kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2012 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 40)

I think that would be great if it were a part of school. I remember we learned it in health class in 6th grade (got certificates from Red Cross and everything). I'm not sure (doubt it) if that school district still does it, but it's a great thing to teach to everyone. 

DDVMM - 2012-05-03 5:04 AM

kaburns1214 - 2012-05-03 7:37 AM

carrie639 - 2012-05-02 6:14 PM Oh yeh, got my Chrissie book today, ready for book club to start ...

Got mine too!

 

Who else has Chrissie Wellington's book?

Mine is coming Saturday!!

I've got mine.

Question on ITBS. Been dealing with that since the fall.  Was able to get it to disappear with the break from shoulder surgery. It presented itself again last week.  Here is my question: Is it the shoes? I now have noticed when I run in my Asic Gel Nimbus, it seems to bother me. When I run in my Zoot TT's it doesnt seem to be an issue at all.  They are both neutral shoes. I have to assume just because a shoe is considered "neutral", doesn't mean all shoe companies are the same, right?

The only gait check I ever got was from Fleet Feet in West Hartford.  That was pretty much 10 seconds on a treadmill, with a video from behind. Response was "yup, you are neutral"  Ok, give me a neutral shoe then.

Yes, I use the roller often, and a pretty dense one. Is there a better way to get a gait check and for the locals here in CT, where, how much etc? Maybe it's my form, who knows.

I was having IT Band pain as well. By wearing IT band straps, doing stretches and exercises to strengthen the hips and using a foam roller to support blood flow and massage the hips it's much better. If you google the stretches and exercises there's a dozen of each all of which help in their own way.

Agree with Carrie here.  Plus you really need to find out what is causing your ITBS.  Foam rolling really just treats the symptoms and not the cause. 

Scott, when you refer to muscle imbalance, do you mean your quads are bigger or stronger in comparison to your hammies? or do you mean one quad is bigger than the other?  My left quad is slightly bigger than my right, but it's my left side that is having the ITBS issue. I'm sure the imbalance that I am referring to prob has something to do with my cycling form.

By the way, the ITBS I am having is no where near as severe as it was in the fall. I've found some hip exercises and stretches online and have been doing them.  I also never have an issue on the bike.

I know I was just clarifying what I was saying. I think we are more or less saying the same thing.

Ever taken a yoga class?

So, after taking some time off, I decided to put a stake in the ground and have something to drive training again.  Initially, I considered the Hartford Half Marathon but Kel didn't think that was ambitious enough.  (I could go out and finish 13 miles tomorrow if I wanted so it is not really a goal to finish)

I settled on signing up for the Hartford Marathon.  I have 5 months to get back to a level where I can 'run' 26 miles and thought I would share that news with the group.

What plan will you be following?