Hashers and Mashers Part 2 - OPEN (Page 37)

Hi Everyone,

Well just to buck the trend, my problem area right now is my right heel. It's been bothering me since I did my ill-advised trail half marathon in March. So I've been going easy on it, but I'm starting to worry that it's more than just plantar fascitis. Anyone know anything about heel spurs? Any advice?

I'm tired of going easy and want to start training! Signed up for my first tri this season, which is in 2 months. Plan is to do a sprint in June, and oly in Sept, and then a half marathon in Nov. I've never had a good half marathon, and I think if I train well, I should be able to set a PR (since they've all sucked!) I also think it will help me get closer to my 5k goal (31 min).

Carlo- what a hard-fought finish! Way to go! Hilly bike course versus flat bike course is very very different! And you must have run quite a bit during the run because I don't think a 13 min/mile pace is really  a walking pace.

FYI, for everyone who hasn't tried this, if your chain falls off, and if you have enough momentum to keep rolling for a bit, sometimes you can get it to go back on itself by putting the derailleur all the way the other direction it fell off. For example, if it falls off to the inside of the little ring, try setting the gear to the outer/big ring. Sometimes this works. Sometimes you still have to get off and put the dang chain back on though. (Also helps to change gears ahead of the hill!)

I've only been out on my bike once Hoping to get more riding in SOON!

Oh, and I also discovered BT's core workouts. How long have I been on this site, and I just figured this out? I am going to try and do these 2-3 times a week. Anyone want to join me? Links are on my training log.

-R

...and my conclusion is that I suck at core. I can't even do some of the exercises in the core programs that use the instability ball. I'm going to have to do some of these^^^ that don't use the ball and hopefully work my way up. That article is also linked on my page as "hard core."

A friend recommended freezing a water bottle and rolling feet on that. Maybe the ice makes it more bearable. Pun intended.

I got to be a single parent while hubby did an olympic. Missed his goal by 2 min. ...maybe in part due to trying to leave transition with no bike helmet!

Hi All. 

I've been keeping busy and even had a 3hr bike ride on Friday.  I was quite pleased with that considering I rode the same route last year and it took 20minutes longer a year ago plus I had no calf issues at all.

Yesterday after swimming I tried a very brief run and had no twinges or pain so I'm planning a short easy run for tomorrow to kick off my return to running.  So I'm feeling fairly upbeat.  One little negative - I'm considering switching my Victoria HIM race to the Oly distance.  I've lost 4 weeks of running so I'm a bit leery of being poorly prepared for the run and I am also looking ahead to IMCalgary 70.3 which will be my "A" race.

Chris - sounds like you had a good 3hr ride as well.

Gary - Sounds like you're healing well and signing up for a race is pretty exciting.

I had a pretty decent day today.  I swam earlier and we did an 800m TT/ 600m TT/ 400m TT/ 200m TT with a 1:00 rest in between each.  I had to swim with two of the fastest people in our group which made it harder for me.  I was by far the slowest swimmer in the three lanes but I'm too fast to swim in the slow lane.  In the end my times were a bit slower than last year (when we swam the same routine).  But, I think I did pretty well considering how often I was passed by my other lane mates.  In the end I swam 2150m in the hour and I took less rest than the other two because I was always last....So, I was also pleased to notice that even though they were faster than me I still managed to maintain a steady pace whereas they were slowing down near the end of the hour.

After I came home I changed and went out for my first post muscle tear run.  I stretched before I started then walked a 300m warm-up and then started running.  I didn't push myself and was constantly monitoring how my calf felt.  At 3km my calf felt tight and at 5km I could feel the location of the original tear but both sensations quickly went away.  I felt really comfortable and even was breathing fairly easily so I kept running until I returned home and then I walked for a bit of a cool down.

In the end I ran 8.13km (5miles) in 59 minutes.  I'm very pleased with how I feel and I hope to soon be back to my normal running.