Getting back in shape sux...

[Ubergoober]

I want my old body back!!

Saturday, I decided to try out my new commute route: Foothill Expy-->El Monte-->Moody-->Page Mill-->Arastradero-->Hillview. Overall, I felt pretty good. Blew past some folks on Foothill and  did the climb up Moody without too much huffin & puffin. The downhill on Page Mill is fun (need to work on my technique though - I seem to be a lot more timid tipping the road bike over compared to my motorcycle). I completed the loop back home (~20mi roundtrip). Nothing major and I felt like I hadn't worked too hard.

So of course, I decided later that day to go for a 5 mile run. Kept the pace slow purposely since I haven't been consistently running in a while. Didn't really stretch that much. Sure enough, at the halfway point, I pulled a muscle in my right calf and had to limp-jog the rest of the way back.

Hurt like hell for a day. Getting better, but still tender. Had to burn gasoline to get to work today. Hoping I can ride tomorrow. Grrr...

[mynameismud]

Do a couple of hill climbs on your bicycle with mudworm.

[salad]

slow for you is what, a 5:30 mile?  drop it down to 9 or 9:30 for a few weeks.  gettin old blows.

[Ubergoober]

slow for you is what, a 5:30 mile?  drop it down to 9 or 9:30 for a few weeks.  gettin old blows.

Ha! Wish I was in that kind of shape. I was probably on target for about 8:30 until the calf went. Ended up with a 10:15 pace.

[salad]

i managed 5.25 (loop route) yesterday.  longest since the race.  i was running 9:15s but ended up at 9:30 cause of the gigantic hill.

anyway, first run since the race where the knee has not hurt at all during or afterwards.  hoping to start getting out 3/4 times a week and slowly get back to real mileage.

heartrate is WAY up though.  175 on the steepest part of the hill.

[Ubergoober]

Calf muscle is loosing up today. I'll ride tomorrow to work and see how it goes. Hopefully I'll be able to run again by Friday (would like to get a quick run in before Kelly and I head up to Tahoe).

Also thinking about signing up for the Pre-masters class (10 wk session) at Santa Clara Swim Club...yes, I am thinking about doing triathlons.

[F4?]

Watch out on the calf muscles. Pulling them sucks big time.

I did it a couple years ago and it still gives me issues. SMI did a great job on getting the back tissue out.

Gone are the days of going off the couch. Welcome to stretching and jazzercise.

[mynameismud]

I pulled a muscle the other night and rather enjoyed the experience.

[Ubergoober]

I pulled a muscle the other night and rather enjoyed the experience.

That's not a muscle. 

[mungeclimber]

then how come it always feels pumped?

[squiddo]

F4, did you say jazzercise?

[F'ueco]

I pulled some random muscles next to my left achilles tendon about 1/4 of the way through my ride on Saturday. Damned thing still hurts a little... But I'm still going for a light spin this evening... 

[F4?]

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F4, did you say jazzercise?

It just came to me while typing cuz when the knees give out we aren't going to be able to do much.

[Ubergoober]

groovin with the oldies...

[Ubergoober]

then how come it always feels pumped?

Ewww...you are feeling Mud's "muscle"? Do you do this often? How much is he paying you?

[mynameismud]

Not much.

[mungeclimber]

Ewww...you are feeling Mud's "muscle"? Do you do this often? How much is he paying you?

not enough!!!

[Ubergoober]

God, it must be like squeezing an anemic, dwarf, naked mole rat. Does it squeak when you squeeze it too hard?

[mynameismud]

you outa know.

Meow.....

[F4?]

God, it must be like squeezing an anemic, dwarf, naked mole rat. Does it squeak when you squeeze it too hard?

Oh so wrong, just wrong. How can a mole rat be naked, even enemic???