50+ Weekly Training Thread (for week ending 30-Jan-2011)

Aww...Here, let me kiss your lil piggies .

Gee, Gibbons, didn't know you had a soft side.

Not quite sure why you so enjoy being an antagonist, but whatever excites you....

Maybe I should clarify my topic question a little more. After a good workout, how are your feet? Do you feel the need to stretch them out? ice them? massage them? anything? At any rate, I'm just curious if I'm the only ones whose feet feel a little beat up after a long or hard run.

Cheers.

Hey all, thought I'd check in. Still no running for me. I'm going for an arthrogram MRI next week. Found a good orthopedic doc. He also knows a good sports hernia specialist. So one step at a time. If the MRI shows nothing then it's off to the sports hernia doc. I'm feeling good now doing most things except running. I'm doing a lot of elliptical and strengthening exercises. Hoping for some answers soon.

When I was running my feet were somewhat problematic. I have near flat and somewhat wide feet. Losing toenails all the time with high mileage.

Good to hear you're doing well lucKY2b. The snow in my yard in now over my head in some spots. Every week seems to be another storm. More coming this week. Bring it on!

Not a great week. I picked up some virus that gave me a little sore throat and sucked all the energy out of me. I struggled to 35 slow miles this week. Also, I have an elderly parent-in-law who lives about a hundred miles away who has had some serious health problems and my wife and I have been back and forth a couple of times to take care of various things. I think it was Casey Stengel who said, "Life is just one damn thing after another."

As for my feet, they are short, wide and have never given me a single problem in my life. I have spent a lot of my life barefoot (other than my working career). I suspect that this may have gotten them strong and kept them strong over the years.

Just another week of bangin' out the miles. Hit 72 this week with my 14 miler on Saturday and my Wednesday 12 being the only workouts. Hit 63:02 for my last 10 miles of the 12! Everything else was easy running.

The only issues I have with my feet is the PF that has given me issues twice in the past 3 years or so. Currently, everything is good (except the hamstring which still bothers me pretty good from time to time)

Could be tough going this week if the weather pans out as projected. The high winds and cold Tues/Wed could make life on the roads real miserable! Then throw in the 15" of snow...

Have a good week,

Dave

A good week: 87 miles in 13 runs,

finishing with a pleasant 16 miler this morning amidst the herds on Heartbreak.

Two tm tempo-progression runs: Monday up to 11mph feeling great-working but running that pace at will. Then Thursday up to 10.5 not so great and working very hard.

Fried on Friday, in that odd way you all must know: legs feel very fresh at slow speeds, but poisoned/lacticky when going faster. On Friday that threshold was 10min/mile. Then 8 min/mile on Sat and 7:30 pace today. Hopefully me building me some shiny new mitochondria.

Feet: I have good feet. They have served very well and I have no complaints.

The right one suffered bit of nerve damage from having a needle removed when I was 15 (I had been using the needle to modify my running shoes. It disappeared on the floor and broke off in my foot when I stepped on it later. I encountered Runnersworld mag for the first time in my surgeon's waiting room. Rich Kimball was on the cover.)

I have very high arched feet and a pretty significant bunion on my left one. It's genetic, not from poor shoes, and I've had it forever. Does some weird things to my gait, but otherwise, I've managed to run for 36 years with only a few problems. Sometimes I blacken a toe nail, but if anyone is actually going to see my toes, I do try to make them look nice(r). ;-)

This was a heavier volume week and my legs were already sore from last weekend's xc race/16 miler. My hard workout was 300s (or thereabouts) - I did 12 of 15 with a short rest. They were awful. They also deadened my legs big time for the rest of the week. I did tempo intervals (3 x 10 min) on Saturday and they were still dead. I shortened my long run from 16 to 11 today (and felt pretty good running), but still ended up with 63ish miles.

I signed up for USA xc so this week will be a little lighter (but then back to higher miles the following week).

I cracked 50 miles this week. The last time I did that was 1984. Most of it was slow, but I’m just trying to build some base. The break in the weather was much appreciated. This weekend’s 60 and 55 in Va are gonna spoil me.

Feet: I have long skinny one’s and have had PF in various spots over the years……until I got Superfeet inserts. Jeez, I used to make fun of them and thought they were a waste of money. Ok, enough free press for them.

Since I’ve bumped up the miles I was surprised I had no PF,but I have a little toe that is getting pinched and I'm trying to solve it.

So after a good workout I FEEL LIKE I want to get out the Dremel and grind that sucker off.

Hey Fellow Geezers! First time posting since this weekly thread started. I have really enjoyed my time "lurking" and feel like I really know most of you. Reading this, and the "masters Weekend..." has kept me motivated the past couple of years since turning 50.

I managed 75 miles outside here in the snowy mid-atlantic area. I try to liken snow running to altitude training and just try to embrace the discomfort that comes with it. I got in one quality hill workout and some good upper body strength work shoveling.

The only problems with feet right now are cracked callouses...which actually are painful. The constant "scrunching" from my Yak Traks is not helping.

Thanks again for all the great posts!

Yeah, I lurked for a long time before posting- now there's days when I'm sure I deserve a gag order. Oh, well.

Good week. 3 short runs(25-40 mins.) Plus 3 long ski outings, totalling 6.25 hours.

Tuesday on the Birke trail I felt good, and pounded it hard for good chunks of time. That was a Blessing, and one of those ever more rare glimmers of bygone glory. carpe skiem.

Good week to you all, especially those recovering from injury.

P.S. Oh, feet- the long narrow ones, no arch, Morton's toe, nails falling off, etc. Ugly, but durable little suckers. My Doctor won't look at them unless specifically asked to. Her last description included the word "tormented".LOL.

As a proud Cheesehead I must say "GO,Pack! GO!!

48 miles in 5 days. Rode on the Men's press truck for the USA Half Marathon Championships in Houston. Great to catch up with my old H-Town boys. Ran a couple of miles with Ryan Hall on Friday.

My feet are good, the right one has a bit of post surgery stiffness I'll have to live with. Still doing a modicum of barefoot running with no ill effects.

Hey 26385, welcome to the party! I'm impressed that you (and others) got that kind of mileage with what you all have been enduring along the east coast. Rtype, great job in getting that mileage up! I think that you and I are on pretty similar base-building phases. You guys(gals) hitting 70+ mpw have my complete admiration, I haven't hit that kind of mileage since 1979.

BHRR1, thanks for checking in. Sounds like you are truly on the upswing (knock on wood). I'm not doing quite as well as I sound, but I'm not complaining.

Runguru, what a great time! Must have been awesome to watch that kick by Trafeh live. All we got was black-out when runnerspace blew it right when it mattered most.

Sounds like almost everybody is getting their mileage in one way or other. Runner's feet aren't the prettiest sight, to be sure. Seems like most of you have a little bit more durable feet than mine. It takes about a half-a-day for my feet to recover from a long (15 miles+) run; I tenderfoot around the house like an old man. Muddy Girl, love the (r).

Bushman, I grew up in Madison, WI, and I absolutely love the Wisconsin winters; I lived for skating and X-C skiing back then. Spent about 5 years in Pittsburgh in the '90's (our daughter was born there, too), but once a Cheesehead, always a Cheesehead! Go Pack Go!

Keep 'em comin'!

Didn't realize it, but last week was the biggest week volume week in 2 years.

16 miles running (6,6 hill/trail,4)

10 hr of xc skiing, including a 2:50 skate ski on Sunday

[~5 hr of that is coaching middle school/high school skiers, but I keep 'em moving although with some breaks)

12:10 total (felt a little wobble/buckle here and there, but minimal knee pain)

+ 1:15 of weights/core work

My feet: In college I had several people (coaches, trainers, peers) declare that I had ugly feet. Kind of stubby and they used to be orange because I ate so many carrots. Now, just as ugly and kind of flat but not as orange.

BHRR1-hope you are able to figure it out! Welcome 26385, sometimes it gets boring just lurking. Rtype-way to go with the miles this week! Hats off to everyone gutting it out in the crazy cold weather.

35 miles in 6 runs. My feet have always been a problem, but I'm still managing to run. My feet won't do well with most shoes. Will often find one model will be good, and then they improve it, which ends up being not so good for me. Will now only buy from companies that will let you return them after trying the shoes around the house for awhile, keeping the shoes spotless of course.

Maybe see a few of you next weekend in San Diego.

Rich

nice mile lucKY2b, welcome 26385, hope the exploratory tests prove useful, BHRR1, congrats to AK-52 for lots of time on your feet, and nice weeks for many of you.

as for me, zero running this past week, but a fair bit of time cycling to nowhere while simultaneously doing stuff with light hand weights -- it's the only way i can make myself suffer through the boredom of riding my bike on the trainer: weights + radiolab podcasts. on the upside, my arms and shoulders are looking pretty buff; on the downside, i finally did a test jog today and felt discomfort on the downhills so called it a day at one mile. still getting ART roughly every other day, and i hope we find a way to lick this thing soon.

since i found new balance trail flats (790, 100, 101, and i expect the minimus) and nike free 3.0 when i'm on the road or track, i have had happy feet. before discovering this shoe selection, i would constantly have blister problems with my right heel, and a perpetual bandaid is sort of a drag. still, my husband says i have cute and perfectly formed feet, and he especially like's 'em when they're encased in injinji socks (with no bandaids).

Thanks NLS. Yeah, the mile was on the 5 lap/mile 5th lane of the indoor track here. I just rolled into it. The previous mile had been 7:02, but the last lap of that was 72s (72s = 6 minute pace) and felt good, so I maintained that pace for another lap then started cranking each lap a little faster, until the last lap was in 57s (which is about 4:45 pace. So it was really only the last half mile (or less) that I was really cooking (for me, that is).

I'd totally spaced-out about the XC Championships in San Diego this weekend. Wouldn't that be a nice reprieve? No rest for the weary in the midwest and east! Good Luck to those that are racing.

Not quite sure why you so enjoy being an antagonist, but whatever excites you..../quote

I just want to be your big toe .