more weeks. = worst case scenario, I have 7 more weeks with no running; likely best case scenario is 2 more weeks. The upside is that I can slowly start to get back on the bike, and my wrist should be golden in less than 2 weeks :fingerscrossed:

I'm surprised the Doc didn't just take you out back and shoot you, geez that sounds like a bunch of misery.

 

[2Young2BBald]

Bought a Groupon for 60 day unlimited Yoga classes at a local place less than a mile from home and am doing my first class tonight. I bought the thing to force myself to concentrate on flexibility and core strength. I am miserably inflexible and can just barely touch my toes when doing a basic stretch. I talked to one of the instructors and described what I want to achieve (and that I run and do the triathlon thing). She said "oh, if you are competitive and like a challenge, you can skip basic and move right in to the more advanced classes" and signed me up for a Budokon Flow class tonight. Having no idea what I was getting in to, I said "great, see you tonight". After, I Googled up some videos of Budokon Flow and I am ####ed. I am going to make a complete ### out of myself. Anyone have thoughts on what I am in for?

 

[FUBAR]

18 today, felt great!

Ran from work to Monticello, but that's only 7.5 miles so I had to make up 3 on the way back. 8:13 pace, which is faster than last week and I beat my goal of 2:30 by 3 minutes.

 

[Genedoc]

Bought a Groupon for 60 day unlimited Yoga classes at a local place less than a mile from home and am doing my first class tonight. I bought the thing to force myself to concentrate on flexibility and core strength. I am miserably inflexible and can just barely touch my toes when doing a basic stretch. I talked to one of the instructors and described what I want to achieve (and that I run and do the triathlon thing). She said "oh, if you are competitive and like a challenge, you can skip basic and move right in to the more advanced classes" and signed me up for a Budokon Flow class tonight. Having no idea what I was getting in to, I said "great, see you tonight". After, I Googled up some videos of Budokon Flow and I am ####ed. I am going to make a complete ### out of myself. Anyone have thoughts on what I am in for?

PainJoking aside, I've been doing Pilates for 3 years and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't sign up for an advanced yoga class. That she sent you straight an advanced class make me wonder if she knows what she's doing.

 

[BassNBrew]

Enjoy my indoor computrainer class today...

15 minute warm up.

30 sec intervals / 30 sec recovery x 10 reps @ 350 watts

5 min recovery

30 sec intervals / 30 sec recovery x 10 reps @368 watts

5 min recovery

10 min TT at 316 watts

Everything was done in aero position. Finished the TT at 176 hr which is 9 bpm above threshold. No gut pain. The goal is to work up to a 20 min TT at 315 watts over the next 5 weeks. My 20 TT pr is 306-307 watts. I'm pretty much now in personal best territory and I've only been riding 1-2 times a week. Still had soreness from the mountain run the other day. Going to give the credit to 100/100 runs and good diet.

 

[2Young2BBald]

Bought a Groupon for 60 day unlimited Yoga classes at a local place less than a mile from home and am doing my first class tonight. I bought the thing to force myself to concentrate on flexibility and core strength. I am miserably inflexible and can just barely touch my toes when doing a basic stretch. I talked to one of the instructors and described what I want to achieve (and that I run and do the triathlon thing). She said "oh, if you are competitive and like a challenge, you can skip basic and move right in to the more advanced classes" and signed me up for a Budokon Flow class tonight. Having no idea what I was getting in to, I said "great, see you tonight". After, I Googled up some videos of Budokon Flow and I am ####ed. I am going to make a complete ### out of myself. Anyone have thoughts on what I am in for?

PainJoking aside, I've been doing Pilates for 3 years and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't sign up for an advanced yoga class. That she sent you straight an advanced class make me wonder if she knows what she's doing.

Swell. I'll report back after if I live to tell about it. I will say, I've talked to people that have been there and they all have great things to say about the staff there, so there is hope.

 

[Ned]

Bought a Groupon for 60 day unlimited Yoga classes at a local place less than a mile from home and am doing my first class tonight. I bought the thing to force myself to concentrate on flexibility and core strength. I am miserably inflexible and can just barely touch my toes when doing a basic stretch. I talked to one of the instructors and described what I want to achieve (and that I run and do the triathlon thing). She said "oh, if you are competitive and like a challenge, you can skip basic and move right in to the more advanced classes" and signed me up for a Budokon Flow class tonight. Having no idea what I was getting in to, I said "great, see you tonight". After, I Googled up some videos of Budokon Flow and I am ####ed. I am going to make a complete ### out of myself. Anyone have thoughts on what I am in for?

for diving in though. I'm becoming a yoga convert with each session I do at home.

 

[Ned]

Another slow 3 for me today and felt OK. Kinda hard to feel really good or really bad on these slow runs, but I guess that's the point. Eh?

 

[Darrinll40]

Bought a Groupon for 60 day unlimited Yoga classes at a local place less than a mile from home and am doing my first class tonight. I bought the thing to force myself to concentrate on flexibility and core strength. I am miserably inflexible and can just barely touch my toes when doing a basic stretch. I talked to one of the instructors and described what I want to achieve (and that I run and do the triathlon thing). She said "oh, if you are competitive and like a challenge, you can skip basic and move right in to the more advanced classes" and signed me up for a Budokon Flow class tonight. Having no idea what I was getting in to, I said "great, see you tonight". After, I Googled up some videos of Budokon Flow and I am ####ed. I am going to make a complete ### out of myself. Anyone have thoughts on what I am in for?

PainJoking aside, I've been doing Pilates for 3 years and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't sign up for an advanced yoga class. That she sent you straight an advanced class make me wonder if she knows what she's doing.

Watch out for any other guys there when you get to the second part.

 

[Darrinll40]

Bought a Groupon for 60 day unlimited Yoga classes at a local place less than a mile from home and am doing my first class tonight. I bought the thing to force myself to concentrate on flexibility and core strength. I am miserably inflexible and can just barely touch my toes when doing a basic stretch. I talked to one of the instructors and described what I want to achieve (and that I run and do the triathlon thing). She said "oh, if you are competitive and like a challenge, you can skip basic and move right in to the more advanced classes" and signed me up for a Budokon Flow class tonight. Having no idea what I was getting in to, I said "great, see you tonight". After, I Googled up some videos of Budokon Flow and I am ####ed. I am going to make a complete ### out of myself. Anyone have thoughts on what I am in for?

That just ain't right.