The leg/knee is not damaged. Couple of days rest and lots and lots of stretching. My hams and ITband are so tight you could strum them. Alsi, I have no ass. lmao…I appearently did. We should use our glutes to abduct, aduct, and drive you up hills and stairs. Mine is so small that the IT’s and hams and groin do all the work.  Hense the issue. That being said. A short 5-6 km today then glute excercises……

Steve

Someone once told me that running is 90% mental…..and the other 10% is in your head. ( Ray Zahab)
I have been doing the runs religiously and learned a lot. I like running in the rain, but not the wind. I prefer afternoon running to morning or night, but don’t seem to mind much.  I’ve upped my protein % intake and lowered my carb % and find i have more energy and have better workouts. My short runs ( the 4, 1 hour runs) are too short and I never really get warmed up.  Most of my long runs take me up and down the escarpment numerous times.  When climbing my average speed slows down. I started “clock watching”.  getting irritated at myself for going to slow.  After all, what cross canada endurance runner can’t keep an average speed of at least 10km per hour? As this goes through my head i speed up. Problem is, this is a long run with some large climbing involved. Not supposed to be speed training too. But my brain is telling me one thing, so i go harder and push myself, and end up sprinting intervals up the hill to lower my pace.  And to what end? Injury? Well i have taken an extra day off. Going to see the sports therapist Ashley tonight and will find out. Is there damage, or just stupidity causing stiffness.?

So, one side of me says ” I added too much distance to fast” The other side says “if i had not let my mind get the best of me i would have continued the long runs at a comfortable pace and not injured myself” Any thoughts my friends?

Steve

I have been harping on my running clinic and everyone i see running and will listen about running form. WE ARE BORN TO RUN. The human body is designed to run , and run long distances. Like 99% of injuries are caused from poor form.  Now, this poor form will only bother you have the repetition of thousands of steps.  So,  sitting on the couch being sedative will not cause you any pain. But, running can. Unless you have proper form.  Thus landing on the balls of your feet with a slightly bent knee, with your ankle, knee, hips, chest and head all in straight-line.  To explain it better I found an excellent analysis on You tube.  Check out the link to see a great break down of perfect running form as demonstrated by elite kenyan’s.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r3_sKkHnTU

Enjoy,

Steve