Cross Training - running once a week

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14 years ago 05/03/2011 10:31am EDT

Hey everyone. I am going to be a freshman in college next year and am hoping to walk on to the cross country team. I am currently injured, and for much of the summer I will only be able to run once a week. However, I have pretty much unlimited free time and can bike, swim, elliptical, and lift as much as I want every day. I would like to try and get in the equivalent of 70-80 miles a week of cross training. So what should I do? Also, what would you recommend for the one day a week I can run? The injury is very bizarre, and I don't feel like explaining it, so just take my word that I can run once and only once a week. I was thinking something like 70 minutes elliptical every day in addition to 40 minutes in the pool or 60 minutes on the bike every day. And then for the one running workout, alternate between a 6-8 mile tempo run and 1k repeats. Thoughts? I am open to anything.

14 years ago 05/03/2011 10:41am EDT

re: Injured College Hopeful

14 years ago 05/03/2011 11:26am EDT

re: adf345

adf345 wrote:
http://pfitzinger.com/labreports/water.shtml

I agree. This is an excellent program. After running, this should be your first priority for workouts. You may need a cutback week after week 4 and, maybe, week 7 or 8.

14 years ago 05/03/2011 8:21pm EDT

re: Injured College Hopeful

Cross training can keep you in superb shape if you do it a lot and enough. Doubling is really helpful in that, a routine of a lot of pool work with some elliptical and bike work and a day a week of a running workout will keep you in really good shape. I also recommend adding in physical therapy intended to improve the injury.

14 years ago 05/03/2011 10:03pm EDT

re: Injured College Hopeful

what sort of injury is this? sounds ridiculous.

14 years ago 05/04/2011 12:58am EDT

re: hokies

yeaaaahhhh hokies!!!

14 years ago 05/04/2011 3:30pm EDT

re: hokierunner

So basically I had a benign tumor in my leg (osteoid osteoma) which was removed surgically via radiofrequency ablation (so it's non running related) and the surrounding bone is weak and will simply take time to heal. If I take some advil, I can go run up to 10 miles, but can only do it once and then need to take at least a week off for the swelling to go down. Yet I have been told I am not delaying the recovery process at all by running. So yeah, one run a week for me. Suggestions on what to do for that one run? Tempo maybe?

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