ultrahip_00's Mentor Group - CLOSED - Let's hit the road/water! (Page 12)

bjb92550 - 2010-02-12 8:15 PM Did some Yoga and bike position training with a new coach.

baldbuyer - 2010-02-14 6:11 PM Got in a decent swim today, not incredibly fast, but it felt pretty good.  I managed 2250 yrds while my wife did her treadmill work at the rec center.  Our treadmill is broken, but hopefully the part will arrive this week, as my wife and I both use it pretty regularly. 

On a separate note, I have a friend that I do business with whose son is competing this evening in the finals of the men's moguls at the Vancouver Olympics, so if anyone reads this post this evening, throw some good thoughts towards Nate Roberts, as I am hoping he has a good showing this evening.

ethilo - 2010-02-14 3:59 PM

This made me smile, that looks like so much fun!  I hope she whips your into shape!

So, all, after working through a month and a half of strength training, I went out for a 5k race this weekend as a checkpoint along the way towards a 1/2 mary in March.  My goal time was 19:40, but I ended up running 19:24 according to the gun, and 19:20 according to the chip!  I was so pumped to see this, I really have made some great strength improvements in the last training cycle.

This gives me lots of hope for my half marathon time.  My goal time has been 1:40 for this upcoming half mary, but mcmillan running calculator (http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/mcmillanrunningcalculator.htm) suggests that I should be able to break a 1:30 with a 5k PR like that!  Very reassuring, I think 1:30 will be my 'reacher' goal time.

stuart_little_9 - 2010-02-16 8:37 PM I have my first real sporting injury. Physio says its ITB Friction Syndrome, most likely caused by weak glute muscles, and tight TFL. I first felt it on a run 2 weeks ago. It started as a little pain, but after about 40mins it had gradually got to the point where it was too painful to keep going. I haven't run since. Had a week at the beach last week, and only did 1 cycle workout. I'm pretty refreshed and ready to get back into it now.

jenni4 - 2010-02-19 8:33 PM

Found out I'm not going to need knee surgery. Turns out it wasn't the meniscus after all. Its bruised and the MCL is strained, but not torn, and I might have some tendonitis where my calf muscles attach near the knee from limping around over the last month. . Gotta take it easy over the next month and slowly increase my activity. Still gotta wear the brace for awhile, but no more crutches. Looks like its time to hit the pool.

Wow!  Good news.  The pool definately sounds appropriate.  Time to love the swim!  When I fractured my tibia plateau, I also bruised a portion of the miniscus.  Can't remember which surface anymore, but the point is, definately take it slow.  The miniscus will take a long time to heal since there is very minimal blood flow to this tissue. 

Edited by brick94513 2010-02-21 2:20 PM