ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED (Page 100)

Thanks everyone for weighing in on the 10 miler discussion. You know me well enough to know that I am pretty conservative so if I think I'm going to injure myself to the point I'm out for tri season I won't risk it. Another idea is to just go with Laura, run somewhere else in the park and then volunteer, that way I don't hurt myself and I get to see Brenda too . After I read the race report and watch the videos Brenda sent me I may just want to stay home though!

And Dirk you are just going to have to cancel your vacation LOL!

Tony I'm glad you are taking the time to read about your IM malaise. I see the question about how long does it take to recover from IM come up all the time in the forums. Enjoy your mountain bike, read books, sleep all of it. Your doing the right thing listening to your body and not pushing it.

I tried a longer run yesterday, not even by much just 6.7 miles. It was on the trail and the verdict is a definite NO for the trail run. First off, that was really hard HA. It is a difficult time on the trails right now with all the fresh fallen leaves, hickory nuts and all that. I could not get good footing, just kind of shuffled along kicking the leaves out of my way trying not to slip.  But besides that, this morning that cyst I have had for so long is really really sore and last night I had an area in my groin that flared up. I think it is related to some strength training work I did earlier in the week and not a big deal but I don't think adding  a bunch of long runs will help it go away! 

The good news is I posted in TriTalk about my running earlier in the week and got some really good links for some stretches and mobility exercises to help my hip flexors. I've done them a few times this week and already my hips feel dramatically better. So I'll take the good with the bad and keep plugging along

Had the shin splints affect my running today. After taking Thursday and Friday off I had planned an easy 5 miles today and I had to quit half way. The pain was probably intensified because I've managed to bruise a rib again while working out with a couple of partners in Kung Fu class the other night. I think I'll be taking a couple of days off from training to let things heal up some more.

Found an interesting article on shin splints. Maybe there will be something in here to help you.

http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/blog/?tag=treatment-of-shin-splints

Good luck. I know how much to stinks to get started then have a set back again!

Yeah, go back and read your logs while you were training and see how many times you started out saying how tired you were .

And I was just reading this today about how winter makes us feel tired:

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1869530

I'm in a link sharing mood today. Probably because I'm just sitting her on my lazy rear end and not working out!

Although I totally understand not doing the HUFF, it's still a bummer, DINA.   Cyst, groin, hip flexor issues - are you getting old or what???       Glad you found some exercises that seem to help.

VERO - It's smart to take time of when your body is telling you to do so.  Bruised ribs from Kung Fu class?  I think all us Junkies are falling apart.  Be careful out there!

Sorry about you not getting that PR, MATT, but to go that hard for that long is a huge accomplishment.  No hanging your head!  The wind was fierce in my neck of the woods yesterday, too, so I know what you were dealing with.  Congratulations on pushing through to the end!   Since you don't seem to stop, what's up next?

JOANNE - congrats on finishing the Spartan race!    It's brought a smile on my face to see all the Bon Jovi pictures on FB with you and Amanda.  What a fun memory!   You look great, BTW!

TONY - Even with the lack of motivation for tri training, you're still getting out there doing SOMETHING.   It's great that you're enjoying the trails on your mtn bike.  You definitely should do a trail run.   It's food for my soul to get out there and I have no doubt you'll love it.   Enjoy your bike ride in the woods today - no going head first into a tree, please.

WILL - with Tony's talk of post-IM-training I wondered how you've been feeling?  

Glad to hear you're getting some runs in, pain-free, DIRK.   I know you've been working hard at your real, paying job and aren't as active in training as you'd like, but relax in knowing you have a huge base built and the downtime is good for your body.

I plan on working on my swimming these next weeks.   I bought the Swim Secret books that are recommended on BT and saw a book club topic on them in the Challenge forum.  All the swim lessons I've had in the past have been geared to what my body looks and does on top of the water with no real guidance on the catch and pull.  These books address that so I'm really looking forward to learning what I've been missing.   Maybe, just maybe, I can drop a little time so as not push my IM swim to the edge of the cut off.   

Hope the rest of you JUNKIES are all at a happy place.   Have a Blessed Sunday!  

Tony, you make me want to go buy a mtn bike, sounds like a lot of fun.  Of course for it to be of any use though I would probably have drive 2 hours away to jsut find a resemblance of a dirt trail.

Brenda, I think you are right I always do have something "next"!  Sara gives me hard time about and tells me I should do an Asics commercial because as soon as I finish one race I am talking about the NEXT race.  I think it annoys here sometimes actually.  But to answer your questions on what is next, that is a secret.  I have a meeting on Tuesday where depending on the outcome will help me decide what is next.  In the short term though, I am going to swim

Ohhhh ....  a MATT secret mystery!?!!!    I guess I'll have to dig deep and come up with some patience until you decide.      

Matt sounds a like a great race to me and you left it all out there so nothing but admiration from me for that. Sounds like you needed a do over or a restart for your heart rate . And the wind, hate running into the wind, forget about racing into it!

Thanks all for the pity party ha ha ha . I'm doing much better. Just a combo of adding strength training and longer run than usual in the same week. Sometimes I think I need more rest days too. I go on these streaks with no days off but a lot of my workouts are short so I just keep going.  If I ever hired a coach it would just be to save me from myself. But then I hear about people running marathons, 50 ks, IronMan etc. and it doesn't seem like I'm doing all that much at all! 

Another good race regardless of missing your PR/goals.  The way you have been attacking your running over the past years getting to where you want to go isn't to far off in the distance.

Related to this race and the other HM this year, do you think you've miscalculated your HR zones?  The past couple of race it seems you've had high HR spikes and it is removing your chances to PR before you ever really have the chance to get dialed in to your pace/effort.  I am thinking about what causes there may be for these spike and hopefully we can figure out what seems to be happening.  Of course this question is moot if you are trying to see if you can blast through a race and see if you can survive.  I also believe Will is getting pretty close when he mentioned the first mile burning matches.  If nothing else, you need to hold yourself back for the first mile or two before letting it all out.

I have had enough work over the past couple of weeks to keep me away from most anything I have wanted to do.  The OT is nice, especially this time of year, but it's getting really old.  My average work week has been just over 50 hours for about 2 and a half months with a couple of 70+ hour work weeks.  I also have to work the day after Thanksgiving for another customer outage, so that's destroying plans to go back to Ohio to see family over the long weekend.  Oh well, the OT is almost done and it'll be back to normal for a while..............until storm season begins in March-ish.

I also believe this is my last week for PT.  And that is somewhat exciting.  The way my knee feels I could probably go either way with going or not going again.  There is still some minor pains but it's somewhat insignificant most of the time.  There really isn't a lot of pain when running but when it occurs it causes me to limp for a few steps until I can get things straightened out.  I have been wanting to stretch my intervals out slightly but I haven't had the time or the will.  Last night I rode the trainer for an hour after working 11.5 hours but had to fight with Dish to get my TV working properly so I would have entertainment while blowing my mind and legs.  That took 45 minutes and I wasn't on the trainer until 6:30 and I hadn't eaten, so by the time I was done  with the ride I was starving like a hostage and the thought of stretching anything was not going to work well for me.  However, things are coming along.  More slowly than I would like, but they're coming along.