Fred D Mentor Group Part III (Page 79)

Talked to my wife about it at dinner.  When offered the choice, she said she would much rather go to Whistler than Tempe - again.   I forgot, but we've been there twice, once for my DNF, once for the finish.  She said she'd gladly not go there again (not a slag on the town, but the stress of spectating, I think Whislter would give her a better experience).  I also think that's enough, so I am not going to clog up active this morning.   Will likely go CF for Canada....

Did you get in?  I had a friend get in

Sounds exciting.

ratherbeswimming - 2012-11-19 9:04 AM Quick brag - my little sister PRed the Philly Marathon yesterday - 3:15. She's awesome.

that means there are some serious running genes floating around in you !!

Awesome!

That stinks Fred, I hope you can get it sorted out ASAP!

Question for everyone.  At what point do you start thinking about taking water, gels etc with you for a long run (or making a bottle drop somewhere)?  The last two weeks I have run an hour and 20 mins or so and I feel no need to take anything with me but my wife gives me a bit of the stink-eye when I say I don't need anything.  If it were the middle of summer and hot I might think about it for that time frame but when it's only a few degrees above freezing...

Also, I hit 165.5 on the scale this morning so I'm at my Turkey Day weight goal a few days early!  Mind you I was in a meeting this morning and there were cookies.....

I usually bring a water bottle in a waist pack if it's over an hour.  Not necessary this time of year, but makes the run a bit more comfortable for me.

I hit 197 this morning.  Last time I was this weight was when I was going up.....   Only 3# to a "normal" BMI!   

Bummer ! I know the feeling. I have not run in a week.

How long do you plan to stay off ? What is the criteria by which you start up again ?

Nice job on hitting the goal early.  for me with water it really depends on the temps.  Back in Tucson in the summer I wouldn't leave the front door without water, but come winter the rules completely change.

I  never leave home with water or anything to drink but I never run more that 1h45. Once I had to stop and ask for water, but it was really hot and I was doing a 21km. This time of year I do not need anything.

I always leave with a bit of money just in case. I have on the odd occasion stopped for a beer and I attribute it to severe dehydration. That's my story and I am sticking to it.

Trainer ride done.  Who knew 30 mins could suck so bad.  Run later on this afternoon.  What's everyone else got on tap?

Bummer about the injury Fred.  Hope it heals up quickly but you are smart to be taking the break now

Fred - have you given any consideration to strength training to help the situation?  I've been struggling with hip, glute, IT tightness, etc. for the past few months, and while massage has helped with the effects (same as would ART, or Trigger Point), it obviously doesn't help with the underlying issue.

If you're 100% sure that the cause is your bike fit, then it may not be worth thinking about.  But I am beginning to believe in the benefit of strengthening the muscles that we don't engage as much as part of the core SBR training regime.  It makes sense to me that some of muscle imbalances we create can and do have negative impacts during the SBR activities. 

I'm very much just trying to ease into these - but a few sets of lunges and squats with minimal weight kicked my butt last week.  For someone running and riding thousands of km you would think it should be a nothing exercise, but it kind of highlighted how little we actually engage some of the muscles in our legs.

Anyway, just food for thought.

60 mins of threshold intervals on the trainer this morning and a 45 min run at lunch is my plan for the day.

I agree with the strength training stuff, anytime I've had issues like that my physio harps on me about doing strengthening exercises of those core supporting muscles.  It's usually squat type of exercises focusing on using glutes rather than quads (ie, stick your bum out rather than bend the knees forward) 

one only needs to look at my logs to know how I feel about strength training.  lol  Not to mention I am a personal trainer (who only trains Tina pretty much but that's cause I am a lazy trainer).  But, even with regular strength training I still find myself at PT periodically and it is always a muscle imbalance.  Its so sad it is funny.  Part of my problem is I actually gain muscle pretty quickly, especially considering that I am female.  Its just my body type.  So if my form is off just slightly or I over train one part and not the opposing muscle correctly I put myself out of whack.  And come to learn I shouldn't stretch my hamstrings.  I have been having hamstring issues forever and always felt I should stretch them cause tight muscles were the issue.  I was soooo backwards on that thought process.  I have long flexible hams and needed to really strengthen and shorten them a bit.

I think I have a point, but I am not sure what it is.  I'll go back to my day job I guess...