First race this year (second race ever after my 2005 DNF).
I think I have built up OK over the last three months: 70, 80, 85 km per month, plus walks, though I'd rather have had one more month of staying at around the 80-90 level. Right now I have some nagging pains - went for an easy hill outing and was OK apart from my left hip flexor. Two days of complete rest might fix that, but I doubt it. It seems like a problem I will have to be more careful about in the future.
First race this year (second race ever after my 2005 DNF).
I think I have built up OK over the last three months: 70, 80, 85 km per month, plus walks, though I'd rather have had one more month of staying at around the 80-90 level. Right now I have some nagging pains - went for an easy hill outing and was OK apart from my left hip flexor. Two days of complete rest might fix that, but I doubt it. It seems like a problem I will have to be more careful about in the future.
First race this year (second race ever after my 2005 DNF).
I think I have built up OK over the last three months: 70, 80, 85 km per month, plus walks, though I'd rather have had one more month of staying at around the 80-90 level. Right now I have some nagging
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Good luck! How far is the race? Is it the same race/course that you DNF last year?
This is a 10k, 1200m mountain race.
Last year was an 8km flat road race, for which my main preparation was weight training and a once or twice weekly hill run for a month. Did I mention that I changed from my usual shoes for the race? 🙂
First race this year (second race ever after my 2005 DNF).
I think I have built up OK over the last three months: 70, 80, 85 km per month, plus walks, though I'd rather have had one more month of staying at around the 80-90 level. Right now I have some nagging pains - went for an easy hill outing and was OK apart from my left hip flexor. Two days of complete rest might fix that, but I doubt it. It seems like a problem I will have to be more careful about in the future.
First race this year (second race ever after my 2005 DNF).
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I think I have built up OK over the last three months: 70, 80, 85 km per month, plus walks, though I'd rather have had one more month of staying at around the 80-90 level. Right now I have some nagging pains - went for an easy hill outing and was OK apart from my left hip flexor. Two days of complete rest might fix that, but I doubt it. It seems like a problem I will have to be more careful about in the future.
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First race this year (second race ever after my 2005 DNF).
I think I have built up OK over the last three months: 70, 80, 85 km per month, plus walks, though I'd rather have had one more month of staying at around the 80-90 level. Right now I have some nagging pains - went for an easy hill outing and was OK apart from my left hip flexor. Two days of complete rest might fix that, but I doubt it. It seems like a problem I will have to be more careful about in the future.
Yea, good luck to ya! Injuries/sore spots can get stiff with a few days off, so just keep doing gentle stretches. A backbend with the hips forward is a good one for uphill runners - I was even doing that one while waiting in line at the store today. 1200m in 10k is all uphill? (the link isn't working ATM). I might do a pure uphill race someday, but it seems to me most of the fun of a hilly race is running back down the hill!
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I like this guy! But yea, something about rolling a boulder up a hill...
"Christos Dimitrakakis" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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First race this year (second race ever after my 2005 DNF).
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Yea, good luck to ya!
Thanks!
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Injuries/sore spots can get stiff with a few days off, so just keep doing gentle stretches. A backbend with the hips forward is a good one for uphill runners
Is that like doing deadlifts but stationary?
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- I was even doing that one while waiting in line at the store today.
Weren't you getting curious glances from onlookers?
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1200m in 10k is all uphill? (the link isn't working ATM). I might do a pure uphill race someday, but it seems to me most of the fun of a hilly race is running back down the hill!
Yes, all uphill. I wouldn't like to go back down after such a climb. Fortunately, there's a bus.
On Jun 28, 4:37 pm, Christos Dimitrakakis <[email hidden]> wrote:
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First race this year (second race ever after my 2005 DNF).
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I think I have built up OK over the last three months: 70, 80, 85 km per month, plus walks, though I'd rather have had one more month of staying at around the 80-90 level. Right now I have some nagging pains - went for an easy hill outing and was OK apart from my left hip flexor. Two days of complete rest might fix that, but I doubt it. It seems like a problem I will have to be more careful about in the future.
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On Jun 28, 4:37 pm, Christos Dimitrakakis <[email hidden]> wrote:
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> First race this year (second race ever after my 2005 DNF).
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> I think I have built up OK over the last three months: > 70, 80, 85 km per month, plus walks, though I'd rather have had one more > month of staying at around the 80-90 level. Right now I have some nagging > pains - went for an easy hill outing and was OK apart from my left hip > flexor. Two days of complete rest might fix that, but I doubt it. It > seems like a problem I will have to be more careful about in the future.
First race this year (second race ever after my 2005 DNF).
I think I have built up OK over the last three months: 70, 80, 85 km per month, plus walks, though I'd rather have had one more month of staying at around the 80-90 level. Right now I have some nagging pains - went for an easy hill outing and was OK apart from my left hip flexor. Two days of complete rest might fix that, but I doubt it. It seems like a problem I will have to be more careful about in the future.
Do your best! You may only have a case of "runners' hypochondria". ;-) And remember: "Nerves and butterflies are fine -- they're a physical sign that you're mentally ready and eager. You have to get the butterflies to fly in formation, that's the trick." -- Steve Bull
First race this year (second race ever after my 2005 DNF).
I think I have built up OK over the last three months: 70, 80, 85 km per month, plus walks, though I'd rather have had one more month of staying at around the 80-90 level. Right now I have some nagging pains - went for an easy hill outing and was OK apart from my left hip flexor. Two days of complete rest might fix that, but I doubt it. It seems like a problem I will have to be more careful about in the future.
