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#4,001
#4,001
Had to take a break due to a nasty virus...looking forward to jumping back on the train tomorrow if the weather holds out. Nursing a little ankle pain that I hope is not a fibular stress fracture. Fingers crossed.
 
#4,006
#4,006
So I want to revisit the compression sleeves that some of y'all wear on your calves. My calves are my strength and my thighs/quads aren't far behind. During a run I rarely ever have tired legs, maybe after on my long runs, but hardly ever during a run. But, I'm 35 days away from my first ever full marathon. It's a completely flat course, but it's still 26.2 miles! I do get winded obviously and worn out after long runs (so far I'm up to 16 miles, going for 18 in two weeks), but other than leg fatigue, what are the benefits of the compression sleeves?
 
#4,021
#4,021
ZZ13 said:
So how long is the tendinitis in my right achilles going to take to completely go away? I started running regularly two years ago and got up to 5-6 miles 5-6 days a week, after finally "retiring" as a competitive swimmer. In July my achilles started feeling sore but just kept running. Two months later it hurt to walk, but stubbornly I kept running at the same rate. Finally in September folks convinced me to stop. I can get it to where it doesn't hurt now and feels normal, but as soon as I try a single light run (even on a treadmill), its two steps back. These elliptical workouts in its place are getting boring. Biggest problem may be that I am in my mid-50s and trying to exercise like I am in my 20's-30's.
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5 months ago I shut myself down due to tendinitis in my achilles. A couple of months ago I set March 1 as my return date. I could start now as the healing finally seems complete but I am sticking to March 1. I have been doing elliptical 45 mins a day, 6 days a week in place of the running. My plan is to change from my previous 6 day a week of runs to 4 days a week running and mix the elliptical in the other two days (with a day of rest). So, for my first run on March 1, I plan to warm up with elliptical for 10 mins, walk about 5 mins, then run about 2 miles. I'll repeat this on the running days each week and increase the running mileage 10% each week. I plan to now always incorporate the 10min elliptical warm-up when available. Does this make sense for a re-start plan? Better ideas are welcome.
 
#4,022
#4,022
Sounds pretty good ZZ. Only thing I might add or question is instead of only one day of rest maybe go with two days until you are back into the full swings of things. Just a thought.
 
#4,023
#4,023
Orangesmokey said:
Sounds pretty good ZZ. Only thing I might add or question is instead of only one day of rest maybe go with two days until you are back into the full swings of things. Just a thought.
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Agreed. I'd do no more than 4 runs per week
 
#4,024
#4,024
4.2 miles in 39:53 today. Less than 2 months ago, that was further and faster than I'd ever run. Now it's a weekday run. That's ridiculous. Sometimes I feel like I'm not making much progress, because as you improve slowly day by day, week by week, it's easy to miss. It helps to put things in perspective like this.
 
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