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lovesreading - 2009-12-23 7:39 PM I did my dawn run. It was grey and cold, hardly inspiring. I did manage to hit my 10min pace goal without checking my watch at all - well, 10:05 anyway, close enuf.

I'm planning to swim and try the Expresso bike tomorrow assuming the gym is still open on Christmas Eve. I didn't think to check... If it's closed, I'll hit the trainer.

My diet survived a staff Christmas dinner out by dividing the meal into 1/3's. Now I've got yummy treats for the next two days .... (drooling) I'm down 2.5lb in just over 2 weeks on Weight Watchers. Its doing a good job tweaking the diet to take into account my workouts.

On another note: I've got a nagging lowgrade ache in a muscle right at my right hip. I especially notice it when I wake up. It persisted even through the time off running. It went away after a couple of weeks travelling last month but came back slightly on return so I suspect something about my matress/sleeping position aggravates it. I'm feeling it slightly more after each run. It's not piercing, doesn't hurt more during exercise, just persistant. When I first started running, this area was sore on each hip and that went away. This started up when I started trying to train after runner's knee. When I moved from the elliptical to the treadmill before my knee was ready, both the knee and the hip hurt, so I stopped everything. So, now I'm starting up again and I don't know how cautious to be. Knowing my doctor, if I go to him, I WILL end up in physical therapy. He's conservative and seems to like PT.

Any ideas? I don't know whether to try to weight train and strengthen something (and if so, what?) or whether to stretch or just keep on and hope it'll go away since it's mild painwise. Are there any hip things it could be that mean I'd need to stop soonest?

Cheryl

justtrichris - 2009-12-27 11:01 AM Hey group!  I hope everyone is doing well.  I posted to below message in the Tri Talk forum, and thought I'd post it here too.  Any advice is highly welcome!

*Back story: When I was 17, I fell off a 60 foot cliff.  I've had an irrational fear of falling and steep hills/cliffs ever since.  For example, I have zero desire to ski and the thought of sitting on a ski lift freaks me out.  This may have something to do with my descent fear on the bike.

What are things I can do to get over this?  Is this fear totally uncommon?  Thoughts?  By the way, I'm registered for Wildflower, so I need to kick this fear ASAP!

justtrichris - 2009-12-27 11:01 AM

Hey group!  I hope everyone is doing well.  I posted to below message in the Tri Talk forum, and thought I'd post it here too.  Any advice is highly welcome!


Hello all.  I need advice or some words of encouragement.  My brother and I went on a 20 mile bike ride on Christmas day.  We had two big climbs, which were challenging for me, but still good.  With the climbs, we then had two two descents.  One was awfully steep and the other was not as bad.  Well, I was petrified with the first steep descent.  I rode my brakes the entire way down, which is not good.  My brother said it was a 12% grade going down, and I'm not sure how steep that is compared to other hills, but it freaked me out!  This fear I have is overwhelming, and I know I need to move past it.  I like climbing hills.  I feel accomplished with each hill climbed, but the descent terrifies me.  I think its going fast, the fear of having to suddenly stop and crash, losing control, etc...

*Back story: When I was 17, I fell off a 60 foot cliff.  I've had an irrational fear of falling and steep hills/cliffs ever since.  For example, I have zero desire to ski and the thought of sitting on a ski lift freaks me out.  This may have something to do with my descent fear on the bike.

What are things I can do to get over this?  Is this fear totally uncommon?  Thoughts?  By the way, I'm registered for Wildflower, so I need to kick this fear ASAP!

KSH - 2009-12-27 1:03 PMIf you fell off a cliff... your fear is not irrational. I wish I had some tips for going downhills, but I ride my brakes the whole time. I love riding up the hills and hate going down them. My tires and skinny and my brakes are not all that great. I use to ride motorcycles at speeds of 110 mph ... no problem. A bike? 40 mph? Forget it! The difference? One has big fat tires with solid brakes (motorcycle)... the other does not. Maybe someone who has no fear of flying downhills can chime in. :)

lovesreading - 2009-12-24 11:48 PM Hi all -

I tried to sleep in, but the 2 youngest (4 & 6) had other plans. I made it to the gym for a swim/bike workout (aquabrick?). I had a nice mid-pool collision - reminded me of race time. I ended up doing 1550 in 30min then 30min on a "hilly" course on the Expresso trainer. This time I used my bike shoes and shorts and was much more comfortable - although I felt like a total idiot compared to all the yoga pants in there.

I'm still cooking and getting ready for Xmas. I've got to figure out how to do a 45min ride on Sunday when I have to choose between taking all 4 kids to Mom and Dad's or my bike. If they keep whining, it'll be an easy choice!

Out of those two descriptions, it sounds more like the hip flexor tear, not the sciatic nerve description. How did you find out about the tear? Nothing really seems to make it suddenly worse, no sudden pains. It's nearly painfree when sitting. I can nearly pinpoint it if I press in toward the pelvic bone at the right spot. Still, its not quite pinpoint, more diffuse so I'm still hoping it's an ache from resuming running and will pass.

Erin - Gonna break in the new shoes on Christmas?

Looks like I might be in Columbus the weekend of the Indoor tri. My daughter wants me to chaparone her friends at an anime convention at the convention center. Is that at all convenient to OSU? I'm thinking of making my price be that she also does the indoor tri. She's mid swim season and in good enough shape I'm sure she can complete it. I keep trying to recruit her - I want to be one of those parents shepherding their kids through their first tri. My 5yo had already done one and is hooked but there are pretty much no opportunities for 6yo out there.

Happy holidays,

Cheryl

TritoTeach - 2009-12-28 11:01 AM

I'm here! Please don't give up on me! I was sick the first two weeks of Dec, then had to get a cortisone shot in my knee and the doc recommended a little time off, and I've spent the last week snowed in at my parents house with no internet and lucky to have power (most neighbors didn't). I've never seen snow drifts quite like these--I'm totally stir crazy, but nothing I can do about it now...I hoping the road will be cleared by tomorrow and I can head home and get back to my regular workouts worth logging--what a crazy month. Anyway, I was still hoping for any advice on a training program. I'm trying to figure out how to incorporate couch to 5k or some run/walk plan with tri training--if I should spend more time on getting back to running or focus more on the other two since I know I can do those more or less and running is going to be a little iffy. Any advice?

Big_D - 2009-12-28 3:13 PM

Yoga, yeah Yoga.  I am thinking that with my aches and pains of getting old, Yoga might be something to look into.  I am thinking just for general flexibility and movement (I guess there is agility, balance and certain muscle strengthening too).  Also, I think my limited flexibility affects my swim kick being sooo weak compared to my stroke.  So, who does yoga and what are everyone's thoughts and views?

erin.kelsey - 2009-12-28 3:56 PM

Hey everyone! I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday.  I ate way too much but I was really happy to get 3 solid workouts in at home.  As I've mentioned before, my husband and I gave each other gym memberships for christmas and we are going tonight! I'm super excited.  I'm breaking in my new shoes and probably going to do some running on the treadmill.  I'm still very sore from my class on Saturday but it feels good to be sore!

Big_D - 2009-12-28 1:13 PM Yoga, yeah Yoga. I am thinking that with my aches and pains of getting old, Yoga might be something to look into. I am thinking just for general flexibility and movement (I guess there is agility, balance and certain muscle strengthening too). Also, I think my limited flexibility affects my swim kick being sooo weak compared to my stroke. So, who does yoga and what are everyone's thoughts and views?

tnguyen1 - 2009-12-29 12:30 AM Hope everyone had a great Christmas weekend! Great job to those who worked out! Almost done with 2009, and I'm a little sad but excited for 2010 and everything I want to accomplish.

On yoga, I love it. I was doing hatha yoga once a week for awhile and I felt that it improved my flexibility and core strength (not saying much b/c I am flexible as a branch) I actually want to get back into doing it weekly again. It's been a month since my last class. About your swim kick......you know what I'm going to say.....LOTS OF ONE LEGGED KICKS! :)

Ok, for my question.....I'm having a really hard time controlling my breathing in this weather. I've been trying to run outside but the cold air is wrecking havoc on my asthma and lungs. It hurts pretty badly and sounds nasty as well. I don't even like running to begin with and I know treadmill running isn't the same as outside. Oh, and I don't like being cold either. Yeah, I sound kinda whiney....sorry.

tnguyen1 - 2009-12-28 10:30 PM Hope everyone had a great Christmas weekend! Great job to those who worked out! Almost done with 2009, and I'm a little sad but excited for 2010 and everything I want to accomplish.

On yoga, I love it. I was doing hatha yoga once a week for awhile and I felt that it improved my flexibility and core strength (not saying much b/c I am flexible as a branch) I actually want to get back into doing it weekly again. It's been a month since my last class. About your swim kick......you know what I'm going to say.....LOTS OF ONE LEGGED KICKS!

Ok, for my question.....I'm having a really hard time controlling my breathing in this weather. I've been trying to run outside but the cold air is wrecking havoc on my asthma and lungs. It hurts pretty badly and sounds nasty as well. I don't even like running to begin with and I know treadmill running isn't the same as outside. Oh, and I don't like being cold either. Yeah, I sound kinda whiney....sorry.