Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official Thread (Page 83)

So how do you handle an overuse injury during your peak training period?  My right calf has been giving me issues after a run.  It's nothing crippling but it aches after my runs (and if I stop during my run, a good motivator to keep running).  Kind of feels like a shin split except it's on the inside BACK of the shin (behind the calf).

I can ride and swim with no issues.  Honestly I CAN run but I'm afarid to make it any worse.

I have an OLY in 2 weeks.  A HIM 2 weeks after than and then 6 weeks to CDA.

Suggestions?  Back off running for a few days and see how it feels?

DEFINITELY back off for a few days.  The last thing you want is an injury.  Also, RICE.  For compression, my CEP socks work wonders!  I know some people think they're crap, but they work for me.

Thanks, Josh!  Moving to SD was my present to myself for finishing my PhD.  10 years of college deserves some sort of reward, right?

I think you're right about the medium ride, too.  I'm planning on it.  60-80 miler?

I also love my CEP and Zensahs sleeves.. wearing them right now at work (shhh, don't tell anyone)

 For compression, my CEP socks work wonders!  I know some people think they're crap, but they work for me.

X2.  If I run over 9 miles I wear them and swear by them also.  During the run no big deal.  However, it is the after that they make a huge difference to me.  I can run long at lunch and come back to work where I sit very little and have no issues vs being stiff  before.  I really like them much more then the calf sleeves.

I JUST had to deal with this myself last week after my HIM.  Coach was adamant - dont run - get a massage this week and then again about 4-5 days later!  Stretch twice a day at least.  Use a marathon stick if you have it.  Keep on your bike and swim but DONT RUN!  You won't loose fitness if you miss 3-5 days running but you will if you are injured.  It was SO HARD for me, but here I am back this week at track and although it is an "awareness", there isn't pain.  Don't run through it.  Trust and listen to your body! And enjoy sleeping in one or two days...

I have to recommend commuting again.  I've found with my ride to/from work, at the end of the day all I want is to be home, now!  So even though the legs are tired from the morning ride, I get a really good workout in the evening because I'm pushing hard the whole way.

And then once I'm home it's all free time and I don't even have to think about what I'm going to do for training.  It's done.

X whatever on take a run break. 

Injury prevention should be the number one goal right now.  Getting injured is the guaranteed single best way to be slower at the IM.  Far better to be slighly undertrained than on the bench.  Far better to lose a week of run training and be a few seconds per mile slower on race day, than to have to walk the whole marathon because you CAN'T run.

Not to be a nit-wit nit-pick, but Kelly is what my mom almost named me, Sarah is what she went with

Good plan with the long rides, I'm hoping Josh is right that they get easier after 3-4 times.  Also, a big CONGRATS on your PhD/new job!!

YES, they absolutely do get easier each time you do them! Some tips for these long rides: don't spend a lot of time taking breaks, try to keep riding just like you will on race day; try out your race-day tri shorts/tri top...wearing them for a sprint and wearing them for an Ironman are TOTALLY different; your long rides should ALWAYS be a nutrition practice day, and if you can include your morning b'fast as part of that, then do; stay hydrated; recover properly--if you haven't done the ice bath thing, you may want to check into it after your super long rides and long runs; your body needs to recover so you keep training!

Have fun with it!

Graduation, new place to live, new job, Ironman!!  Congratulations!!!....you're on a roll!

mango: Josh is right. i have done 3-4 centuries so far and they are getting much more tolerable. I have less taint soreness, and my muscular endurance seems to be increasing per my data. I am not sure how you can get fit for an IM bike doing shorter harder rides but they say its possible. For me, I want to know what I am getting into and to be as close to locked in butt tuffness, nutritionally and hydrationally as possible.

Darn though, Shanks is hitting the brakes with me lately. That is worse than going hard and/or long.

Slayer I have decided you are immune to fatigue lol!!!!  Impressed from where I sit!!

I would like to get 5-6 of them yet. This spring has been miserable here in Michigan. Woke up to snow on the ground yesterday and today was 39 and raining, oh joy. Gonna bundle up and see how far i can make it on Friday. Forecast= high 40's with showers.

Well I am back from NOLA...big bummer of a race. No swim and I got 2 flats and wasted about an hour dealing with that. Kind of an expensive Bike/Run that I could have done at home and ordered my own pizza at the end!

Gonna do a fun run and ride this weekend, and then back to the real world of training next week. Have my first BIG DAY the first weekend in May....oh so much fun

The snow we got this morning better be the last of it, because I don't really want to be doing all my workouts inside!

mango6383 - 2011-04-20 11:47 AM Not to be a nit-wit nit-pick, but Kelly is what my mom almost named me, Sarah is what she went with

Good plan with the long rides, I'm hoping Josh is right that they get easier after 3-4 times.  Also, a big CONGRATS on your PhD/new job!!

Oh man!  I'm so sorry.  I feel like such a dork!  Why did I think you were a Kelly? 

Hello out there.  I am a newbie planning on the CdA IM 2011.  I am following the full IM plan by Beginner Triathlete.   I met some bass fisherman on Rose lake, and the water temp was 48 degrees.  What lake in the Cda area warms up the fastest?  Any Ideas on where to buy a wetsuit?

+1 on the CEP socks for both training and injury help. I used them in training and the race in my last marathon and they were great. I agree with kstater that is was after runs where I could really tell the difference. I have also found they work very well for my ankle rehab.

Bear in mind everyone, that about every tri you will do in open water comes with a fisherman story. i have heard many in my few years in the sport (snakes, sharks, snapper turtles, jellyfish, frozen temps, undertow, etc). Funny thing is I have yet to die, be eaten or stung, freeze, drown, or get crushed though IMAZ mass start was close and I did get kicked in the face at IMFL.

EDIT: oops forgot to mention that all3sports.com rents wetsuits now (and sells them). You could probably rent one cheap or buy a used one on the classifieds here or on slowtwitch.com. PM me if you want a discount code for all3.