ultrahip_00's Mentor Group - Closed Again! (Page 17)

fleetfeet_ch - 2009-07-08 4:14 AM Cool pictures Stuart and thanks for offering to answer my questions.  I need to finish the book first and practice a bit, but I think that my form might be closer to being correct than I think.  The body lean and foot plant reminds me a lot of the Galloway glide.  That definitely helped me with endurance and a lack of injury, but turned me into a chronically SLOW runner.  It's taken me about a year to get faster by lifting my feet and knees.  Have you seen any decrease in your speed when ChiRunning?

To everyone else, I saw the Osteopath today and I'm out of training for at least a week.  .  The whole knee joint is affected, including the base of my hamstring.  Worst case is I've got a small meniscus tear but she wants me to stay off it, ice 3 times a day and not do anything other than freestyle swimming while I'm on vacation next week.  If not significantly better by the 20th, she wants to see an MRI.  But, being a triathlete herself, she knows how much I want to get back out there (notice how I call myself a Triathlete already?!?), and she reassured me that I'll have enough time to get back into my training before the 23 August race.

So much for my bold and wonderful training plan for a week in the Austrian alps with my kids.  I guess I'll be taking a stack of books and working on my tan instead.  Have a good training week and I'll check back in after the 18th.

Laura 

ultrahip_00 - 2009-07-08 8:06 AM i wish you a speedy recovery laura! can you still bike, or just some swimming?  as far as Chi running - remember that it will work for some people and not for others.  it is just one style or one idea of how to run.  i am not apposed or in favor of it - i think it has both pluses and minuses.  i have read some of the book, and adapted some of the ideas into my running - but for the most part - i am believe that I should run how i naturally do - under the thought that my natural running form is how my body is built to run.  will i get injured more or less with this approach? who knows. . there is no way to tell.

nevergivin - 2009-07-09 10:58 AM
Chi Running is definately not for 22 year old's who are fast and can rely on natural run ability!

Triathlynne - 2009-07-13 7:18 AM

Well good morning.

 

Did everyone have a nice weekend?  I did NOT stop all weekend. Friday I swam 2.4 miles OW.  Saturday I did a Sprint triathlon, I wasn't going to do it because of everything that happene to me, plus because of the swelling in my head I couldn't get a helmet on but thankfully it went down an awful lot so I decided to do it. It was HARD! Hardest sprint ever for me but it was FUN! Such a nice course, every corner we turned on the bike you could see Mt Rainier in all it's glory. Just spectacular!  This was a freebie for me, I just had to pay $20 for a shirt, which is actually rather nice.   Yesterday I worked on my house ALL DAY. My parents arrive from Scotland today and we had to make sure everything was A-OK.  Didn't get it all done but we did good.

What's everyone's plan for the week?

brick94513 - 2009-07-14 9:52 AM ^^^Good luck this weekend.  Couple tips I learned at my first event:  go early to get your transition area, set-up, and check things out.  Good chance to look at the other competitors processes too.  When the race starts, control your anxiety and adrenaline rush.  I dashed out on the swim and tired quickly.  If you don't have alot of OWS experience like me, try to relax and really try to focus on your mechanics and pace.  Lastly, have fun!  I found the whole experience very addicting.

fleetfeet_ch - 2009-07-15 7:26 AM Please keep reminding me of the OWS issues.  I still haven't been in OW in two years, so I'm feeling apprehensive about that and definitely plan to start in the back of the pack.  Why is sighting such a big issue?  I would think it's pretty easy to follow the pack when swimming in OW.  Won't the chop and noise die down if you start swimming off course?  Can someone please explain what I'm obviously missing?

fleetfeet_ch - 2009-07-15 9:26 AM Please keep reminding me of the OWS issues.  I still haven't been in OW in two years, so I'm feeling apprehensive about that and definitely plan to start in the back of the pack.  Why is sighting such a big issue?  I would think it's pretty easy to follow the pack when swimming in OW.  Won't the chop and noise die down if you start swimming off course?  Can someone please explain what I'm obviously missing?