Full Vineman Triathlon : Official Thread (Page 4)

I am in for this as well! Yipee!

It will technically be my second full as I am doing IMCDA 5ish weeks before.  I am not very smart.  This will be just for fun though.

Take Careof yourself.  No sense in coming back until you are well and rested.  At least you getting it early rather than later, which maybe the future for the rest of us.  I remember getting sick at this time last year.  I ran a Half-Marathon with a slight chest cold (big mistake as it was ice and snow the entire run) and I was sick for at least 2 weeks after.

Welcome to the Vineman Thread.  Good luck at IMCDA.  Let us know your bib number closedr to the race for CDA and we'll follow along.  Where are you from?

Thanks for the kind welcome.  I am from Salt Lake City, UT but originally from Tennessee. 

I'm jealous.  I thought about taking my bike out but then I looked outside and there is still ice and snow everywhere.  So I jumped on the trainer and thought about hitting my head on the wall as that could be more entertaining.  I did slip and fall on some ice running last night.  I am ready for the sun to come melt all of this crap away.

akrenik - 2013-01-16 4:04 PM I creeped on everyone's logs (except Abbie because yours are blocked )  Looks like everyone is moving along nicely!  Brian-you are so consistent!  I am jealous of your discipline!  I am slowly but surely going to start getting back on track.  Knee felt like crap all day, but oddly enough it didn't hurt at all during my baby run (2 miles).  Going to get in the pool later and see how that feels.  Doctor says to swim with a knee brace on so hopefully that will help. 

I've added you as a friend....I had a stalker issue and it freaked me out so made my log private.

Not much to see on my log, being sick has crushed my training and not in a good way.  I haven't even been in the pool this year! Ugg

Can you wear a compression sleeve? Foam roll?
Those are just band-aids, wonder what the root of the issue is? 

I agree with Lisa that figuring out the cause of the problem is most important.  Have you changed your diet, terrain, shoes, etc?  I wonder why the sudden cramping.  It is important to figure out the cause so that you can get back to regular training.  However, in the meantime, I am now a firm believer in the foam roller.  It is REALLY helping to solve my knee pain.  Also, can you do pool running or does that cause the same type of cramping?  I hate the eliptical machine at the gym, but maybe do that instead of running for a little bit.

Besides figuring out the real problem, I recommend the AMT machine (different than an elliptical). I think it's maybe even a better workout than actually running. (I always add to this advice that I ran my marathon PR after exclusively rehabbing on the AMT the month before the race.)

I also recommend calf sleeves during the run and maybe after too.