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Runs & workouts, Monday, September 17, 2012

guest — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 03:21:14 GMT

Good luck DH. Ray gets credit for the icing suggestion! Hopefully it will help.

I went out to run four miles. Due to road construction, I had to change my route. With my handy Garmin, I calculated how far I needed to run and when to turn around to head back. The run seemed long, and I racked it up to having walked earlier today. As I am a block or two away from getting home, I glance at the Garmin and see 4.94 miles??? Apparently, I...uh... had a senior moment and miscalculated the distance needed from my normal route turn-off to equal four miles total.

Maybe I can fool myself into running a half marathon next time.

Monday 5

Weekly goal 25.

Re: Runs & workouts, Monday, September 17, 2012

guest — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:45:00 GMT

Actually, we need to credit Ray with the icing suggestion, I just jumped on the bandwagon.

Good luck D.H., here's hoping you can get this under control in time for your time trial...

Re: Runs & workouts, Monday, September 17, 2012

guest — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:04:00 GMT

Tonight I bought a flexible reusable cold wrap; right now I am icing the knee. Thanks to Rich and Mike for the suggestion.

Next month is my annual National Guard fitness test, so I need to be able to run 2 miles fast. Couldn't do it right now.

Dark Horse

Runs & workouts, Monday, September 17, 2012

guest — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:36:40 GMT

brndog wrote:

DH, I would try ice after every run at the interval Rich recommended. I didn't use to think that it does much but have changed my mind after using it several times versus not icing. I wonder if your shoes are getting worn out?

Mike, I bought new shoes last week: $120! My knee hurts worse with the new shoes. I will try the ice.

Dark Horse

Runs & workouts, Monday, September 17, 2012

guest — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:16:21 GMT

DH, I would try ice after every run at the interval Rich recommended. I didn't use to think that it does much but have changed my mind after using it several times versus not icing. I wonder if your shoes are getting worn out?

Like Ray, I am going to go out for a run somewhere between 3-6, with early betting favoring maybe 4. I wasn't going to run as I walked eighteen holes of golf, but am feeling good and want to enjoy the cool, sunny day here in MN. I'm not ready for Rich's 40 degree days!

Runs & workouts, Monday, September 17, 2012

guest — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:15:01 GMT

Ray's got a point D.H., with that knee being sore all the time, you're probably suffering from chronic inflammation. I'm no authority on icing, but I think a regimen of 15 minutes on and 15 off is standard, but no clue how long you should keep it up.

At any rate, good luck. After 3 weeks at this level it might be time to back off for a week anyway.

Sounds like we're all in recovery mode, I ran 4 miles @ recovery on the railtrail this morning. Not sure what the rest of the week is going to look like, I'll run a few miles at race pace tomorrow, then take it from there.

Congrats again on yesterday's race Ray...

Runs & workouts, Monday, September 17, 2012

guest — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:55:57 GMT

DH, have you tried icing the knee? It might reduce the pain enough to strengthen the muscles around the knee. Also, if you can you should avoid NSAIDs as all the research I've seen indicates it slows the healing process. I'll also assume you've tried/or are taking glucosamine.

Schedule called for 3 mile recovery run today. First mile was slow, but was thinking about doing 6. By mile 2 was thinking how far is 3.

At mile 3 was thinking try to get to 3.5. At 3.5 got a tail wind and started thinking maybe 5. Then I hit an uphill and decided 4 would be plenty and walk a 1.5. So, covered 4 miles in 38:10 running and additional 1.7 miles walking. Legs are definitely tired from yesterday, but better then I could expect.

Ray

Runs & workouts, Monday, September 17, 2012

guest — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:45:14 GMT

4 slow miles at the track, untimed. Sunny with temperature in the high 60s.

Almost quit during the first mile due to increasing right knee pain. But I slowed down to 11:xx or 12:xx mile pace for a couple of laps, then gradually picked up the pace again.

Maybe 9:xx mile pace overall.

Yesterday was a tough day too.

Clearly I can't race with my knee this bad, but maybe I can still do slow runs for fitness. Biking is not an option, because the knee hurts even worse when I try to bike. Not complaining: a lot of people are worse off than I am.

Dark Horse