Tallies soon I'm sorry,but I think I'm going to take a break from RA for awhile...I just don't find myself looking forward to posting...I'll continue to look in...Gordon

Thanks, Gordon ~ Mon - Day off. Medical appt and couldn't eat or drink from midnight last night until after the appt. today at 11:30. Tues - Has anybody seen my motivation? If so, please return it to Pull Your Head Out of Your Butt, PO Box 5555, Boo Hoo, CA 95555. Wed - 30 min stationary bike; 30 min upper body strength/core Thurs - 45 min s.b.; 10 min core Fri - Cleaning @ work, therefore, X-training. Sat - 8.25 trail miles in 2:00:16. My first run in almost 2 weeks. Sun - My coach thinks I strained/stressed the calcaneo-fibular ligament and anterior talo-fibular ligaments, so no running for me for awhile, just biking and upper body and core.

Fatozigg: did you go see the doc for your injury?

No, but what my coach told me said it sounds like to him is dead on. No specific pain when mashing around on a bony area, not localized, etc. He sent me a diagram of a the ligaments, and 2 out of the 3 areas that are indicated are the ones that are bothering me. I think I (1) wore over-mileaged shoes for too long, and (2) overdid it on some of my shin strengthening exercises. I have new shoes on order, and definitely won't run again until I get them.

Thanks Gordon, On vacation with little internet access this week. M - 7.9 miles running & 5 miles bicycling - done T- 6.7 miles running - done W - 8 miles running - done Th - 8.1 mles running - done F - rest day - done Sa - 12 miles running - done Su - travel day - in progress ________________________________ Total - 42.7 miles running & 5 miles bicycling - Done Paul

Ooh, I like this group and this thread.

Welcome! BTW - Did you find my motivation on your way in here today??

thanks Gordon! gordon.... we'll miss you. waving to warm Erika! I hope everybody gets better soon! me too. I finally had a couple of weeks that were good (for me), overdid again last week & the piriformis/hammie combo are back. hurts to walk, so am being careful. shins are a lot better though.. Hi George! welcome! & thanks for your comment re shin strengthening & calf stretching. that's what seemed right to me too, but everything I read (& a personal trainer) said to do shin strengthening things.. just seemed to make them worse but I thought I might be wrong so kept trying them. Mon: 2.57 mile recovery run, 20 min. on the elliptical. tues: 30 min. prehab taking 2 days off for butt healing. . Wed: slept till 5:30. . I will blame my sinuses. a little strength training but nothing to brag about. well, I never do anything to brag about. shoveled snow a couple of times. Thurs. 4.04 miles, 9:32 pace. 12 min. on the bike, 2 sets on the weight machines. more snow shoveling. light & fluffy. Fri: 4.19 miles 9:42 pace. 17 min. elliptical, stab. ball reverse crunches, side planks, russian twists. butt hurts less than yesterday. yay. Sat: shoveled 1000 times. injured runner dvd (30 min.), 1 mile run 1 mile walk through 10' of snow. (might have been 8") Sun: in theory, LR. paths hadn't been plowed, very rough going. 4.3 miles, 13min. pace. 30 min. elliptical, 20 min. bike, 30 min. upper body weights & stab. ball usual stuff. totals. 16.1 miles running, some walking, 32.5 min. bike, 50 min. elliptical, 2 hr. 10 min. strength training. hammie/piriformis rehab things. sigh. no.. bad bad attitude. rehab things. .

Thanks for all your work on this thread, Gordon. We'll miss you.

wanted to ask about doing weights along w/your recovery run. does this work well for you? I'm a fairly new runner, & seem to be always coming back from some injury or another. I've just added recovery runs, but have only done a little easy cardio with them so I don't irritate anything. but I have a hard time fitting everything in... another day to do weights would be great.

Everybody's different but I almost always run after I weight train. It's a perfect time to get in an easy couple miles. I get up a little extra early and get to the gym early enough to lift weights and run after. I just dropped from weight training 3x per week to 2x per week b/c my marathon training just started. I built up gradually from running 3x per week to 4, then 5, 6 and now I can pretty much run every day as long as most are easy. I limit hard effort to once or twice a week tops. You have to build up to it. I will take a day off from running if I feel like I need it but even 2-3 really easy miles will sometimes make me feel better than doing nothing. I've had the anterior shin splints before but those are much easier to get rid of than the posterior kind. Toe taps before running pretty much took care of it for me. Overuse, ramping miles too quickly will cause them. Transitioning to a new shoe can do it too as I recently found out. One stretch I do for those is to kneel on the floor with my feet together and the tops of my feet flat on the floor. I sit and lean back so my butt pushes down on the back of my heels. I feel the stretch right in the front of my shins. I'll also "write" the letters of the alphabet with my feet under my desk at work.