22-12-2008, 06:07 PM
Well, that was an uneventful 2 months since my last post (approx).
I'm not sure what happened, but I probably had one or two okay runs. Thought about keeping this up until I felt good and getting back into a running program. Then my knee started to bother me again. Probably early November I went for a run, lasted 2.5km before my IT band started to kill.
So, I took a week off. Tried again, 2+ km and I was done. Took 10 days off, same thing.
Took 8 or so days off, then December 11th went to the speed skating Olympic Oval track (I'd been putting off going to any track I have access to because they're all about 220m and turning that many times makes me nuts and it starts to make my one hip/calf sore) so back to the track, this one is 453m, which I don't know why I didn't think of earlier. And I ran 9.1 km in 41:00. Not a great time, but. . . WTF, I haven't lost much and why can I run on a track. Anyway, because of work stuff and xmas stuff I didn't get back again until the December 20th, swam that afternoon, then did a run, again 9.1km in 41:00 (approx). No problems at all.
So . . . I've got two conclusions. One I can't run in the cold. This knee problem started last Dec. after I pulled my groin early October and didn't try running until December 25th (it was cold) and bothered me all through the winter until shortly after getting over hurting my back (which conveniently was in late spring) and I could suddenly run again, then it was fine all summer and fall comes, knee hurts. Maybe any injuries and tightness made it worse, but . . .? Last year was my first attempt to run through the winter.
Or . . . It's from running in the dark. Winter/Fall and the cold/dark are pretty much synonymous in Calgary, the sun sets around 4:30pm right now. When I'm running in the cold/dark I'm probably looking down the whole time and it may change my running style? But, I recall last year running in the snow in the day and having the problem.
Regardless, for now it looks like I can run on the 453m track (maybe the flat surface helps) so. I've ran, I think we can say twice since the end of October, December 20th and 11th. Both 9.1 km in approx 41:00 mins.
What should I get started on?
Thanks - and Marry Christmas to anyone reading this!!!
I'm not sure what happened, but I probably had one or two okay runs. Thought about keeping this up until I felt good and getting back into a running program. Then my knee started to bother me again. Probably early November I went for a run, lasted 2.5km before my IT band started to kill.
So, I took a week off. Tried again, 2+ km and I was done. Took 10 days off, same thing.
Took 8 or so days off, then December 11th went to the speed skating Olympic Oval track (I'd been putting off going to any track I have access to because they're all about 220m and turning that many times makes me nuts and it starts to make my one hip/calf sore) so back to the track, this one is 453m, which I don't know why I didn't think of earlier. And I ran 9.1 km in 41:00. Not a great time, but. . . WTF, I haven't lost much and why can I run on a track. Anyway, because of work stuff and xmas stuff I didn't get back again until the December 20th, swam that afternoon, then did a run, again 9.1km in 41:00 (approx). No problems at all.
So . . . I've got two conclusions. One I can't run in the cold. This knee problem started last Dec. after I pulled my groin early October and didn't try running until December 25th (it was cold) and bothered me all through the winter until shortly after getting over hurting my back (which conveniently was in late spring) and I could suddenly run again, then it was fine all summer and fall comes, knee hurts. Maybe any injuries and tightness made it worse, but . . .? Last year was my first attempt to run through the winter.
Or . . . It's from running in the dark. Winter/Fall and the cold/dark are pretty much synonymous in Calgary, the sun sets around 4:30pm right now. When I'm running in the cold/dark I'm probably looking down the whole time and it may change my running style? But, I recall last year running in the snow in the day and having the problem.
Regardless, for now it looks like I can run on the 453m track (maybe the flat surface helps) so. I've ran, I think we can say twice since the end of October, December 20th and 11th. Both 9.1 km in approx 41:00 mins.
What should I get started on?
Thanks - and Marry Christmas to anyone reading this!!!