Not Running Every Day
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Tikal Dog posted 1 year ago.
Give yourself completly to the TRI-Bug!!!!! THEN you will feel the same in all 3 sports. :D
LOL have no idea man!
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magicno5 posted 1 year ago.
I've been very limited by an injury last year so I've been running about 3-4 times a week for the last 4 months. I love to run too but I've grown to appreciate biking and swimming. Specifically, I've gotten some awesome workouts by doing spin classes and going on my bike on the trainer and spinning hard. I never really knew how great of a workout I could get by bringing the resistance up and really spinning hard for 30-60 minutes. It's awesome!
I think that to get over the running thing, I just had to tell myself that if I kept running, I would destroy my knee and never run again. Mine still hurts a bit after runs but I'm not really limited by it in any way. It was really hard at the beginning but then I chose to accept it and moved on.
The other positive is that I've focused a lot of effort on swimming and I've really improved a lot in the last few months.
Good luck!!! Don't forget you're not the only that can't run every day of the week.
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beads1985 posted 1 year ago.
By training the in swimming and biking you are getting the cardio benefit. If you push the running too much and keep getting injured you will eventually not be able to run.
So your choice is learn to recover better,
or eventually not run at all,...ever...:eek:
Nothing to it, but to do it
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beads1985 posted 1 year ago.
Also,
If you keep hurting yourself, even I will pass you at Disney :eek:
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gfd posted 1 year ago.
I stuggled with the same thing last year and ended up placing too much emphasis on the running. When I looked at how I trained I realized I was training like a runner that is attempting tris. I was still running 6 days a week because it was what I always did. This was fine as it was my first year and I was just learning how to swim and bike.
This year I want to be a triathlete and have commited myself to different types of workouts in the water and on the bike. It takes a little while but I am now able to get the same satisfaction out of these workouts. In fact, if I don't swim or bike for a couple of days I feel like something is missing.
"If you set a goal for yourself and are able to achieve it you have won your race." -Dave Scott
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jerky1280 posted 1 year ago.
There's an older guy in my biking group that recently stopped doing triathlons because the running was taking a toll on his knees. He's had 5 knee surgeries in the last 15 years. Sounds like a good enough reason to me to take it easy.
When I train hard at running I always feel like I'm beating myself up. I feel sore and beat after a hard or long run. After a hard swim or bike, I'm tired, but it's not the pain that I feel from running. I just think about the favor that I'm doing my body. Every day not running means that I can run longer and harder when that day of the week comes.
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alowrun posted 1 year ago.
These are all great points, which I am more appreciative of. When I started running back in HS, I would chronically over train myself. The only thing that prevented injury was just being young and durable.
I don't really care about speed, or race times. If I have a good day, thats awesome.
But I DEEPLY care about running in the future. So for the time being, I best be prudent, and listen to my body.
And Beads....you will pass me, I know it :-)
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beads1985 posted 1 year ago.
Good article in Runners World
http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-238-244--9260-0,00.html?cm_mmc=Extra%20NL-_-2006_12_12-_-Training-_-Race%20Your%20Age
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glbrum posted 1 year ago.
You love running, we know that. You seem to be pretty darn good at it too.
Think about this: it doesn't matter if you can run a 2:20 marathon or a 1:07 half marathon; if you don't have the swim and bike fitness to get you to the run extremely fresh, you will never be able to tap into that run prowess that you have.
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brittda posted 1 year ago.
alowrun;58420 wrote:
These are all great points, which I am more appreciative of. When I started running back in HS, I would chronically over train myself. The only thing that prevented injury was just being young and durable.
I don't really care about speed, or race times. If I have a good day, thats awesome.
But I DEEPLY care about running in the future. So for the time being, I best be prudent, and listen to my body.
And Beads....you will pass me, I know it :-)
Well , I know I won't pass you :)
I am ok with that though!!! You will do great, just take it easy and do what is best for your body!
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Triguy98 posted 1 year ago.
Not running everyday when training for multisport competition is in your best interest anyway.
Running everyday is pretty pointless when you are getting both aerobic and anaerobic workouts in with two other sports. If you were JUST a runner, I could see running 6 days a week to maintain fitness and weight. I actually believe running everyday would be determential to your health with two otehr sports + strength training in there. You will see just as good of run performance off 3-4 days if your training program is set up right, as well as reduce these injuries.
Life is short. Play hard and get dirty doing it.
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alowrun posted 1 year ago.
Hmm, this sounds like a good plan. I was looking at Hal Higdon's "Marathoning For Seniors" plan. It allows plenty of time for cross training.
After thinking alot about this, I've determined that when I don't run everyday, I feel like I'll lose my running rhythm, or I'll start running and feel some unholy pain that puts me back in the pool.
I know that I surely won't lose my fitness, and that little aches and pains are normal, but i still am quite OCD about it.
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My physical therapist has suggested that with my next race being January 7, I it mos prudent to run every other day. And I know that I need to make this race. It has been an objective for several months, and the next few weeks will be a certain test of my prudence and mental tenacity.
Since entering the Tri-arena, I’ve learned to train in all three disciplines, but I still LOVE to run. And I really feel inadequate when I don’t run. Even if it’s a set of hill repeats on a bike, a master swim class at 6:00AM, whatever it is, if it isn’t running, I feel incomplete.
Does anyone here, who loves to run like me, have an idea on how to just get around this quasi-running addiction?
Thanks!
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