my two cents... soft tissue, not so bad. ice helps. rest helps. don't push it and end with a strain. probably overworked soleus or gastrocnemius, maybe minor strain. stretch both (straight leg and bent leg calf stretches). stretch all muscles from core down. rest & ice. don't strain it. keep hydrated. stretch. work on mobility. ice. when you go for a run, warm up slowly. A good PT will be able to diagnose a strain and give you more specific guidance.
Totally humbled this morning.
11.5 miles with 2,300 feet in elevation gain in 1:53 on a technical trail. My mom's place in NM is at ~5,000 feet, so I kinda expect some slowdown and I stopped for a few pics. But I was REALLY feeling it.
Think I need to reevaluate the 4:30 goal time for Crown King. 5 hours is more reasonable.
I've run in Flag and Payson for years and not took the hit I took this morning. Wonder if it's age (I'm 43 now) or the amount of time I've spent on roads this year.
I knew running roads was gonna kill me...
Running at 6,500+ last weekend in Durango definitely torched me so I'd credit some of it to the elevation. Have you been doing much climbing in your road running? I know when I hop on the trails with my ultra friends I get left behind for the first month until I get some climbing back in my legs.
Kinda. I've been doing the climb up to the TV towers at South Mountain at least once a week for several months and twice a week the past two weeks. It's not up to snuff compared to some of my past ultra training in terms of weekly elevation, but it's been solid. Lowered my PB for that Towers run by 6 minutes.
I'll tackle today's run again tomorrow. Think I wasn't prepared for how technical it was AND I brought my stupid road flats instead of trail shoes, which doesn't help. Felt super sketchy on the few faster runnable sections there were.
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my two cents... soft tissue, not so bad. ice helps. rest helps. don't push it and end with a strain. probably overworked soleus or gastrocnemius, maybe minor strain. stretch both (straight leg and bent leg calf stretches). stretch all muscles from core down. rest & ice. don't strain it. keep hydrated. stretch. work on mobility. ice. when you go for a run, warm up slowly. A good PT will be able to diagnose a strain and give you more specific guidance.
I stretched it extra and wore comepression at noon night. Ran 6 w 20 min tempo at lunch Friday and it felt good.
Who has to run hungover this morning?! Good luck to those of you racing.
Also what trail shoes do y'all wear? On roads I have been in mizuno sayonara and hitogami. For trails this summer ( wanna do a lot of my base miles on trails to build some strength) thinking about the mizuno Kazan or hyate... prob get whatever I can get cheap
Depends on the terrain. The trails I run are super rocky and the rocks have lots of sharp angles. I like to have a rugged outsole, possibly with some kind of rock plate, and sturdy uppers. I end up with a lot of abrasions that can tear right through something like saucony peregrines (I know from experience). I like the sturdiness of Inov-8 race ultras 270 and 295 but they feel flat. I just switched to new balance vazee summit and I love the way they feel in my foot and on the road and on the trail. 100 miles in and they seem to be sturdy too both in the outsile and lower part of the uppers. Can't speak to any mizunos. Tried brooks cascades and a couple hokas but my feet are too wide.
What is the terrain like where you are? Muddy, rocky, sandy, wet, dry?
It's pretty tame. Rocky. I live in the ozark mountains Generally beautiful running weather. This morning it was sunny and 58 when I went for a run at ten
Not trying to one up you, but it was 50 degrees with 0-2 mph winds for my run this morning. Spectacular. I can't imagine ever running a fall marathon again.
Hereford Md?
Smoove- but I have mountains! It's gonna be amazing tomm as well. I like it when it gets to no shirt weather.
I wear Mizuno Ekidens for roads.
Spent the last 10+ years in the NB Minimus Trail line, but haven't liked the recent changes. Also don't like their various "foam" lines. So I switched to Altra One 2.5 for trails. They're technically a road shoe, but I find them plenty grippy for trails. And that toe box is killer.
R2D- are you a really light guy? Not much to ekidens. I think that will be my 5k shoe this fall. Or the other mizuno flat that they usually on sell In Japan but have on Amazon
No. Probably pretty standard for a fairly serious runner. 6'0" and ~150 lbs.
I've been running minimalist for 13ish years. Back when racing flats where kinda the only option until NB came out with their original minimal trail shoes.
I'd say I've worn a shirt about twice per week this winter. The converse of that is that I lose .5 pounds per mile in sweat from May through September.
I paced a 12 year old girl to a 17:16 today. And she kicked!
R2D we are similar then I am 6ft 154 or so. I hit the upper body weights about 6 weeks ago 2x a week to maintain my weight. Intensity makes me shed lbs. i do mainly hang clean and presses
Smoove- way to make me feel bad. A 12 year old girl would put kick me in 5k. Dammmm
That's amazing! New age group world record. The previous record holder was from Houston.
Good Luck to the guys running NYC Half this morning! It's about time to watch it live. Go Molly Huddle!
How'd everyone at NYC do? I had a bad race today. I probably did too much this week. 1:18:08 .. Felt good aerobically, legs were TOAST.
1:18 is a good time tho for sure!
I watched NYC and Sisson ran a great debut time for second. And she look great doing it.. new runner crush