Eliwashere's spring fling mentor group!-Full (Page 11)

outlawdave316 - 2010-05-12 8:21 PM Could my ITB issues be stemming from the new shoes?  It seems like the shoes came before the pain, I did not have this pain in my 10K and was using other shoes.  If the shoes are the culprit, I will pawn them off and just buy a pair of the same shoes I used for my 10K.  The Mizunos sure felt good in the store, but they have bothered me a little on my runs, and now this 'knee issue', I thought they were just going through a break-in period, but perhaps they are no good for me!

At any rate I believe I will run my next run and my race Saturday with the old Sauconys and rest assured that I will have no knee pain, then maybe continue breaking in my new shoes. 

Any thoughts?

eliwashere - 2010-05-12 8:21 PM

Dave, it is hard to say if it directly the shoes or something that was lurking.
I know for myself, I had ITB pain when I started to ramp up distance and intensity, but after stretching and rolling and my body getting used to the new levels of training, it went away.
Try the old shoes and see how they feel. In the meantime, stretch and roll that sucker! 

chmoore2 - 2010-05-14 1:01 PM Noob Question for sure.

What do you guys mean by "rolling?

outlawdave316 - 2010-05-14 5:01 PM Yes I was fitted for these shoes, and like I said, they felt great out of the box and for the first little bit.  I guess they still feel pretty good on the feet, perhaps a little lacking in arch support, but I think I have a chiropractor who is going to fit me for some orthotitic inserts here next week.  I will stick with the Sauconys for Sunday, and run like the wind to beat the pain (like I can outrun pain or something)!  It is only 3 miles, so I should be golden. 

Goal for Sunday, sub 1:15.
Swim 12:00                 587 yard swim.
T1-2:00 first with a wetsuit!
Bike 30 min                 11 mi.
T2-1:30
Run 27 min.                 3 mi. run

There is a little wiggle room in there for exact measurements and such, but that is my goal!
Dave.

 

Goal for Sunday, sub 1:15.
Swim 12:00                 587 yard swim.
T1-2:00 first with a wetsuit!
Bike 30 min                 11 mi.
T2-1:30
Run 27 min.                 3 mi. run

There is a little wiggle room in there for exact measurements and such, but that is my goal!
Dave.

outlawdave316 - 2010-05-16 5:26 PM
Here's the down and dirty!  The event was changed to a duathlon due to some poor water conditions and too much rain in the last few days.  It was raining at the event which was actually kind of fun.  I am not sure that turn into a good race report, but I will fill one out later.  I had a freakin' great time, besides sore knees!  I have decided to take the next week off of running and only bike and swim (but do so with a vengeance!).

1st Run (2mi.) 17:17 (8:30something average!)
t-1 1:48
bike (11.5mi) 39.35 (15.xxmph, I can get better here for sure)
t-2 2:03
2nd run 26:37 (8:53 average) 
ended up 112 out of 152, front of the BOP group.

I had the knee flare up on me, but pushed on.  The weather was junk, but that made it fun.  I really biked slow, but I will get way better at this.  I had a pretty bad transition spot, but that was o.k because it was not crowded at all.  I had my cyclocomputer stolen before the race while warming up, wtfreak ????!  I am very excited about my run times, but maybe the run times getting that much better is why my knee is boogered up!  There is no way to deny that these results are progress though.  I feel very good, just a little nervous about taking a week off from running and then thinking about doing an Olympic distance in mid June?!  May skip the mid June Oly, and shoot for one in July or so.  Problem is that July and a 10K in Missouri or Kansas could be a bad combination!!  Shoot me some opinions team-mates.  Thanks for the support, this is what this training is all about.  I feel more fit today than I felt yesterday because I have some hardware (all finishers got medals), some swag (pretty cool t-shirts), and some race results ( http://www.onlineraceresults.com/race/view_plain_text.php?race_id=1... ) that prove that I am.  This is fun!
Dave.

eliwashere - 2010-05-17 4:12 PM Randi,
I would say go for distance at that pace. At some point, you will switch off the treadmill and find a new "comfortable" pace. For now, I would say work up to 2 min of running, then switch it and try shorter faster intervals.
Congrats on starting back up again! 

Fechter99 - 2010-05-17 4:33 PM


Thanks.  I think I might import the couch to 5k plan into my training so that I am doing this the right way.

ETA - never mind,  the couch to 5k does not offer more than just walk for set amount of time and run for a set amount of time - no guidance on how to progress.  I will have to dig out the training plan I used a couple years ago when I first started training.   If anyone has a plan I can use,  please feel free to share.

Thanks,
Randi