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| Should I run today? (Read 710 times) |
finney Resident pinniped |
posted: 5/16/2008 at 5:48 PM |
First of all, the last 3 weeks I have just been getting back to running regularly after a non-running-related rib injury that sidelined me for over a month. So I don't really want to break my good streak I have going.
That said, my yesterday started out disastrous. I had an 8 AM final (I am NOT a morning person), and as I bolted out the door at 7:45 I realized I had locked my car keys in my apartment. So, this little problem lead to me hopping on my bike and riding like a woman possessed for 6 miles to get to my final on time. Then, of course, the return trip.
I haven't been biking much this year, so today my legs feel like absolute garbage. I know my run, if I go, is going to suck. I'm just wondering if I SHOULD go. Tomorrow is out because I have 3 grad parties to go to, and Sunday is out because that's graduation day. I don't want to start missing that may days again, but I don't want to get injured either.
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posted: 5/16/2008 at 5:57 PM |
Don't run. Rest your legs from the bike ride.
Run on Monday.  |
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posted: 5/16/2008 at 6:02 PM |
The answer to that question is always yes.
Runners run. |
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posted: 5/16/2008 at 6:09 PM |
| Quote from mikeymike on 5/16/2008 at 6:02 PM: The answer to that question is always yes.
Runners run.
What he said but use a slow pace. It will help the HTFU factor.  |
Illegitimis non carborundum
2008 goals:
1) run a fall marathon (Indy)
2) stay injury free
3) PR 5K, 10K, HM & M
4) get my kids to start running with me
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posted: 5/16/2008 at 6:17 PM |
| I wouldn't run. Running is bad for your knees. |
| "Good-looking people have no spine. Their art never lasts. They get the girls, but we're smarter." - Lester Bangs |
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finney Resident pinniped |
posted: 5/16/2008 at 6:25 PM |
Quote from CarmelRunner on 5/16/2008 at 6:09 PM:What he said but use a slow pace. It will help the HTFU factor.
Maybe I do need to HTFU...it's not that I'm trying to get out of running today, I'm just wondering if it's smart. I'd rather miss a few days and stay healthy, than go, get hurt, and miss a few weeks. Or, maybe a super slow recovery run would make me feel better. Suppose I could always take a walk break if I really felt like I needed it huh?
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posted: 5/16/2008 at 7:07 PM |
A slow receovery run not only won't hurt you but will help with the quads issue from cycling.
You know what they say about "hair of the dog.."
And Lank - I never thought of it that way - perhaps you are relying too much on garlic or those 557 intervals are whats causing the knees to hurt.  |
Illegitimis non carborundum
2008 goals:
1) run a fall marathon (Indy)
2) stay injury free
3) PR 5K, 10K, HM & M
4) get my kids to start running with me
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posted: 5/16/2008 at 7:32 PM |
| Quote from Lank on 5/16/2008 at 6:17 PM: I wouldn't run. Running is bad for your knees.
Tell me about it dude. Where were you like 5 months ago? |
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Obesity is a disease. Yes, a disease where nothing tastes bad...except salads. |
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posted: 5/16/2008 at 8:00 PM |
Whenever I am returing fomr injury or not sure about whether a tweak is an injury or not, i just walk/run the planned distance - that way you're out there but chance of exacerbating the injury or doing any damage in the first place is minimal.
If you give yourself permission to walk/run then you don't beat yourself up about it when you do.
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posted: 5/16/2008 at 8:37 PM |
| If nothing is torn or broken...Run. Always prefer easy jogging to taking days off because your legs are tired. Get in the habit of doing this and they won't get tired as often. |
Masters PR's:
40's - 5k 16:39; 10k 33:48, 10m 56:25, HM 1:15:27, Marathon 2:43:12
50's - couch potato
60's - 5k 19:00, 10k 38:35, 10m 1:05:30, HM 1:24:09, 30k 2:04:33 |
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posted: 5/16/2008 at 8:43 PM |
| I would run...you'll probably feel better when you are done. Run nice and slow |
Beware the Pink Boxing Gloves of DOOM!
"It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds" - Captain Hammer
2008 Goals New PR's in 5K 10K HM, M What now?
I failed the 12 minute run in 11th grade... |
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posted: 5/16/2008 at 10:09 PM |
| Run. Biking hurts the ass, I don't run with my ass. |
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finney Resident pinniped |
posted: 5/16/2008 at 10:12 PM |
| Quote from willamona on 5/16/2008 at 10:09 PM: Run. Biking hurts the ass, I don't run with my ass.
So you leave it at home then?
I'm going running tonight. I really need to just HTFU I think. And, since I've been moving around today, I feel a little better, so maybe that run won't suck at much as I thought at first.
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posted: 5/19/2008 at 5:30 AM |
| Quote from finney on 5/16/2008 at 10:12 PM:
I'm going running tonight. I really need to just HTFU I think.
And?????? |
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