Yeah me too. Then last Monday night happened. It was a track workout with my friend Jerry. He and I have put a few miles in together and sometimes we push each other on the speed days. I was having a fantastic interval workout and while he has me on the short bursts (the guy has some serious quad speed!) I can usually get him on the longer sprints.
I paid the price for that speed workout. Tuesday morning I was WRECKED. Limped around for an hour, then the next hour, then the next. I wasn't walking right until 3 days later, and even then the pain was just dumb.
So... I took a week off. No running or deadlifting, just mobility work and kettlebell swings.
Yesterday I ran Rancho for the first time in a while. Decided to stick to Maffetone for as long as I could.
As long as I kept my stride length short (i.e. POSE-like), I could run without achilles pain. The moment I opened up my stride, shooting pain in the heel cord.
So. Low heart rate (180-age). Quick step POSE running, and I get a PR on a half mile segment in Strava at the SAME heart rate as I did in August of this year. Also I am battling a head cold. Odds were NOT in my favor for a decent run.
Here's the therapy I've been doing on the calve muscles:
- foam rolling the upper calves
- 2 minute stretch on each side with toe flexion
- 45 reps each side of heel eccentrics (my legs are a little sore from this actually)
Here's the Strava run:
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