Putting running on pause/standy to play a 30 and over basketball league

I'd just continue as planned. You might be a little extra tired, but it will probably benefit you in the long run, anyway. Just watch those rolled ankles and your knees when making cuts, and be sure to warm up a bit before sprinting up and down the court...

just shoot for 30-45 minutes after your runs, it would actually be a good cool down. If you don't have time for that cut down your runs a bit. league basketball if fun.

I am currently involved in the exact situation- over 30 church league and staying at fifty a week.

I consider the games basic speed work. I try not to do workouts the day I'm playing, but day before/after is no problem. If you can, go to the gym and do some full court lay-ups/shooting as a second workout in lieu of an easy run once or twice a week.

Also, be prepared for the fact that you will be much, much fitter than everyone else in the league.

Awesome thanks.

Hobie, I currently only do doubles on the days of my hard workouts. Would you just shoot around the second half of the day on easy days?

thanks everyone.

Hobie,

Have you done these leagues in the past? How was your level of conditioning after you went back to full time running?

I started playing basketball again in my thirties after about fifteen years away. I was a little rusty but was ok again after a couple of weeks. I didn't do anything else in terms of basketball. I ran as I normally did.

HRE wrote:

I started playing basketball again in my thirties after about fifteen years away. I was a little rusty but was ok again after a couple of weeks. I didn't do anything else in terms of basketball. I ran as I normally did.

Thanks. I ran as normal this week and have been incredibly sore. Will this pass? Do you have any other recommendations? Massage? Additional stretching? Heating pad? Sweet potatoes or something into the diet?

It will pass. I didn't do anything special. I've always been a fan of hot baths. By my thirties I did make a point of keeping my game outside as much as possible.

Don't forget to take a hammer and lightly tap your knees for five minutes each day to accelerate the debilitating effects that basketball has on your joints. No use waiting to become a cripple.

Laker wrote:

Don't forget to take a hammer and lightly tap your knees for five minutes each day to accelerate the debilitating effects that basketball has on your joints. No use waiting to become a cripple.

Don't people say that about running too?

Yeah, dropping the easy run for shooting would work well.

To answer your other question, this is my second year of playing in a league. Last year, I did not really consider the basketball as part of my weekly workout and I paid the cost. Ended up overtrained and had some groin/ adductor injuries from using muscles that were weak from years of only running. That lead to ITBS.

This year, I'm just using the time in the league as base building, with Summer of Malmo style workouts. If I'm sore, I run easy after a game rather than force a workout. So fsr I have been much healthier.

One more thing- someone above already stated it, and I will repeat it: spend some time getting used to cutting and moving in a horizontal plane. And warm-up like you are going for a run- it will look dumb, but you will stay healthy.

I played in a basketball league when I turned 40 - just to see if I could. I had no problem keeping up with 40 mpw - I was sore from the bball, but nothing serious.

The unexpected benefit was mental - I am so used to being an 'elite' athlete (meaning top 1% or 2% in races), that being mediocre in basketball was a real shocker.

Made me appreciate my running skill more. After basketball season ended, my racing was much better and more aggressive because I re-realized how important to me my running is.

OP,

Enjoy your torn ACL.

When you say "once in a lifetime opportunity" are you saying an opportunity to realize your ancient homosexual fantasies about these old friends of yours? Is that what this is about...

first game was last night. it felt absurdly easy to "run" the entire game at the speed of these guys.

I would drop out of this league pronto and never look back.

Basketball has screwed me so many times I finally had to quit cold turkey.

Just don't wait until the first rolled ankle, knee tear, or onset of plantar fascitis.

Basketball is fun, but horrible for your legs.

so far so good.

You can sure get your plyo workout while playing basketball.

In a LetsRun thread that had 1996 Olympic 800 champ Rodal's training, a 30 minute basketball warmup is mentioned several times. No details were given about what a 30 minute basketball warmup meant.

At a meet in New Jersey about 10 years ago, I asked Ed Gonera (excellent 200-400 masters guy back then) about his training. He said the bulk of his training was playing full court basketball 3 nights a week.

keep playin, you'll have fun and wont regret missing opportunities that running prohibited