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Generally speaking, one can increase quality or quantity but not both. Attempting that is a recipe for injury a/o over training. Too late to do anything about it now, but that's why the training before the training stage is so important. You're doing the right thing now and can re-assess the viability of adding quality again late Aug-ish.
yeah, I kind of had an epiphany while not running over the weekend to let my back get better - we had this exact same conversation about this time last year and you (maybe others too?) gave me the same advice. I meant to post something about that with my original post but forgot.
One may not get to peak performance, but corners can always be cut when preparing for shorter races. What makes the marathon (and longer) different is that cannot be done. It's why I've punted committing to it until about this time next month. Will I get to that point having done enough in the 10 weeks prior to peak train for 6 weeks? I like my chances now more than I did in spring, but I am still nowhere near where I was at this stage of my last 3 marathon cycles. And all of them ended short of goal.yeah, I kind of had an epiphany while not running over the weekend to let my back get better - we had this exact same conversation about this time last year and you (maybe others too?) gave me the same advice. I meant to post something about that with my original post but forgot.
I'll just track you via my calendar.gianmarco said:
Both of mine are barking.
I’m fairly confident that the root cause of Achilles problems I’ve had is tight calves. Rolling and stretching those have helped. Soleus as well as gastrocnemius.
It is for a lot, I think. But once the Achilles is involved and inflamed, you want to work on that too.
In addition to the heel drops and foam roller, I thought massaging the area helped when I had them. May be pure placebo, but I rationalized it that that is a low blood flow area, so between that and potentially breaking up any scar tissue I figured it couldn’t hurt.
My PT had me doing those plus those side step things with the elastic band and a bunch of other achilles workouts that involved standing on one foot and bending down to pick stuff up off the floor (while on a balance lever)- worked everything around the ankle. Also had me working on my hamstrings, but mostly because those are crazy tight.
I'm now wondering if my new strength training regimen is playing a role. I'm still doing a couple of balance exercises per session, but much less than anytime between March 2020 and April 2021. It's been > 2 months, so I'm about due to shuffle up the routine anyway...gonna recalibrate to more of a 50/50 ratio of strength/balance rather than 80/20 and no more weighted calf raises.
Yeah, you can do lots of them. Just remember to not push up with the bad calf. Use the other foot to bring you up, then slowly drop down using the bad side over 1-2 seconds, then back up.
18, 23, 27, complete, complete, complete.
...gotta be effective though, right? Gonna try to do another 3 sets of 10-15 seconds each...
Some articles say being too aggressive can cause bruising or other problems. Maybe apply less pressure? You don’t have to spend a lot of time. I’ve read even less than a minute a day per muscle group will pay dividends.
Is the Eagle you or grue? Either way, good luck this weekend. Hope you can run a smart race and take what comes; you may surprise yourself.
There is a PT here locally who claims rolling does nothing. I don't know if that's true, but something to consider.
I have no idea. It was late, we had just gotten in, and it felt like something I needed to type to someone. It was too late to text it so I just posted here.
But doesn't answer the question of if no one was around to hear it, did it make a sound?
I was reading about rolling last night. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of scientific proof about the effectiveness of rolling but they are all over the map in what result they’re trying to study in the first place.
Based on my reading of this thread the Mrs will be pacing @gruecd then after they finish they’ll be circling back and carrying @gianmarco
I’ve never run longer than a half marathon so even if it takes you 8 hours you got me beat
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