Looking for C25K buddy?

[quotidianlight]

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Mitzie, don't you look cute!

[liv]

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Mitzi you look great. I love that haircut on you. Nice outfit. But the shoes are my favourite.

I am a slow runner so you'd beat me too easily Mitzi. Way to go.

I try to work on my posture. I think when I am grumpy or not into it, I tend to hunch down a bit. I have been doing walking with a GAIAM walking exercise video I have and I think it has helped be somewhat.

[mitzimarie]

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Hi, Liv and Quo!

Thanks for your kind words.

Today was a rest day for me, and I have been experiencing some pain in my right upper, inner thigh area. After checking out the cool running site, I think I may have identified the problem.

Here is the excerpt from www.coolrunning.com :

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Groin Pull
Description:
Pain in the upper inner thigh muscle.
Likely causes:
Plain and simple, this is an overuse injury. The pain is your adductor muscle calling attention to itself, complaining that it's been held too tense. The adductor is the muscle that runs along the inner thigh and is involved in turning in your toes, a natural motion when running. It's possible that you got this injury when running on a slippery surface; it's a natural instinct to tense your adductors to keep balance, but it can result in a groin pull.
For others, though, it could be a foot imbalance. If there's not enough range of motion in your ankle, the adductor tends to tighten to help you keep your balance.
Remedy:
This injury takes patience and more than a little dedication to overcome. It's not what you want to hear, but you'll have to stop running -- or at least cut back drastically -- for about a week. After the pain has gone away, and not before, gently stretch the area with the groin stretch, and try the inside leg raise for a strengthening exercise. Do these stretches, they'll get you back on the road. After seven days of stretching, try a little easy running, starting with just a mile. Keep doing the exercises, and gradually build your mileage. If the pain keeps up, take a few more days off.
At the same time, try putting a wedge in your shoes, at the inner side of the heel. If you don't have enough range of motion in your ankles, as mentioned above, a wedge will help your ankles and heels turn out with less strain on your adductors. Try cutting a wedge out of foam rubber (like a makeup sponge), about 1/2" thick at the widest part.
If the pain persists after these treatments, consult a podiatrist on whether orthotics may be needed.

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Waaa!! I do NOT want to have to take a week off and cut back!

Having said that... if the pain is still there in the morning, I guess that I will have to. I just can't risk an injury. I want to succeed at this, and have to go about it in a smart way. I already have inserts in my shoes because of over-pronation... maybe I should go talk to the guys at the running store where I got the shoes/inserts.

Sh*t!

[liv]

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Oh that is too bad Mitzi. However, there are many running days a head and what you do not want to do it to aggravate this. So I think you are right resting is probably the way to go. Thanks for the quote from Coolrunning. There are certainly a lot of aspects of our bodies we are not aware of.

[quotidianlight]

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Oh Mitzie, that is miserable! Have you looked into Chirunning? I'm having a lot of positive effect with my ankles. They are very weak and pigeon toed so I was always hurting them but changing my form really helps. When I stop using Chirunning I feel it in my knees and hips within a couple days to be honest. Rest it up, soak in ice and you'll be back to running in no time at all. Also when you run on the road is it cantered (like higher in the middle than on the sides) if it is, run one way and then the other so you even the strain out. Thank goodness for the C25K it really forced us to slow down and learn out bodies so we don't get injured; you are doing all the right things.



OHR D3W1:

Went really REALLY well. I got a little ache in my thigh and ankles from yoga loosening my thighs up but one I was going it was fine. I started icing my ankles just as a precaution and I will probably continue to do that for a few months since I know that is a weak spot but I feel them getting stronger all ready though I have to be careful when I do calf raises not to bruise my tendon *forehead thwap* I was running along the street and came upon deer again. The boys are getting big right now so I might want to carry some sort of horn or mace or something so I don't have to come back and report mauling by teenaged buck. I finally broke out my HRM but I'm not sure what I am supposed to be looking for. I monitored my heart rate and it seemed really good but I still don't know what my resting rate is since I'm never resting and the alarm startles me too much in the morning to get a true one.

NEW SHOES.... ROCK
Shorts and long sleeve technical shirt... even better

I was so comfy tonight that I can't wait to run again tomorrow.

[liv]

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OHR D3W1
It was hot from one end to the other. Note to myself - on hotter days run earlier in the morning!!! But I did it with some heavy breathing from one end to the other and more sweat than I have seen since I started.

[clogger]

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Keep up the good work ladies! I love coming here and reading all of the great stuff you post.

Shorts?!? Not on your life (yet). I'd be much happier running in shorts and a tank top, but the only time you'll find me in those is if I'm INSIDE my house !!

Take care ...

[quotidianlight]

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Clogger, thanks for popping in! I finally caved and bought a pair of shorts but I like the skirts since it hides my behind better

[mitzimarie]

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Hello

Quo and Liv, congrats to you both for getting through D3, W1! Very well done.

Yay, for the new shoes Quo! And I think it's great that you were so comfy that you can't wait to run again tomorrow. Work it, girl!

Liv - I definitely have to run early in the morning, or not at all. It's been 95 degrees the past couple of days, and humid as h*ll. Great job on pushing through!

Well, when I woke up this morning, I felt no pain whatsoever in my upper thigh, but I went ahead and took the day off. By the time I got in the bed last night, I almost had to pick up my leg and put it in the bed because it was painful to try to lift it. Today, nothing... I'm going to take 1 more day off, and re-assess the situation Thursday morning. If I still haven't felt any pain by then, I'm going to try a short run and see what happens.

Quo, I checked out the Chi running website and am intrigued by the idea. They really don't give enough specific information on the site to distinguish how chi running is different from regular running. I've got the book on my "wish list" at Amazon.com. It's interesting to me, because from what I can tell, I have some of the same kinda "zen" thing going when I run. I watched a trailer of the DVD, and I couldn't really tell how the way he was running looked any different than the way that most people run, though. Of course, I only saw a couple of minutes of something he takes a whole DVD and/or book to explain. Bottom line of my ramble - I'm not sure exactly what it entails, but chi running sounds very interesting to me and I'm going to get the book at some point to see what it's all about.

[quotidianlight]

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Mitzie, I'm still learning chirunning but it is a great program. Dreyer lives near me and I can't wait to take a class in person this fall. The main difference is that you are working with gravity to increase efficiency. He teaches you to lean from the ankles with a straight strong core. It's hard but I can def tell when I'm doing it right because running gets really smooth and easy.

OHR D4W1, great run but my knee bugged me for most of it. I need shoes with more lateral support for my P90 workouts sooner than later cause my knees and ankles aren't happy with all the lateral movements. But it's not too bad, persistent or in a spot that is dangerous so I'm icing it tonight, taking my vitamins and thanking god tomorrow is my recovery day. Little aches and pains are to be expected but I'm watching it because I don't want to get sidelined just because I jacked up my knee doing jumping jacks.

[liv]

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OHR D1W2
Cooler today. Felt nice. Someone sitting in a car yelled "Good for you" as I wobbled past. I liked it

Did you decide on doing four runs a week quo? (I am just looking at your reporting there)

Mitzi
Hope everything is going well. Crossing my fingers for you.

How do you guys feel about running with someone. I ran into a friend the other day and she was running and suggested we run together sometimes. I am hesitating. Right now I think I am running too slow. Maybe if I can up my speed somewhat over the next few weeks. Just don't want to hold anyone back.

[quotidianlight]

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liv, that is a great comment; you must have been grinning from ear to ear. I'm afraid I'll be forced to run too fast, and get hurt, if I run with others right now. I am still in horrid shape with weak ankles so I need to focus on hearing my body and not listening to someone elses. When I have a much better base of fitness I'll run with the local club occasionally. I still try to run 4 days a week since my asthma does much better without two days off in between runs.

[mitzimarie]

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Hi, Quo and Liv!

Liv, I just love the comment you received. It's a good affirmation for you, and it shows that there are some nice people out there.

Quo, I have to really watch exercises with lateral movements. So much so, that I pretty much avoid them altogether now. I don't have to do many at all, before my knee starts to complain.

OK, my plan was to run today if I still felt no pain when I woke up this morning. I haven't felt even the slightest twinge of any kind of pain since the day this happened (Monday), but I still decided to take just one more day off from running. So today I hopped on my bike and got in 10 miles. I was working it! My quads were singing. I always feel so strong after a few days off - I was flying!

Tomorrow, I'm driving to the track and running.

[mitzimarie]

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Hi there!

I'm so jazzed! Just got back from the track, and completed my 2.5 miles in 27 minutes. SWEET!

It's amazing what a difference running indoors on a great track makes... air-conditioned, with temp in the 70's instead of the humid 90's. I even sprinted the last 50 yards or so. It ROCKED!

Liv, I forgot to chime in about running with someone in my last post. Hmm... I'm thinking it's probably not in my best interest to do that. I think my competitive nature might get me in trouble. And the thing is... I'm not competitive AT ALL toward the other person... it's a game I play with myself. Meaning, I have nothing but respect for someone who can't go as fast as I can, but I think that I should be able to go as fast as someone else. Double standard, with myself on the short end of the stick.

There's this really huge, young, muscular guy that's running at the track when I am a lot of the times that I'm there. He must be training for speed/strength rather than endurance, because he runs so much faster than I do... he laps me. Although his legs are twice as long as mine, at first I was still pissed that he could lap me so often. But then, this happened - his interval was waaaaay shorter than mine was. So although I would have never been able to keep up in speed, I was blowing him away with distance. I really kicked his @ss this morning.

[quotidianlight]

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Mitzie, you cracked me up. I am super competitive against men and I could just see you fuming inside every time he lapped you.

OHR D1W2
I did run last night after doing a lot of research on whether to rest or run post injury. I ended up reading an article (I'll try to find the link) about inflammation type injuries healing better when you continue to move them and healing weaker if all movement was stopped. It made a lot of sense considering how my body felt, so I tool an anti-inflammatory, iced and taped my ankle with athletic tape and headed out. Because the roads are slopped I ran on the softer middle school track and lost all count of how many laps I did. but I did 30 easy minutes using the chi-running form and making sure to land mid foot. Today my ankles ache but felt loads better. That said, I had to skip P90 Sculpt because even on the upper body exercises I have knees bent and hense... stress on ankles.