Mental Manatee Mentors Part 3--CLOSED (Page 77)

Asalzwed - 2013-04-02 2:56 PM

I have a few little pre marathon questions.

1. I'm going to be doing quite a bit of traveling in the next few weeks (pre and post marathon) Should I get some compression socks? Does it really matter which type I get? I am not going to run in them so I have no need for "performance" types (whatever that means) but it's a little hard to decide when the spectrum is from like $10 diabetes socks all the way to $60-$70 CEP versions. 

2. How careful do I need to be about the amount of walking I do while site seeing? I plan to spend as much time on my rear doing some R&R (and going to a Red Sox game) the day before but how about the entire week before? I need this spelled out a bit for me.

kgore - 2013-04-02 3:23 PM

I think he might, but he would have to join a gym first--I may suggest that once he is released. Thankfully, my 24 hour fitness is near their house, not terribly expensive, and their pool is kept pretty clean. We shall see.

4agoodlife - 2013-04-02 2:59 PM Yes...I'm in a picture mood lately. After all the shoe talk yesterday, I cracked up at what my son came home with for his new "kicks"...they are seriously blinding!

TriAya - 2013-04-02 9:02 AM

Clipless pedals transfer pressure better because your foot is locked in and the bike shoe sole is stiff.

Upstroke has nothing to do with it (power simply isn't generated then) nor with running off the bike. The mental imagery or physical feeling of a locked-in circular stroke usually means you are "unweighting" the rising foot well so that the downward-pushing foot isn't having to propel the bike AND lift up the weight of the other foot.

Tri bikes are better for running off the bike because your position on them decreases wind resistance, and you therefore use less energy to go the same speed as you would on a road bike.

rrrunner - 2013-04-02 3:25 PM

HERE it is.

4agoodlife - 2013-04-02 3:59 PM Yes...I'm in a picture mood lately. After all the shoe talk yesterday, I cracked up at what my son came home with for his new "kicks"...they are seriously blinding!

rrrunner - 2013-04-02 4:25 PM

HERE it is.

Asalzwed - 2013-04-02 11:56 AM

I have a few little pre marathon questions.

1. I'm going to be doing quite a bit of traveling in the next few weeks (pre and post marathon) Should I get some compression socks? Does it really matter which type I get? I am not going to run in them so I have no need for "performance" types (whatever that means) but it's a little hard to decide when the spectrum is from like $10 diabetes socks all the way to $60-$70 CEP versions. 

2. How careful do I need to be about the amount of walking I do while site seeing? I plan to spend as much time on my rear doing some R&R (and going to a Red Sox game) the day before but how about the entire week before? I need this spelled out a bit for me.

kgore - 2013-04-02 12:01 PM

I just received the update from my mom. Dad made it through surgery with no issues. They said that he has only minor heart disease, with very little blockage. They are concerned by the large amount of fluid around his heart and lungs, so they are keeping him for at least one night, maybe two. 

Thats the good part---They want him to get more active to get rid of the fluid, BUT, due to the diabetes, he has some major foot issues happening, as in swelling, and a great deal of pain. He can't put his feet up, as it hurts his chest, and then his feet get tingly. He doesn't want to move around because then it hurts his feet. So I am curious as to what the docs will tell him to do...I was thinking he can at least get a bit active by moving around his upper body--(Hand-bike thingy????), I don't know, Its best left to better minds then mine probably. Sadly, its most likely easier to get him to change his eating habits than it is to get him active; the least amount of pain, and he refuses to do anymore....Sorry to whine, but to know how little it would actually take him to get better, and yet he doesn't want to even try cause "it hurts" (this isn't new, he has been like this for 20+ years), it just makes me sad. I HOPE this wake-up call really does flip a switch, he can really drive me up a wall, but I am not ready to say goodbye just yet.

Thanks again pod for letting me vent.

Asalzwed - 2013-04-02 1:05 PM

Awesome, start em young!

ponderingfox - 2013-04-02 2:56 PM

Jealous.

4agoodlife - 2013-04-02 12:59 PM Yes...I'm in a picture mood lately. After all the shoe talk yesterday, I cracked up at what my son came home with for his new "kicks"...they are seriously blinding!

Muskrat37 - 2013-04-02 4:16 PM

Those shoes ROCK!  And - from the looks of them - they will clearly make him run faster...

jmkizer - 2013-04-03 12:47 AM

Wasn't 2014 your original plan anyway?

kgore - 2013-04-03 7:01 AM

I just received the update from my mom. Dad made it through surgery with no issues. They said that he has only minor heart disease, with very little blockage. They are concerned by the large amount of fluid around his heart and lungs, so they are keeping him for at least one night, maybe two. 

Thats the good part---They want him to get more active to get rid of the fluid, BUT, due to the diabetes, he has some major foot issues happening, as in swelling, and a great deal of pain. He can't put his feet up, as it hurts his chest, and then his feet get tingly. He doesn't want to move around because then it hurts his feet. So I am curious as to what the docs will tell him to do...I was thinking he can at least get a bit active by moving around his upper body--(Hand-bike thingy????), I don't know, Its best left to better minds then mine probably. Sadly, its most likely easier to get him to change his eating habits than it is to get him active; the least amount of pain, and he refuses to do anymore....Sorry to whine, but to know how little it would actually take him to get better, and yet he doesn't want to even try cause "it hurts" (this isn't new, he has been like this for 20+ years), it just makes me sad. I HOPE this wake-up call really does flip a switch, he can really drive me up a wall, but I am not ready to say goodbye just yet.

Thanks again pod for letting me vent.

Muskrat37 - 2013-04-03 10:35 AM

My opinion on #1 is that bright fluorescent colors and Nike swooshes add nothing to the benefits of compression socks.  I went to Bartel Drug Store and purchased $17 solid black ones.  I LOVE THEM.  I wear them almost nightly.  

No experience with #2.  

ponderingfox - 2013-04-02 8:05 PM I don't know if anyone else thinks of this, but between all of us, we average more than 2,000 posts per month here in the pod.

kgore - 2013-04-02 3:01 PM

I just received the update from my mom. Dad made it through surgery with no issues. They said that he has only minor heart disease, with very little blockage. They are concerned by the large amount of fluid around his heart and lungs, so they are keeping him for at least one night, maybe two. 

Thats the good part---They want him to get more active to get rid of the fluid, BUT, due to the diabetes, he has some major foot issues happening, as in swelling, and a great deal of pain. He can't put his feet up, as it hurts his chest, and then his feet get tingly. He doesn't want to move around because then it hurts his feet. So I am curious as to what the docs will tell him to do...I was thinking he can at least get a bit active by moving around his upper body--(Hand-bike thingy????), I don't know, Its best left to better minds then mine probably. Sadly, its most likely easier to get him to change his eating habits than it is to get him active; the least amount of pain, and he refuses to do anymore....Sorry to whine, but to know how little it would actually take him to get better, and yet he doesn't want to even try cause "it hurts" (this isn't new, he has been like this for 20+ years), it just makes me sad. I HOPE this wake-up call really does flip a switch, he can really drive me up a wall, but I am not ready to say goodbye just yet.

Thanks again pod for letting me vent.

TriAya - 2013-04-02 3:21 PM

In completely random news, my ex-mother-in-law was Baby Fay's chief nurse.

cdban66 - 2013-04-02 3:54 PM

This showed up in today's email:

 I'm not saying you need em, but they are available if you go that route. I wonder about the science behind the compression stuff. I have a pair that I wear on longer runs, and post longer run, but I'm still not sure on the science of it all. I *think* it helps, so there, it's worth the same as many things I post here.