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Frank
Guest
Hello,
About 4 weeks ago, I was one of three riders who went down in a cycling
training ride. My right hip took the majority of the impact (the remaining
impact managed to snap a finger). Anyway, the pain in my hip prevented me
from cycling and running for 3.5 weeks. The good news is that I'm spending
much more time at the Masters Swim workouts.
Prior to the crash, I was running 3 days a week (more than that causes shin
splints) with a long run on Monday (10 miles), track work on Wed (5-6 mi
total), and short run on Friday (5 miles). I was increasing my distance by
about 10%/week with the goal of a 1/2 IM at the end of Oct. I did my first
run since the accident on Friday (short 3 miler). It felt good and there
was no pain, but my right leg muscles were definitely weak and a little sore
the next day. My question is this, can I accelerate the 10-15% per week
rule a bit when trying to ramp up my distance for the half IM to get me back
where I was? I have only been off less than a month. I know getting ready
for this with only 5 weeks left is going to be challenging, but I'd like to
try since I already missed two smaller races because of the accident and
it's the last one of the season.
thanks for any help,
Frank
About 4 weeks ago, I was one of three riders who went down in a cycling
training ride. My right hip took the majority of the impact (the remaining
impact managed to snap a finger). Anyway, the pain in my hip prevented me
from cycling and running for 3.5 weeks. The good news is that I'm spending
much more time at the Masters Swim workouts.
Prior to the crash, I was running 3 days a week (more than that causes shin
splints) with a long run on Monday (10 miles), track work on Wed (5-6 mi
total), and short run on Friday (5 miles). I was increasing my distance by
about 10%/week with the goal of a 1/2 IM at the end of Oct. I did my first
run since the accident on Friday (short 3 miler). It felt good and there
was no pain, but my right leg muscles were definitely weak and a little sore
the next day. My question is this, can I accelerate the 10-15% per week
rule a bit when trying to ramp up my distance for the half IM to get me back
where I was? I have only been off less than a month. I know getting ready
for this with only 5 weeks left is going to be challenging, but I'd like to
try since I already missed two smaller races because of the accident and
it's the last one of the season.
thanks for any help,
Frank