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Location:

CO,

Member Since:

Aug 22, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Began running Aug 07

3 mile - 28:50 (Dec 07)

10K - 1:00:41 (July 08)

Half Marathon - 2:18:56 (Sep 08)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep running. Look for races to keep me focused on improvement and consistency.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Runner for Life

Personal:

I grew up in NM and met my husband at BYU. We've lived in NV, MI, AZ, and CO since graduation and we have 3 beautiful daughters 7, 2, and 1

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Asics (green) Lifetime Miles:						450.34

Sat, Oct 13, 2007

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.30	0.00	3.30

5k in 41:38.

mile 1 - 12:56

mile 2 - 12:46

mile 3 - 14:54 (knee problems!)

My hip didn't feel great yesterday after two days of longer runs than usual; and didn't feel great when I started my run today, but after a while it was fine. At mile 2, my left knee hurt and I had to stop. I was able to walk it out, but the next mile, it kept coming and going. I've never had this happen with my knee before. Usually if it hurts, I'm in trouble the entire way home. Very strange. So, it was an okay run/walk/limp today. ha! Although my hip is still much better because of the ART chiropractor, I think I still have to bite the bullet and actually go to a doctor. I'm somewhat doctor-averse. ... I guess that's pretty obvious after complaining for 8 weeks of hip pain.

The countdown begins for my first race!! A week from today . . . Ahhhhhhhh!!!!

Comments

From Lybi on Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 19:52:55

I had a lot of knee and hip stuff come and go when I first started. Be sure to take it easy (but still exercise) when they flare up, so they won't turn into big ol' injuries. Good job!

From Michelle on Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 00:24:28

Well It's been 6 months and I'm still complaining. For right now I think stretching has helped more than anything, but it's off/on so I tolerate it till I don't.

One week! Yea, your going to do great!

From Heber on Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 12:10:16

Tell me about the knee pain. Perhaps I can help figure out what it is. My guess would be that it is caused by the hip problem. When we have an injury or pain somewhere it causes us to run differently to try to accommodate. It's subconscious so you aren't really aware you are doing it. But these accommodations put stress on new parts of the body that eventually complain. Fix the hip and the knee pain will go away.

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 12:16:23

I think you are increasing the mileage too fast. Keep it down to 2 miles a day, but make it consistent 2 miles, no skipping, 6 days a week. Also, do not force the pace, do not even time it. Just go by feel. Do that for the next 3 weeks, then try adding occasional 3 mile runs to test the waters, but only if you have succeeded the no skipping part. If those 3 mile runs do not aggravate the knee, then move to steady 3 miles a day.

The no skipping part is critical to injury prevention. If you try to up the mileage before you are consistent at a lower mileage, this invites problems, especially if the higher mileage is a life-time high.

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