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Chaderbox - 2011-02-22 5:02 AM With the stress fracture, you need to determine if it's "sore" or "painful".  If it's painful, is it a sharp pain, or a dull pain?  Is it during the whole run, or post run?  Stuff like that really can clue us/you in to if you need to stop or can keep on going.  Really your MD is the best person for advice on this one though.

Helen, you might as well just give up on being an athlete.  Just sit on the couch, eat bon bons and watch Oprah and Judge Judy.  Heaven forbid after having surgery and not being very active, it takes your body some time to adjust to doing things again.  You spend so much time prancing around in spandex that acting like a diva is coming a little too naturally, methinks. 

Peachfor3 - 2011-02-24 10:03 AM I went ahead and ran a mile today (nice and slow-11 min) since I had been planning on running yesterday and didn't and since I am doing a group train this Saturday, I wanted one day off from running at lease in between.  NO pain!!  YAY!!!  I am planning on adding 10% per week (excruciating) and keeping the time slow.  My goal for this summer is just to be able to do the distance, forget about time.  Also, here is a pic of my tattoo.  It is a mountain aven (a flower here in the rocky mountains.)  Aven is my daughters name.  The first initials of my twins (P and L) are hidden in there also.  I love it.   

cbredderman - 2011-02-26 10:03 AM Finally made it to the gym today for the first time in a few weeks, and happily found that I had still managed to lose weight!  Only a pound, down to 161, but for eating poorly and no exercise, I'll call that a win.
Spent some time with machines today, then followed it up with a short run (just 10 minutes at a really slow pace).  Felt good to do something, hoping to get back into things full swing starting Monday.

Indoor Tri next weekend!

I've decided that my goal for next year is to do a HIM.  Is this too ambitious a goal?

Peachfor3 - 2011-02-24 9:36 PM Thanks for the compliments on my tattoo.  I really like it.

Heard back from the dr and he said "if it hurts, give it a few more weeks."  Um....I need more specifics (this was via voicemail anyway, love technology.)  Anyway, here is the situation.....stress fracture in September (but didn't know, just thought it was like shin splints.)  Ran a half marathon on it (cried real tears for the first time in forever as I crossed the finish line at 3 hours....out of pain/relief it is over.)  Took a few weeks off after an xray that didn't show anything, so my regular dr suggests that I wear this brace and ice it.  From Novemberish-January I ran on it (have I mentioned yet that I apparently have a high pain tolerance?)  and it was sore still even without increasing mileage or pace.  So I went in to see my sports med dr.  I liked him a bunch.  He wanted an MRI, since he didn't feel like the months old xray showed enough.  However, we cannot afford an MRI, because I have crappy insurance (sahm, state employee DH.)  So my MD just said, we'll treat it like a stress fracture, no running for 6 weeks, go back slowly, increase by 10%, ect.  So now I am at a few more weeks no running at all....whatever I can get back in the pool now and bike, so whatever. 

I am starting to be concerned though.  I was hoping for a few 5ks pre-sprint tri this summer.  Now I am starting to stress that I won't be ready to run at all by my race (not until July, I get that I am freaking a bit early about this.)  I'm not sure what I should do....give it a few weeks, run again, and see?  Suck it up and pay for an mri?  Don't worry about it right now at all and move on with life? What do you guys think?!

Chaderbox - 2011-02-27 7:48 AM


Is it too ambitious, no.  Is it the best plan, maybe/maybe not.

Remember the HIM distance will be around for a long time and there isn't any rush to get to it really.  I went from couch to HIM in 2 seasons, and it was ok.  The HIM was rough, but I made it that way.

asuit - 2011-02-26 2:31 PM I'm keeping up or ahead with running & cycling on the tri program I'm doing.  I'm way behind on endurance for swimming.  The last 2 weeks I've focused only on technique.   My instructor says I have good technique, now its up to me to be able to repeat it for a longer time or distance.   

I've stated  before that i'm better with a specfic plan or workout to follow.  Do you have a reccomendation of drills or a plan for someone who can only swim 100 yards freestyle (then a 30 second rest) at a time.  BTW - I've only been swimming for 2 months now - what should my expectations be after 60 days in ?     

My tri is not till may 28th so I have time.   The good news is I can get to the pool 3 times a week, I just want to make the most out of the time spent.   

Thanks

Chaderbox - 2011-02-27 7:49 PM I'm going to agree AND disagree with Helen a bit on this one.

She's right in the sense that you can swim kayak to kayak, that if you're GASSED after 100 you're going to fast, etc.

Where I'll take a different approach from her is here...
IF you have endurance in general, that you can run well, bike well, etc, it's not that you're lacking swim "endurance"...  What you're lacking is the ability to get out of your brain and swim.

Has anyone ever experienced at the beginning of a run feeling out of breath way too soon?  But then you can just slow a little, and keep going, and all of a sudden your body catches on that you're not stopping, and you can get into your rhythm and get a good run in.  Well this can happen in the pool WAY easy.

My advice is to do your warm up in the pool.  Take it nice and easy.  Almost too easy.  Just plod along like a happy little ducky.  After you're loose, make the decision on swimming 200 yards, non-stop.  When you start to get gassed feeling, run through this mental checklist.
1) are you slowing down a little
2) are you breathing ALL of your air out when your face is in the water
3) are you getting a good breath
4) remember that you really can keep swimming, you won't die.  I promise.

If all of those things are happening, you're just fighting your brain about not being able to keep going.  If you're not doing those things, START.

You can use this strategy to break through different distance barriers, and eventually you'll just be able to swim however long you want.