Asphalt Junkies CLOSED AND GETTING OUR FIX (Page 136)

Yeah, that's a problem and causes a lot of stress on your lower legs.  Higher stride rate does really help get your landing under your body.  I was a nasty out front runner when I started, and Jeff had me thinking about running happening behind me.  If you were landing on ice, you wouldn't want to slip forward.

As I've run more frequently and more miles, my stride rate has naturally gone up and my landing has absolutely gone to a more neutral position.  +1 on changing things slowly though.  Your body is used to what you are currently doing, so make changes very gradually.  Good luck.

Hey, one thing which might help is a video of you running on a treadmill, front, side, and rear, at easy pace and 5k pace.  We did this before and it was VERY instructional.

Warren, great idea on video's of running.

OK, now how do I quote.  I wanted to quote Warren and tried but it didn't work.  I can quote a whole thing but how do U get the lines to come down or quote 1 paragraph or something.  See I'm not only swimming, biking and running challenged but computer challenged too...

When you hit quote, you can edit the message you are responding to.  Just be sure to leave QUOTE and /QUOTE intact. I left out the [ and the ] around the quote and /quote because they make the post think I 'm quoting another post.  You can also hit the preview button to be sure you did the right thing.

thanks

Karl just going to chime in on the shoe/foot landing issue as I've been through all of that. Oh jeez this will take me forever so let me see if I can sum it up for you......

I switched my stride and switched to a low rise shoe. My current running shoes have a 5mm rise I think. I no longer need to wear my custom orthotics and my knees are happier. My feet and ankles still give me trouble though. So, at least for me, it has not been a fix all but a LONG SLOW work in progress.

Good luck. How is your wife doing on the bike?

I agree, Dina.  I was thinking about that since the day it happened.  (We all knew that the two incidents were connected.  The police just didn't release the info.)

BTW.....one of my friends has been moved to a rehab facility!  Yay!  The other girl is still in the hospital.  It's going to be a long road back, but they are tenacious ladies.

Tracy, I hope the guy person was captured and I hope they are now on death row in the express lane.

I hope the other 2 ladies have a speedy and full recovery.

In case ya'll didn't know, my son is playing in an advanced league baseball 14 yo to 18 yo (he is 14).  He is probably the best player on the team, they have him playing 2nd base and short stop.

Wife hasn't run,biked or swam (she had gotten a few walks in) in about a 6 weeks due to a cold, then hurt her back. I finally talked her ino getting a massage...she finally got a short run in yesterday...yeah!!!!!

I am so jealous! I just ordered a pair of shoes from the Climb, they did not sound very different from what I've been wearing - I can't even wear them to teach my Toddler Gym class. They hurt my feet so bad. I HATE my feet.

WOW, congratulations to your son! Sounds like a natural.

Hope your wife is feeling better .

We are heading to Branson this weekend since my hubby and son have an extended weekend due to Columbus Day break. We are meeting my sister and family who are living in Oklahoma. We have not seen them for a while so everyone is really excited! Monday I'm going to see a MAT therapist about my back and piriformis issues. She is in St. Louis.  Lately I feel like the whole left side - lower back, hip, piriformis is just shutting down so fingers crossed she can make a little progress with all of this.

I'll be checking in so keep posting and everyone have a great weekend!

Karl glad to hear how good your son is you must be proud of him. You may want to start looking for an agent he sounds like he might have a future in Baseball. Also glad to hear that your wife is feeling better and got out for a run yesterday.

Dina I hope you are feeling better and hope the session with the MAT therapist helps. Have a safe trip with your family and enjoy the long weekend.

Whoa!  That's awesome!  Your son will be one for all of us to watch in the future!  I hope your wife starts to feel better soon.  It seems as if this stupid cold was all over the country.

Samantha that is actually pretty cool because not only have I been logging everything that I have been doing here on BT since I started the training for my HIM this year but I write all this stuff down as well. I think that sort validates why I am doing this. I want to make sure I have it for future reference you never know when it might come in handy like that.

It's called "Running for Women" by Kara Goucher. 

Karl, as for shoes, you really just have to find what works for you- not just what someone tells you is what is right for you.  A lot of running stores have a policy where you can try the shoes out for a certain period of time and return them for any reason during that time period.  I bought a pair of Saucony ProGrid Guide 5s earlier this year because they felt wonderful in the store.  I developed a lot of knee pain after wearing them a couple of times, so I returned them and got a different pair.  That's a much better deal than having to reassign them to lawn shoes. 

Wow, awesome news Jeff.  Does this mean you're swimming this weekend?

x2 Jeff sounds like your retirement is going to be short lived maybe you should just consider this your offseason.

Great news!!!!