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Emmanem - 2010-01-19 8:46 AM Pretty good... My chest hurts a little still and my neck is sore/stiff but I feel a lot better than I did last night.

Emmanem - 2010-01-17 4:18 PMHappy Monday everyone! Good to hear that all those who raced yesterday had a great time! I had planned on a run/walk today but not so sure that's gonna happen anymore. We don't have class today so 6 of us decided to go out for lunch. My boyfriend and I rode with our friend John whose 21st birthday is tomorrow. We got about 5 minutes from the apartment and John looked down to pick up a cup and a car in the lane beside us got in front of the driver in front of us. He kind of cut her off I guess because she slammed on her brakes. All I could do was scream JOHN right before we hit her. This was right after we had been stopped at a red light so thankfully we weren't going too fast (around 25-30mph). Still the impact was incredible. I couldn't believe how hard his car hit hers at just 25mph. It scared me to death. Thankfully none of us are seriously hurt, just sore from the seat belts. The airbags didn't deploy. Luckily there was a cop right where the wreck happened so he came and took care of everything right away. He was nice enough not to give John a ticket since his birthday is tomorrow. I felt so bad for him, he just got his car fixed from being rear ended over thanksgiving break and now his car is in even worse shape than the wreck he got in a over thanksgiving break. Right now, I'm sore and my chest hurts a little. I think that's where I took the majority of the impact. So needless to say I'm taking it easy for the rest of the day. I may get on the treadmill and walk for a bit but I haven't decided yet. I'm just happy it wasn't any worse.

evondo - 2010-01-19 8:06 AM Question for everyone...

Someone I know who recently did a half marathon who may or may not be in this group had plenty of cardio fitness during the race but legs were hurting the last few miles.  To get faster work needs to be done on limiter, leg strength. I have a few thoughts of things to do besides weights but would like to hear what others think...

evondo - 2010-01-19 8:06 AM Question for everyone...

Someone I know who recently did a half marathon who may or may not be in this group had plenty of cardio fitness during the race but legs were hurting the last few miles.  To get faster work needs to be done on limiter, leg strength. I have a few thoughts of things to do besides weights but would like to hear what others think...

Houstonrider - 2010-01-19 9:02 AM Evondo, Betsy, and anyone else who may be interested,

Here is a link to an article regarding increasing leg strength:
http://www.active.com/page18800.aspx

bzgl40 - 2010-01-19 11:06 AM I have an awesome leg strengthing routine.  You all come down here and climb Mt. Rainer with a 60 pound pack on your back.  Your legs will be pumped  OK, so I am really just trolling for climbing partners....

Houstonrider - 2010-01-19 11:02 AM Evondo, Betsy, and anyone else who may be interested,

Here is a link to an article regarding increasing leg strength:
http://www.active.com/page18800.aspx

Houstonrider - 2010-01-19 11:02 AM Evondo, Betsy, and anyone else who may be interested,

Here is a link to an article regarding increasing leg strength:
http://www.active.com/page18800.aspx

kjivie - 2010-01-19 1:58 PM Sure wish Nicole would get last weeks swim workout done so we can have another...

Houstonrider - 2010-01-19 8:48 AM Depends on the person I would think. The situation explains my race perfectly. Cadio wise I was fine but my form and legs started to break down at around mile 11 (due to under training). I'm assuming the person you are referring to had properly trained so I wouldn't think he/she was under trained.

From some one who knows little about training, to build leg strength with out using weights I would;

-Increase the intensity of the work outs and decrease the duration (more speed work).
-Run hills more often (good luck finding them in Houston)
-Consume more protein to help the muscles recover faster
-If the person is overweight (like me) reduce body weight.

Now Evondo, tell me where I am totally off base...........