I spoke too soon!! Went for a run this morning and at first all went well and then towards the end of the run my left calf started to hurt again. I kept going as it wasn't too bad, but has now been problematic all day - it's fine when I'm not moving around, and not so bad when I walk, but when I go up or down stairs or move a bit fast it is quite painful!
Fortunately I work somewhere where I have access to a physiotherapist!! So, I emailed the physio and asked her for some advice and she was pretty much able to diagnose me there and then. As it turns out, I have been doing the right stretches, but have been missing out a crucial one!
It would seem that most people are unaware that as well as the main calf muscle there is another one called the soleus and it is this one that I have not been stretching! Due to the nature and position of the pain, the physio has been able to say with some degree of certainty that I have small tears of the soleus and need to work on stretching the muscle as it is the "scar" of the tear that is contracting the muscle and making it painful!
Anyway - nuts! is all I can think at the moment, still I now have some specific exercises to do to strengthen and stretch the muscle and I shall see how I get on, but it is unlikely that I will run again for a few days which is so irritating and I have to keep an eye on getting back into it because, as I have said before, I know myself well enough that if I don't get back into it soon I just wont do it again!
Still, I'd rather be patient and work on the exercises rather than push on and then be forced to rest for much longer, buthopefully this is a problem that I can resolve and then get running again (awaiting the next injury to come along!!) ;- )
Showing posts with label C25K. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Woohoo!
It's a lovely bright and slightly chilly morning and I am back!! I went for a week three C25K run and it felt good - a bit tough after not running for a week, but with the sun shining on my face it felt great to be outside, if a bit breathless!!
I also changed my routine slightly to include a warm up and stretch from the Davina DVD, hopefully this will reduce any aches and pains like the one that stopped me running just over a week ago. I did have a tingle in that self-same calf this morning, but kept running and it soon went away - just under use I suppose!!
But yay - I am so pleased to be back in the running groove! I hope to do a bit of catching up in the running stakes so that I am not too far behind when it comes to the virtual 5k!
By the way, I now have a new mantra - "the only way you'll succeed is to keep going" (courtesy of Michelle as guest poster at 5minutesformom), this mantra is perfect for many areas of my life - running, losing weight, procrastination, tidyness, and so on!!
I also changed my routine slightly to include a warm up and stretch from the Davina DVD, hopefully this will reduce any aches and pains like the one that stopped me running just over a week ago. I did have a tingle in that self-same calf this morning, but kept running and it soon went away - just under use I suppose!!
But yay - I am so pleased to be back in the running groove! I hope to do a bit of catching up in the running stakes so that I am not too far behind when it comes to the virtual 5k!
By the way, I now have a new mantra - "the only way you'll succeed is to keep going" (courtesy of Michelle as guest poster at 5minutesformom), this mantra is perfect for many areas of my life - running, losing weight, procrastination, tidyness, and so on!!
Tuesday, 6 May 2008
Update
Yes, I am still doing the Couch to 5k programme! Today week three starts which means doing the following....five minute brisk walk to warm up and then two repetitions of 90 seconds jog, 90 seconds walk, three minutes jog and three minutes walk.
The first three minute jog wasn't good, if only because I kept looking at my stopwatch only to find that just 15 seconds had lapsed!! So, when I had to run for three minutes again I ignored the stopwatch for as long as I could and that wasn't too bad.
I also decided to run my route in reverse (the route I mean, not me!! It would be quite funny to go backwards though!!) just to give myself a change of scenery and not to be too predictable and just to catch those stalkers out!! ;-)
Next week is going to be harder as I think that I have at least one five minute run to do, but I am going to ignore that for now as I still have two more sessions of week three to do, which should boost my fitness for week four!
The first three minute jog wasn't good, if only because I kept looking at my stopwatch only to find that just 15 seconds had lapsed!! So, when I had to run for three minutes again I ignored the stopwatch for as long as I could and that wasn't too bad.
I also decided to run my route in reverse (the route I mean, not me!! It would be quite funny to go backwards though!!) just to give myself a change of scenery and not to be too predictable and just to catch those stalkers out!! ;-)
Next week is going to be harder as I think that I have at least one five minute run to do, but I am going to ignore that for now as I still have two more sessions of week three to do, which should boost my fitness for week four!
Friday, 2 May 2008
Synchronicity
I thought that I was seeing things this morning on the way to work!! I was just driving out of the village and just ahead of me two yellow City-Link courier vans went round the roundabout in opposite directions at the very same time! It was quite strange to see but somehow reminiscent of ballet or some sort of dance!
Then when I got to work I saw two men walking down the road in the same direction on opposite sides of the road, both talking into their mobile phones - a practically perfect mirror image!! I don't know if someone is trying to tell me something!
Anyway - went for my run this morning and got a bit of a stitch towards the end cos I was trying to push it a bit and step it up! It soon went away after walking about 30 seconds so that wasn't too bad.
Then when I got to work I saw two men walking down the road in the same direction on opposite sides of the road, both talking into their mobile phones - a practically perfect mirror image!! I don't know if someone is trying to tell me something!
Anyway - went for my run this morning and got a bit of a stitch towards the end cos I was trying to push it a bit and step it up! It soon went away after walking about 30 seconds so that wasn't too bad.
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Sleepyhead
I really really didn't want to get out of bed this morning, much less go for a jog particularly as I knew that it would probably be raining.
Nevertheless I managed to drag my carcass out of bed albeit a little later than usual and was mildly surprised to see that although it was damp outside with puddles everywhere it wasn't actually raining.
So, I kitted myself up, including a cap on my head to keep the rain out of my eyes should it start raining, and dashed out the back door. After my usual five minute warm up of walking briskly, I slowly jogged down the road and round the houses until I ended up back at home dry as a bone!! I have to say that I didn't actually jog ALL the way round!
It has been raining on and off all day so I do consider myself lucky to have had half an hour of drip-free weather! Having said that, I clearly needed to go to bed earlier last night as I am tired today and on top of that I have a funny little muscle ache in my right cheek (a nice little polite euphemism for you!)
I am so glad I made the effort though as I just know that if I missed just one session it would only be the start of a very slippery slope!!
Nevertheless I managed to drag my carcass out of bed albeit a little later than usual and was mildly surprised to see that although it was damp outside with puddles everywhere it wasn't actually raining.
So, I kitted myself up, including a cap on my head to keep the rain out of my eyes should it start raining, and dashed out the back door. After my usual five minute warm up of walking briskly, I slowly jogged down the road and round the houses until I ended up back at home dry as a bone!! I have to say that I didn't actually jog ALL the way round!
It has been raining on and off all day so I do consider myself lucky to have had half an hour of drip-free weather! Having said that, I clearly needed to go to bed earlier last night as I am tired today and on top of that I have a funny little muscle ache in my right cheek (a nice little polite euphemism for you!)
I am so glad I made the effort though as I just know that if I missed just one session it would only be the start of a very slippery slope!!
Monday, 28 April 2008
Week Two!
I am still jogging!! It hasn't gotten too difficult yet, so I am not that surprised that I am still jogging, I may need to psych myself up later in the programme.
It was slightly harder than last week though - last week I was alternating 60 seconds jogging and 90 seconds walking for twenty minutes, this week I am alternating 90 seconds jogging and two minutes walking also for twenty minutes.
Which doesn't sound like much does it? And to be honest, it wasn't that different from last week, I still need to learn how to regulate my breathing though. At least I didn't need to lie down on the kitchen floor to try and do some deep breathing to get my breath back like I did on the first day - was trying to concentrate on breathing from the abdomen rather than the chest and I find that lying down helps!
The nice thing about today's run was the sunshine, it was a bit cold, but the sunshine was glorious and it really was quite a pleasure to be outside getting some endorphins! I now have a nice little route through the village and thanks to a useful website I can now map my route and see how far I have gone and the last two runs I managed to cover just over two miles! (Yay me!)
It was slightly harder than last week though - last week I was alternating 60 seconds jogging and 90 seconds walking for twenty minutes, this week I am alternating 90 seconds jogging and two minutes walking also for twenty minutes.
Which doesn't sound like much does it? And to be honest, it wasn't that different from last week, I still need to learn how to regulate my breathing though. At least I didn't need to lie down on the kitchen floor to try and do some deep breathing to get my breath back like I did on the first day - was trying to concentrate on breathing from the abdomen rather than the chest and I find that lying down helps!
The nice thing about today's run was the sunshine, it was a bit cold, but the sunshine was glorious and it really was quite a pleasure to be outside getting some endorphins! I now have a nice little route through the village and thanks to a useful website I can now map my route and see how far I have gone and the last two runs I managed to cover just over two miles! (Yay me!)
Saturday, 26 April 2008
the early bird...
...nearly treads on the worm!! Went for another jog/walk this morning at 7:30am - yes I know - I am actually up that early on a Saturday morning (or at least I haven't gone back to bed with a cup of tea and a good book after feeding Phoebe!). I would not normally do this kind of thing on a Saturday or Sunday, but I started my C25K programme on Tuesday instead of Monday for some reason, from next week I should be running (hobbling?!) on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
It wasn't bad this morning, said hello to a few people walking their dogs or coming back from the shops with a newspaper under their arms! Early morning people seem to be social people! It's not quite the same on a weekday morning as there just doesn't seem to be anyother other than me outside, aside from those hurrying to work in their cars that is!
It is now nearly lunch time and if I am honest this is about the time that I would normally be thinking about getting up, but today I have already popped into the village, had my hair cut (I had a bit of luck there, I popped in to see if there was any chance of a space that day and she was able to whisk me off into the chair there and then!), browsed the farmers market, bought some charity books, got a back door key cut, picked up some bits and pieces for lunch and dinner, and collected a picture that had been framed for me - all before 11am - I was really pleased with that! Sometimes the warm cosy bed is just too much of a lure!!
It wasn't bad this morning, said hello to a few people walking their dogs or coming back from the shops with a newspaper under their arms! Early morning people seem to be social people! It's not quite the same on a weekday morning as there just doesn't seem to be anyother other than me outside, aside from those hurrying to work in their cars that is!
It is now nearly lunch time and if I am honest this is about the time that I would normally be thinking about getting up, but today I have already popped into the village, had my hair cut (I had a bit of luck there, I popped in to see if there was any chance of a space that day and she was able to whisk me off into the chair there and then!), browsed the farmers market, bought some charity books, got a back door key cut, picked up some bits and pieces for lunch and dinner, and collected a picture that had been framed for me - all before 11am - I was really pleased with that! Sometimes the warm cosy bed is just too much of a lure!!
Thursday, 24 April 2008
tiny lungs
Well, I went for the second session of my C25K programme today. I very nearly didn't because I woke up late and debated whether I would have enough time, but in fact I still got to work on time! Which clearly shows the benefit of having ironed my clothes at the weekend instead of waiting until the day I need them!!
My legs don't seem to have much trouble with the jogging, it's the lungs that get me, but I am quite sure that will improve with time as I figure out how to breathe properly while I jog so that I don't feel as though I am gasping for air! Some people advocate a pattern of breathing in and out as the left (or right depending on your preference!) foot hits the ground.
But, I have enough to think about just propelling myself forwards and timing myself to add breathing into the mix, so I am just going to let my body work it out for itself which is probably the best way to do it as it has to be more natural that sticking to a pattern.
My legs don't seem to have much trouble with the jogging, it's the lungs that get me, but I am quite sure that will improve with time as I figure out how to breathe properly while I jog so that I don't feel as though I am gasping for air! Some people advocate a pattern of breathing in and out as the left (or right depending on your preference!) foot hits the ground.
But, I have enough to think about just propelling myself forwards and timing myself to add breathing into the mix, so I am just going to let my body work it out for itself which is probably the best way to do it as it has to be more natural that sticking to a pattern.
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
ee-ah-oooh
my thighs!! I can walk ok, but going up or down stairs or simply bending my knees to sit down and they creak and groan!
Oh well, hopefully they will limber up...you see, I have taken on a new challenge - C25K for short, which stands for Couch to 5K, which is a beginners running programe that aims to get lazy gals (and guys!) like me running 5k (3 miles) in two months.
Now, whether 30 mins of jogging actually amounts to 5k I don't know; and whether I will actually get to that point I really don't know! About the only thing that I do know is that my thighs hurt today and today is only the first day of the first week of the whole thing! Erk - lets hope it gets better.
The main reason that I am blogging about this is that I am hoping that this will give me incentive as otherwise you will all think that I am a lazy so-and-so and just lack the stamina to do something like this. Besides which, it will actually give me something to talk about as I appear to have lost inspiration at the moment.
Oh well, hopefully they will limber up...you see, I have taken on a new challenge - C25K for short, which stands for Couch to 5K, which is a beginners running programe that aims to get lazy gals (and guys!) like me running 5k (3 miles) in two months.
Now, whether 30 mins of jogging actually amounts to 5k I don't know; and whether I will actually get to that point I really don't know! About the only thing that I do know is that my thighs hurt today and today is only the first day of the first week of the whole thing! Erk - lets hope it gets better.
The main reason that I am blogging about this is that I am hoping that this will give me incentive as otherwise you will all think that I am a lazy so-and-so and just lack the stamina to do something like this. Besides which, it will actually give me something to talk about as I appear to have lost inspiration at the moment.
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