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Sounds like a fun race.

On the ankle pain...does it feel sore or injured? There's a difference. If it's just something that you feel for a day and then it's better, that's probably ok. Just make sure it's not something that gets progressively worse.

Other than just plain old post-run soreness, which is normal, my guess would be your shoes. What kind of shoes do you have? How old are they? I try to get shoes every 400-450 miles. I have a specialized running shoe store a few miles away. Maybe this is old news to you....looks like there is one in your town called The Foot Store.

I am just speculating here but did he say (at the running store) that you pronate or over pronate?  I have some friends that  over pronate and one of them had big bruises on the inside bone of her ankle after a half mary.   I think she figured out that the shoe wasnt quite supportive enough since the arch of her foot was completely "bottoming out".   Your arch should collapse a bit while running but not enough to bruise or hurt your ankle.    From what i have gathered by my 2 minutes of research on the net, is that the Adidas Adistar Cushions are for mild pronation.   Perhaps you have a more severe pronation than what the adistar cushions will support?   I am really just guessing here.    Maybe you should ask this question out in triathlon talk.  you may get a better response.

 On a related note,  I supinate (spell?) or have a high arch and I was fitted once for a pair of Adidas Supernovas..  I really didnt like them at all.   They seemed to have no forefoot cushion at all and tons of heel cushion.  I couldnt run in them.  I got brooks and i have never had a problem since.  I have some friends and a wife that love the Brooks motion control shoes (for pronaters). 

Josh

sunmonkey72 - 2008-04-08 10:39 AM I'm up and running (and swimming and biking). Things are crazier and busier than ever. But I feel 110% and am finally getting my workouts in (though I barely have the time to post this). Congratulations charleston!!!!

Lisa Lives! Wow.

Welcome back!

Another big weekend!

This was supposed to be my spring A race. However, due to my fracking achilles (MFA), I'm only doing the Aquabike this weekend instead of the Half. Kind of a bummer. I know I could do it, but it would be risking injury to try to go with my achilles not 100%. On the bright side, last year nobody in my AG did the Aquabike, so if form holds, I can get some cheap hardware. Not that I'm planning on taking it easy! I'm going out to kill the swim and crush the bike.

my 10k is a training race, but i am definately not going to take it easy.... I am going to take it to the edge of puking, but not.  I want to have an appetite because they serve lunch afterwards!   Good luck everyone this weekend

Josh

Good luck to our racers this weekend.

The rest of you, get out and swim, bike, or run this weekend (or all 3 )!

My 10k went pretty well.  I ran 43:58 (6.1 miles the course was short) @ 7:13 pace.   I PRed by alot on a tougher course .   I am getting faster, slowly by surely.  I was 15th overall and 1st in my AG.  Overall a pretty good race.

Josh

I've seen huge improvements over the last 10 months since joining a Masters group. I swim in the fast lane, which makes me have to go faster. Swimming on my own I'm not nearly as fast.

Another thing is having a coach to point out some little things that I'm doing wrong. Last week he noticed that I was sinking my hands too deep in the water when I extended them out, so I was not getting as much power from my pull. Not much of an adjustment, but boy does it make a difference.

The secret is really that with swimming, unlike running or biking, you can't get faster just by doing more of it. You can to a point, but you reach a limit eventually. I was around 2:00/100 for the longest time in the pool, and my OW times were around 2:15. Having a coach and the group around me has really helped. If you can find a Masters group...do it!

Great job! The question is....how close to the edge of puking were you?

 not really that close at all.... i think i have problem actually taking myself to that edge.  I may have been able to run faster, I just dont know.  My HR avg was 169 which is the upper edge of zone 3.   I wasnt looking at zones or HR much during the race, i was just going by feel.  Maybe my mind is psyching me out because my HR says i can go faster.  I have another chance next weekend to push the limits with a short duathlon- (2.5-14-2.5)   Should i try to watch my HR and see if i can get it up into zone 4 more?   What do you think.

Josh