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If you are having success with the HIIT approach for your workouts that is great. It possible/likely the stress from the lower body days is leading to what you feel on runs. Getting mileage going and longer is hard enough in the beginning without high volume leg work. Maybe try more hip dominant stuff like kb swings for a bit and ease off on high volume lunges and squats to see if knee calms down.
All the wubs. That's nuts.Ok, so just found out something about one of my Facebook friends. She is someone my wife and I know that went to med school with us (she was in the year between us) and is apparently a complete stud triathlete.
She competed in the Florida Double Anvil Triathlon in March of this year and won the whole thing. That's a 4.8 mile swim, 224 mile bike and 52.4 mile run. She did it in 25 hours and 16 minutes for a course record, coming in 1st place. In Florida, in 85 degree heat. And she beat all the men in too.
Blog interview with her
W.T.F.
FWIW, this thought also went through my mind - just not enough info to say yay or nay. I think leg strength is important to stay healthy running, but there's still that line - are your legs too stressed combining HIIT with increasing mileage.
It's just down the road from where you are, actually.
@gruecdCap'n Juxt, I sent you via email a possible 10K course map (which I've also shared with AlexPKeaton in a PM) ...185 feet of drop - 70 feet of easy decline over 4 1/2 miles, a quick up-slope, then a long, descending final mile. Not easy to do here in flat Chicago.
It's not a course that would be anywhere close to as easy as what you, your wife, and Grue will surely find.
I replied in depth but for others here, it would basically be miles 4 through 10 on this run: https://www.strava.com/activities/2647180011Cap'n Juxt, I sent you via email a possible 10K course map (which I've also shared with AlexPKeaton in a PM) ...185 feet of drop - 70 feet of easy decline over 4 1/2 miles, a quick up-slope, then a long, descending final mile. Not easy to do here in flat Chicago.
Man. That’s a long way from where I live. Practically in St Louis. Too lazy to go that far, but it does look like a really nice course.
This is how it's gonna be? It's time to pull out a topo map of the entire Paris region now....game on!Cap'n Juxt, I sent you via email a possible 10K course map (which I've also shared with AlexPKeaton in a PM) ...185 feet of drop - 70 feet of easy decline over 4 1/2 miles, a quick up-slope, then a long, descending final mile. Not easy to do here in flat Chicago.
My course is flat, but the weather looks like maximum suck right now for me. Hot and stormy. Ugh.
I did that for the 5k. Might still do it for the 10k but I did plot a few courses worth trying.
Oh, and here's something else to consider that might also help a good bit.
And I’ll play devil’s advocate and say that I don’t worry about cadence OR foot strike and instead just do what comes naturally
Sure, but you aren't hurt or having knee pain after just a couple miles that's limiting you. So there's a chance something he's doing, especially with form, is causing that.
@fred_1_15301
Thanks. I will say that I need to figure it out soon. It’s getting to my head now. On my last run (the attempted 10 miler), it was on my mind from the start. I kept saying to myself “please don’t let the knee act up”. I’m actually getting nervous to run because I have this barrier that I can’t seem to get past.
It may be worth giving it a shot. I would recommend doing some reading on increasing your cadence. In general, you only want to raise it 5-10% at a time. Some say to only do it on a run or two a week or for a few minutes per run to start. I am inpatient and did it on every run. First going from 160 to 170 and then 170 to 180. I downloaded a metronome on my phone that I played while I ran (set at half of my desired cadence to line it up for when my left foot striked).
Search for #projectcadence. I was using that on some of my posts when I was increasing it.
She just started running and biking 10 years agoOk, so just found out something about one of my Facebook friends. She is someone my wife and I know that went to med school with us (she was in the year between us) and is apparently a complete stud triathlete.
She competed in the Florida Double Anvil Triathlon in March of this year and won the whole thing. That's a 4.8 mile swim, 224 mile bike and 52.4 mile run. She did it in 25 hours and 16 minutes for a course record, coming in 1st place. In Florida, in 85 degree heat. And she beat all the men in too.
Blog interview with her
W.T.F.
JFC. Pretty good blueprint here for how to train if you’re serious and do so with no excuses. My word.
About 9 minute miles? I'd guess it would mainly be about making sure you handle the hydration and nutrition right. I'm assuming you'd attempt in the fall not summer.
"...a 52.4 mile run on a 1 mile loop" - an FYI for those fretting over use of a track for next week's 10K.gianmarco said:Ok, so just found out something about one of my Facebook friends. She is someone my wife and I know that went to med school with us (she was in the year between us) and is apparently a complete stud triathlete.
She competed in the Florida Double Anvil Triathlon in March of this year and won the whole thing. That's a 4.8 mile swim, 224 mile bike and 52.4 mile run. She did it in 25 hours and 16 minutes for a course record, coming in 1st place. In Florida, in 85 degree heat. And she beat all the men in too.
Blog interview with her
W.T.F.
As long as they're manly loops.
