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August 23, 2006
Broken Wing
My shoulder hurts and I actually care! When you are a runner a sore shoulder doesn't mean much to you. When you are a runner a sore shoulder means you slept funny. When you are a triathlete a sore shoulder is trouble! When you are a triathlete a sore shoulder means that that evil backstroke that you probably did wrong lap after lap on Tuesday is making your shoulder ache. Doh! :) It actually isn't too bad. It was really sore when I first woke up this morning but seems a bit better now. We'll see how it feels tomorrow when I swim. I'm hoping freestyle won't bother it too much.
This afternoon after work I ran. 45 minutes total, 17 minutes warmup, 4x3 minutes hard w/3 minutes jogging rest, 7 minutes cooldown. I was supposed to get my heart rate up pretty high but just like Sunday I couldn't manage it. I've decided that to get my HR up really high I need to (A) be in a race, (B) run uphill, (C) bike and then run (HR gets up there on the run part) or (D) be near a power line - never knew my HR could get up to 253 did you? :)
Regardless today marks the 6th consecutive day in a row that I've run. I haven't done that for about 14 months. And although my legs are protesting some my feet feel about the same. I still have plantar fasciitis no doubt, but it seems to be to a managable point. What a blessing! My coach wanted to push the running a little and see what we could do. Seems like my feet responded well. Now we know. I run again on Friday but then not again until Monday at the earliest. Tomorrow - trying out my broken wing in the water...
Posted by beth at August 23, 2006 9:19 PM
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Apart from the "wing" (massage?) a nice bunch of good news kinda casually delivered, but inescapably uplifting. Yeah!
E) Thinking of some of your past cycling entries... Run in a rundown part of town at sundown...?!? Better not :) Kidding apart, to get HR up try to focus on substantially, rpt substantially (say by at least 20 -25%) increasing your running "cadence" as opposed to simply going faster... Incidentally you will also go faster... and watch your HR... Take care, corrado
Posted by: corrado giambalvo at August 24, 2006 7:40 AM
i get a sore sholder at times also... i usually stand in a hot shower with the water flowing right on it... after some time i go from hot to cold(er) water... seems to do the trick for me
Posted by: Kranky C Dale at August 24, 2006 8:15 AM