Leg warmers ROCK
Dec1520112:23 p.m.
3.2 miles in 40 mins
Hello!
So, after a couple of weeks of very little training, I'm back on it! Having to catch up with what I missed, but following the signs that my body is giving me as I push it to limits it's never felt before (and I'm only on the run-walk sessions at the moment, eek!).
On Tuesday, I did a run-walk. I did 5 mins of walking, and 5 mins of running at an easy pace, four times over, so a total of 40 mins, covering 3.2 miles. It's not great, but at the same time, it's still one step up from anything that I thought that I would be able to do, or have done so far.
Good points:
1) I drank more water before I left, and didn't have the horrible throaty feeling! Thanks for the advice guys :)
2) Base layers are kind of amazing when you get going, but at the same time, towards the end of the session, and while I am cooling down, I tend to get REALLY WARM. Difficult to strip when your lowest layer is the one keeping the heat in, although at the same time, I could just take top layers off. Or work with a combo of different layers, like a gilet rather than a running top over my base layers.
3) LEG WARMERS ROCK. I have really weak ankles, and have been over on them so many times in the past, resulting in all sorts of repaired ligaments and tendons (yep, OUCH), and didn't feel great about starting the session in the cold weather, so on came the leg warmers! As I still dance for fun and fitness, I'm no stranger to them, but I've never worn them out in public outside a ballet class before. Saying that, I'd rather wear them than hurt myself. They worked a treat at warming my ankles and calves up nicely, and with all the right stretches, I've been fine :)
I've got another session today, and need to squeeze in some body conditioning. My main struggle has been to fit the training in around all the Christmas social stuff going on, but I'm hoping that I'll be more motivated to keep moving and burn off the calories that I've been eating and drinking.
Also, seem to be feeling the pain above my knees, on either side of them. Any recommended stretches? I'm hypermobile, so need to do quite deep stretches to feel the benefits. In addition to this, when I run, sometimes I feel like my arches are losing support, or straining. Are there any insoles or special support socks available that will stop this from happening? All advice, as always, very welcome.
Hope that you're all doing really well! Can't believe it's almost four months until race day. I hope I can get through this! Snow is coming, but I've got all I need to keep running - music and motivation!
Take care, and I'll update you all on my progress soon. We can do this!!!
Seasonal snuggles,
Suze x
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Comments (3)
SuperCaz 'I'm not an expert but I would suggest that the sore knees are due to weak muscles surrounding the knee. I would recommend strengthening them by doing squats and lunges. Start with standard ones and build up to doing them on uneven surfaces, such as a bosu. Make sure that you do sideways as well as forwards lunges as running doesn't work the muscles in the sideways direction much so these can tend to be weak. As a fellow hypermobile person, I understand the instability in the joints, and I too have trouble with my ankles. General strengthening work has made a difference to how frequently I stumble and has significantly reduced aches, pains and minor sprains.' added 15th Dec 2011
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Rob_Barber 'Agree completely with Caz that strengthening the muscles around that knee joint is more appropriate for you if you are hyper-mobile. There's a delicate balancing act going on around joints between strength and flexibility. with hyper-mobile joints, they may be over-extending in every stride, stretching will encourage this, whereas strengthening will encourage greater stability around the joint, which eventually should mean less pain, and less chance of ending up injured. Stick with basics to begin with though, don't do sideways lunging or uneven surface work until you start to notice increaesd stability around the joint - it's not worth taking risks. ' added 16th Dec 2011
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NotRunningInHeels 'Hmm, squats and lunges you say. I'll definitely incorporate that into training. Thanks! It'll take time to see an improvement, but hopefully will do so soon. I guess it's all pretty new to my body, but it'll hopefully get used to it soon :) Thanks @SuperCaz and @Rob_Barber! x' added 18th Dec 2011
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