I've been fighting some type of a hamstring/back injury for 3 weeks now. Before that, I was battling shin pain and plantar fasciitis. I blame it on the fact that I actually ran back-to-back 20 mile weeks. I know this sounds like extreme training but I was in the middle of reading "Running with the Buffaloes."
I think I remember Tom Jeffrey telling me that he never ran more than 80 miles/week because that was the point that he started to get injuries. Apparently my new breaking point is somewhere between 15-20 miles/week. If all Dusty Spikes writers were filling in the mileage log still in Godwin Hall, Pat Anderson would be the high mileage guy.
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I'm just coming off about ten days of no running. Apparently flats don't ward off sinus colds. One of the benefits of being a Dusty Spiker is you don't ever feel like you have to run sick. However, to "shake things out" I went and ran an all out 200 yesterday. Neither my ego or my hamstrings recommend this.
ReplyDeleteI think I may have outgrown sinus infections fortunately. Or perhaps I just stopped living in 750 South High. Remember when we couldn't figure out why we were getting so many ants? Talk about denial.
ReplyDelete750 S High + sleep deprivation + binge drinking + 70 miles/week = a sinus infection every other week for me
ReplyDeletei love running 200's now a days
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