Today my shins felt good again. I'm liking the progress I am making here. Now though on the same leg as my shin splints I have a sharp pain in the back of my knee. I have never felt this before, but I don't like it. I was able to adjust my stride enough so that it did not hurt, but damn, I hate these little injuries that pop up, and I sometimes feel like this poor guy to the left. But I guess unlike him I was able to do my 3 mile recovery run today plus some strength training. I know running has more than its fair share of nagging little injuries, but I think I am getting the raw deal here. Anyways I hope to be back and running strong tomorrow when I do my hill repeats. And for the official Hal definition of hill repeats!
Hill training is scheduled for the first six weeks of this program on Tuesday. The speed benefits of hill training are similar to those for interval training on the track (below), but in the early spring it may be easier doing this workout on the road than doing repeat 200s or 400s at the track. Select a hill about a quarter-mile long, but don't worry about pitch or the exact distance. Run up hard, as hard as you might during a 200 or 400 repeat. Then turn and jog back down, repeating the uphill sprints until finished. Be sure to warm up by jogging a mile or two before and cool down with the same distance after.
Before I started this 30 week program I was doing some of these exact hill exercises, and I was only able to do 4 of them, and 4 that were not done well at all. So its great to see progress, but 8 is tough, really tough.
2 comments:
Aw man that sucks...I haven't been having any injuries yet *knock on wood* but parts of my legs and feet definitely get sore (mainly because I haven't used them before!)
I'm finding that TONS of stretching before and after my runs are really helping me out. I've also put ice on the sore areas for 15-20 minutes, and that really seems to help. I don't think you can overdo stretching (I haven't heard of anyone overstretching anyway) so maybe try to do that...stretch in the morning, stretch before going to bed, stretch stretch stretch!
Yah take it easy and get well...I went to quick of of the gate and suffered a stress fracture...nothing like 6 weeks of pain/excertorture bike to give you a reality check. Rest is GOOD!!...Hope you heal quickly.
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