Shermbelle's Group Full and training our a$$es off (Page 10)

Tubing is great. I am sitting here laughing because sledding, tubing, hell anything with snow is what we did growing up and I am just starting to get back into it because I have a two year old. Amazing to me when people don't live with snow how foreign the concept of winter sports are.

I guess it is just like me when I go on vacation in the winter and am wearing shorts when it is 50 out somewhere and the locals are all bundled up.

Nothing like diving in head first

Congrats on signing up, now it is time to kick it in!

That's awesome Tim!  Another distance record, great job.  No need to shut up, I know the feeling when you want to tell everyone every detail about what you just did .  Keep it up!

Lisa 

Hello group, what's happening this Monday?  I just checked out my logs and I've run 26 miles this month (POOOOOOR) and biked 86.  Consider I biked 170m in all of 2007 that's pretty good for me .

How's everyone's January closing out?  Should we do a little February challenge within the group?  I have failed for the 2nd month in a row to get to 65 miles running in a month.  LAME!

I'm going to try and run 65 again next month (third time a charm?) and bike 100 miles.  What about all you guys?

Lisa 

Great job Lisa on the biking. We'll get you up to speed on the running by the end of Feb.

Hey gang,

Lisa brings up a good idea. We need a challenge for the month of Feb. I have just gone through a little slacking period with my eating and maybe the intensity of my workouts. Need to be on track.

Any ideas on a cool challenge for Feb? Let us know, we have 3 days to come up with something.

Where in the arch is it starting to hurt? It could be plantar faciatis which is a tightness in the lower leg region ( calf area) which causes the bottom of the arch to tighten.

Google plantar faciatis or Web MD or even the injury forum and you can learn a lot more about it if it is what you are expierencing

Tim, I'd go to a local running store (NOT like Sports Authority or something, a real, local running store) and see if they can fit you for shoes. I have really messed up feet, so I have become a bit of a shoe fitting connoisseur, and the right shoes are the only thing that really let me run for more than 45 minutes.

One thing you could try on your own is this:

1) stand with your feet on a sheet of paper, hip width apart with your weight evenly distributed. have someone trace the shape of your foot.

2) if your foot looks like a brick (like mine does) you either have flat feet of overpronate (i overpronate - i have an arch but it collapses when i take a step). then you'll probably need motion control shoes or stability shoes.

3) if your foot looks like the prototypical footprint shape, then you can probably just wear regular shoes, stability or neutral shoes.

4) if your foot seems like all the pressure is on the outside and your arch is super high even when you're stepping, you probably need cushioning shoes.

here's another way to do it:

http://www.zappos.com/runningfitguide.zhtml

i know zappos isn't a running shoe store, but it's a pretty good description of how to choose a shoe.

It's really important to have the right shoe, especially if you're going for a marathon. Good luck! I wear Brooks motion control shoes (Addictions and Ariels) with a PowerStep arch insert. Before I wore those starting a few years ago, I would ALWAYS have pain in a tendon in my heel every time I ran after about 15 minutes, which kept me from running at all. Now I have no problem.

And Mike's thing about Plantar Fasciitis is a good point - you definitely want to check that out because that's chronic and a pain in the butt from everyone I know who's suffered from it.

Hope that wasn't info overload!!!

Lisa

timdude - 2008-02-02 12:15 AM I went to a different running store today to check my shoes and look into arch supports. The lady was very helpful, she determined that my shoes were to small. She sees this alot from the other running store I bought them from. The owner of the other store was a sub 4:00 miler and likes shoes to fit snug, this must be a trait of short distance runners. Anyway I had a new pair of Saucony Grid phoenix shoes at home that are about a size bigger, she suggested to wear them and see if that helped the arch problem, and come back later if I had any more problems. At no time did she try and push any shoes on me or pressure me into buying something. So I bought a couple pair of balega socks and a fuel belt. I think I have found a new running shop. I have a 7 miler Sat. and I'm back on night shift tonight for a month so we'll see if that effects my training. I hope everyone has a great superbowl weekend, I met my bride 19 yrs ago at a superbowl party, bad part was my Bengals lost Tim

oh definitely, i need my shoes big too.  i wear size 6/6.5 pumps, but size 8 running shoes - big difference!  how sweet about you and your wife - do you have a quasi-anniversary every Super Bowl? 

today I biked OUTSIDE!!  it was nice.  45 degrees with gusty winds, but very pleasant and sunny.  woo!  century ride, here i come!  it is SOOO HILLY around here, that i think 15 miles here is = 20 miles flat.  that's my story and i'm sticking to it! 

Hey gang,

Back from death, I was sick as  a dog this weekend after an absolutely crazy work week last week.

I am on for the no carbonated beverage challenge this month. I have been pop free since Jan 1 and have had temptations but have resisted. I also need to get my eating in order. The last couple of weeks I have found reasons to slack and have taken full advantage of them. Need to get on track right now!

Hope everyone is having a good week.

Did a FTP test on the bike today. WOW did that hurt. 20 min all out to see how many watts I could hold.

Has anyone ever done this before?