Super Cats Mentor Group - CLOSED (Page 9)

There are lots of options to make the bike feel a little closer to you until you get used to it. Rolling the handlebars up a little to bring the reach closer to start out with is a really good trick. From there you just slowly start to roll them down little by little over time. Just check if you do this that it does not affect the braking/gear changes from putting too much tension on the cables - should be find on most bikes as they are generally assembled with a bit of slack built in!

On the swimsuits - apart from getting a new one keep your old ones. Its an old school swimmer trick to just wear two (one over the other) as they start to go see through to get more wear out of them. Works really well and means you can always have a spare.

Saddle on the bike are so personal.. can you try the one on your old bike for starters? Ive had so much trouble finding good saddles.. its rare that bikes are sold with one thats right for you!

 Actually I feel better than I thought I would.  Still think I'm gonna take an extra day to recover simply because I'm not in great shape! I have run enough to know when it is time to pull the reins back alittle.  Progress comes one step at a time!!1

Smart man!!!

I know there are a few people in this group who are just at the beginning stage of running - would be great to hear your thoughts/opinions on getting started and what to do weekly/on a regular basis etc if you have time

Cant just have me writing epic posts all the time

Sulcus - 2009-04-21 10:20 AM

kaqphin - 2009-04-20 7:06 PM

Rudedog55 - 2009-04-21 7:16 AM hey i just realized we have a couple of peeps from the same general area, the NY Metro area. Pretty cool!!!

I work in the White Plains Area, and live in Southern CT

back to regularly scheduled mentoring, lol

Ummm does someone want to draw me a map?

Okay, if I can locate Canberra and Sydney, you can find New York City.    Once you find it, draw a big circle around it and there you have the NY Metro area.  White Plains, Westchester County and even Connecticut are all to the north - or what the people who live in the city call "Upstate."  

LMAO ok i know where New York is... I also kow where White Plains is.. Ive been there...

The rest... meh!

losta - 2009-04-21 10:42 AM Here's your map Cat! I'm A in White Plains, RudeDog is B in Norwalk, New York City is C oh and Sulcus is across the water in Douglaston (forgot to add that location, sorry).

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=White+Plains,+NY+10605&daddr=Norwalk,+CT+to:New+York,+NY&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=41.015522,-73.76377&sspn=0.009747,0.020235&ie=UTF8&z=10

Sulcus - 2009-04-20 8:20 PM

kaqphin - 2009-04-20 7:06 PM

Rudedog55 - 2009-04-21 7:16 AM hey i just realized we have a couple of peeps from the same general area, the NY Metro area. Pretty cool!!!

I work in the White Plains Area, and live in Southern CT

back to regularly scheduled mentoring, lol

Ummm does someone want to draw me a map?

Okay, if I can locate Canberra and Sydney, you can find New York City.    Once you find it, draw a big circle around it and there you have the NY Metro area.  White Plains, Westchester County and even Connecticut are all to the north - or what the people who live in the city call "Upstate."  

AWESOME!!! Wow you are all really close!!!

So I could fly into one location and see everyone Theoretically of course....

D001 - 2009-04-21 11:18 AM

kaqphin - 2009-04-20 8:35 PM

Sulcus - 2009-04-21 10:20 AM

kaqphin - 2009-04-20 7:06 PM

Rudedog55 - 2009-04-21 7:16 AM hey i just realized we have a couple of peeps from the same general area, the NY Metro area. Pretty cool!!!

I work in the White Plains Area, and live in Southern CT

back to regularly scheduled mentoring, lol

Ummm does someone want to draw me a map?

Okay, if I can locate Canberra and Sydney, you can find New York City.    Once you find it, draw a big circle around it and there you have the NY Metro area.  White Plains, Westchester County and even Connecticut are all to the north - or what the people who live in the city call "Upstate."  

LMAO ok i know where New York is... I also kow where White Plains is.. Ive been there...

 

The rest... meh!

Wait.... Cat's been to White Plains???? I grew up just there..... And later, I lived/worked in southern Connecticut.

Yup my old company had its head office there... I worked there for two weeks consulting on a project in (I think) early 2005...

Im guessing the common sense stuff:

- Fatigue

- Sleep levels

- Any unusual aches an pains

- Persistant aches and pains

- Motivation levels

D001 - 2009-04-21 11:25 AM Running pointers wanted! I know that I overstride, and that I land too hard on my heels. (I take really long steps when I walk, too. So it's not just running.) Any suggestions/drills for how to correct this? Thank you.

You mean apart from dont do it?

Dee you have to mentally TELL yourself to take smaller steps... it will feel weird but make sure when your leg hits the group it is underneath you or JUST ahead of yoru body...And SLOW DOWN... going slower will force yuo not to take such big steps.

Hopping drills might help actually... but not with your knees perhaps? Butt kick is a fun drill even if it just sounds funny...

To be honest though sometimes its just doing it right...well learning too..

What happens when you try to take smaller steps?

D001 - 2009-04-21 12:46 PM

kaqphin - 2009-04-20 10:14 PM

D001 - 2009-04-21 11:25 AM Running pointers wanted! I know that I overstride, and that I land too hard on my heels. (I take really long steps when I walk, too. So it's not just running.) Any suggestions/drills for how to correct this? Thank you.

You mean apart from dont do it?

Dee you have to mentally TELL yourself to take smaller steps... it will feel weird but make sure when your leg hits the group it is underneath you or JUST ahead of yoru body...And SLOW DOWN... going slower will force yuo not to take such big steps.

Hopping drills might help actually... but not with your knees perhaps? Butt kick is a fun drill even if it just sounds funny...

To be honest though sometimes its just doing it right...well learning too..

What happens when you try to take smaller steps?

Well, it's kind of like this: I take long steps, naturally. So if I don't consciously think about it, I continue to take long steps..... Which means I hit my heels hard, and some muscle at the top of my thigh aches. (I don't know the name of it.) And also, I mess up my knee and ankle.... But I don't feel any of these things until the day AFTER. (And that's too late.) Actually, the only time my knee/ankle did NOT hurt is when I tried running barefoot (with socks) on the treadmill. Something goes bad when I put shoes on. I try to correct it, so that it's more like when I run/wog "barefoot," but I haven't been able to replicate this. End result: knee/ankle pain.

Youve kind of answered your own questions here... but:

1) You have to consciously think about what you are going to focus on BEFORE you start your run, not after - Madkats suggestions are spot on... you have to DELIBERATELY go  slower

2) If your shoes are giving your grief then you have the WRONG shoes.... do you know if you over or under pronate? Chances are you are wearing shoes that are not right for your natural biomechanics

3) I KNOW you hate docs but a podiatrist might be good for you...

This is some of the most sensible running advice Ive heard

D001 - 2009-04-21 12:52 PM

kaqphin - 2009-04-20 10:14 PM it will feel weird but make sure when your leg hits the group it is underneath you or JUST ahead of yoru body...And SLOW DOWN... going slower will force yuo not to take such big steps.

 

To be honest though sometimes its just doing it right...well learning too..

What happens when you try to take smaller steps?

If your leg lands underneath you..... then how do you move forwards? Or, am I supposed to push backwards more? (Ie: more glutes/hamstrings?) When I take smaller steps.... I feel, uh, like I'm not going anywhere.

Umm yeah.... clearly I need to explain this better! Wish i had got the physio to write it down when he was teaching me how to run!

Definatley NOT pushing back as thats like trying to put the brakes on... but you should be engaging your glutes when yuo run absolutely!

Let me think a bit more about how to explain this better...

D001 - 2009-04-21 3:34 PM

kaqphin - 2009-04-21 12:22 AM 1) You have to consciously think about what you are going to focus on BEFORE you start your run, not after - Madkats suggestions are spot on... you have to DELIBERATELY go  slower

 

2) If your shoes are giving your grief then you have the WRONG shoes.... do you know if you over or under pronate? Chances are you are wearing shoes that are not right for your natural biomechanics

3) I KNOW you hate docs but a podiatrist might be good for you...

 

 

The shoes may be an issue. I have Asics, but they're not the higher end. So I'm sure they lack some of the features that I may need to stabilize/cushion the knees and ankles.... I don't know if I over/under pronate.... Here's why: I'm flatfooted, and I tend to land more towards the side of my heel. But then, my ankle rotates out. (Therefore, my foot doesn't roll in.) The ankle rotation.... Put your foot flat on the ground, then lift the heel up, and push the heel forwards and out towards the side, while leaving your forefoot/toes on the ground.... That's how I walk. (And why I end up with ankle problems.) When I try to keep the ankle from rotating, I end up with knee pain.... Yeah, I'm a mess.

Ok you almost DEFINATLEY have the wrong shoes.

Its not so much about cheaper or more expensive or even the brand... some brands work for some people and not for others...

Sounds to my like yuo need shoes that will help rotate your feet/ankle corrently when it its the ground as that will take the pressue off the joints and the strain off your ankle. Like orthotics often do... so basically because your body isnt fighting itself over time as yuo adjust to the support your body relaxes and stops having to fight so hard for every step...

I actually had the wrong kind of shoes sold to me a few years ago... after visintg a running shop... a proper one (NOT AN ATHLETES FOOT where the 17yos work) they changed my shoes and a lot of the niggles just disappeared Its something yuo have to break in yuor body to get used to them but HUGE payoff...

IS there anywhere you can go to get a show opinion?