Tuesday afternoon, 3.5 miles.
The run down by the river felt pretty good. Running is starting to get easier again. Endurance fitness and Strength fitness really are two different things. I'm stronger now than I was last year, but my running fitness is still a long ways behind where it was at the end of last fall. Still, having a stronger posterior chain is really helping my running form and posture. I'm also getting a little better at recognizing just the right amount to push the pace. Too much, and it becomes a tempo run, I get tired, and want to stop. Not enough, and I find myself back in the aerobic rut.
One thing, I've pretty much given up on trying to program strength training with respect to running. On Monday I shredded my posterior chain with lots of heavy singles on the deadlift. The run next day felt a little stiff to begin with, but by the end it had helped loosen things up. Aerobic runs are mostly slow-twitch and ST is mostly fast-twitch so I guess that's way there isn't much interference. Soreness in the same areas from both can be deceiving I guess. Might've been different if I had been doing intervals.
Have you explored hydration and/or dietary possibilities? Drinking alcohol past 1-3 drinks can also interfere with recovery. Are you still working odd shifts? Anyway, hope you figure it out.
The run down by the river felt pretty good. Running is starting to get easier again. Endurance fitness and Strength fitness really are two different things. I'm stronger now than I was last year, but my running fitness is still a long ways behind where it was at the end of last fall. Still, having a stronger posterior chain is really helping my running form and posture. I'm also getting a little better at recognizing just the right amount to push the pace. Too much, and it becomes a tempo run, I get tired, and want to stop. Not enough, and I find myself back in the aerobic rut.
One thing, I've pretty much given up on trying to program strength training with respect to running. On Monday I shredded my posterior chain with lots of heavy singles on the deadlift. The run next day felt a little stiff to begin with, but by the end it had helped loosen things up. Aerobic runs are mostly slow-twitch and ST is mostly fast-twitch so I guess that's way there isn't much interference. Soreness in the same areas from both can be deceiving I guess. Might've been different if I had been doing intervals.
With Jen anything is possible!Collar bone out of alignment. I hadn't even thought to check that, maybe that's the source of all my problems!
Seriously though, I didn't even know ones collar bone could go out of alignment, and how do you tell? You been drinking again before running?
I find sometimes running slowly winds up and tightens my muscles or tendons more than running quicker. Running quicker seems to produce more soreness but less tightness.Don't want to stir up a big MAF debate again... I did sort of try it. And almost all my running this has been around my maf. I hope its just overuse, and maybe I'm just not letting it fully heal. Because I've really taken the pace easy this year and given up racing and very careful about ramping up my mileage slowly, yet my calf is bothering me much worse.
Have you explored hydration and/or dietary possibilities? Drinking alcohol past 1-3 drinks can also interfere with recovery. Are you still working odd shifts? Anyway, hope you figure it out.