Saturday, May 14, 2005

Progress ... Seriously this time!

I have accidentally discovered that I run somewhat pigeon toed. When I make a conscience effort to point my toes forward while running I am able to run much farther with much less discomfort. Something that also seems to help is running with, not against, traffic when running on crowned roads. In fact I had 3 runs this week..One a 5k (crowned road) the next 2.5 (sidewalk) and Friday night (road/sidewalk) 5 miles! PAIN FREE! While I still feel the "pulling" (translated: I don't know how else to describe this other than pulling. I don't know what it is and in every knee anatomy photo I've seen Im unable to identify the spot where most the pain occurs other than the upper condyle (sp-definition?) of the tibia where there appears to be no moving parts.)....again While I still feel the pulling the pain seems to subside or I am able to keep it at bay using the changed running form. This morning I did a 26 mile ride followed by a 2 mile run...finished...iced it...No pain! Still pulling but no pain.

Im keeping my fingers crossed that I can maintain this over the next week and if it holds Im going to finally sign up for a race the Ormond Beach Tri-Y, a sprint, on May 29th. The first race I ever did so it has alot of sentimental value....

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

check out chirunning.com. it will help you align your body so a lot of the knee stress is removed

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