Hello everyone. I'm in my 60's and getting back into Masters track in retirement: 800m -5k.
I'm somewhat injury prone due to high arched, rigid feet. I'm averaging about 50 minutes of running a day and include a threshold workout and a hill workout each week.
My question is this: is it better to increase my daily distance running up to 60 to 70 minutes a day or should I spend additional time cross training on a bike or an elliptical trainer?
Thanks in advance for any responses.
Some old guy wrote:
Hello everyone. I'm in my 60's and getting back into Masters track in retirement: 800m -5k.
I'm somewhat injury prone due to high arched, rigid feet. I'm averaging about 50 minutes of running a day and include a threshold workout and a hill workout each week.
My question is this: is it better to increase my daily distance running up to 60 to 70 minutes a day or should I spend additional time cross training on a bike or an elliptical trainer?
Thanks in advance for any responses.
Keep it light and consistent.
Don't worry about increasing mileage, time, or intensity for Now.
Run a few time trials / races to see where you're at.
When you know where your at with your times, then you can set your next goals and adjust your training.
In the meantime, just keep going!!!
Some old guy wrote:
Hello everyone. I'm in my 60's and getting back into Masters track in retirement: 800m -5k.
I'm somewhat injury prone due to high arched, rigid feet.
I'm a little older, extremely injury prone, and I will be racing the 800m this winter. I don't train for or race the 1500 and 5k. That said, my advice is to figure out... exactly... what is causing each injury and take preventive/rehab steps to avoid it in the future.
If the problem is high arches and rigid feet, then you either need to rehab/strengthen those areas OR you need to provide additional support. I would suggest that you try off-the-shelf arch supports because after years of running and at age 60+, rehab/strengthening by itself might not be enough.
I make my own orthotics. It's easy. I can post a video if you think it might help.
One more thing. If you want to race the 800 at a high level, you're going to need to add an interval workout once a week.