<p>Amen, MOWC. :)</p>
<p>5.42 mi run @ the gym (10:42 pace)</p>
<p>Plenty of treadmills available because it’s sunny out! :)</p>
<p>Deb T, how many days do you run a week? Do you have a schedule/plan for various runs - i.e. speed, interval, and/or long one?</p>
<p>Dad II, I run 3 days a week and occasionally a light 4th which would be combined with something else. </p>
<p>2 of those days are normally between 2.5 mi and 4 mi, and 1 day (today) is the long run. Some weeks I do intervals one of the days, others a tempo run. I try to run outside at least once a week, and often that includes gentle rolling hills. </p>
<p>I’ve been liking doing most of my long runs on the treadmill because it makes it easier to compare, and I can be very measured in speed. I am at the point now where I’m going to have to figure out what to do if I want to run for more than an hour. If I go at the right time of day there’s not usually an issue of treadmills being available or worrying about time limit (usually several open the whole time I’m there). The issue is just me figuring out if I can set the treadmill to go for longer, which I’m thinking I probably can. Or I can run outside. Otherwise I guess I have to run faster if I want to add distance. :eek:</p>
<p>Deborah, I give you a lot of credit for being able to run for an hour on a treadmill. I am glad I live in a place where I can run outside almost every day.</p>
<p>I started on the road to back to running today. Of course, that does not include actual running. I did 20 minutes of biking on the gym bike today. I guess this is one way to do low hr training lol. Then a series of calf strengthening things that my ART guy gave me to do. Did some planks and a little bit of arm and leg weight work. </p>
<p>kmcmom, let me know how you like the aquajogging once you get a chance to try it. That’s one of the suggestions my ART guy told me to try. I don’t know if I want to go to all the trouble of gearing up for that or not.</p>
<p>I bought a Futuro knee strap and am wearing it now. I took off my old Futuro knee brace which has lost its compression (they start going after six months and I’ve had this one for two years). The strap is adjustable and it’s a lot easier to run and take off a strap compared to a knee brace. I plan to run a mile on the treadmill today to see how well it works. The knee feels quite a bit better now than it did last night, with or without the strap. I’m sure that part of the problem is inflammation which subsides with rest.</p>
<p>My plan is P90X Stretch, weights, then a 1-mile run on the treadmill and then see how I feel tomorrow. BTW, I was careful at the spot where I injured it on Tuesday on Wednesday’s run.</p>
<p>I was at the dentist today and my dentist said that he has a running injury too. He tripped over a tree root and fell and injured his back. He hopes to get back to running soon. It is really nice to run outside but I’m going to have to be more careful out there.</p>
<p>BC, I hope your knee is doing better today! It was a smart move to let it rest.</p>
<p>Deborah, I know that it takes real determination to run for an hour on a treadmill. Congrats!</p>
Yes, Deborah. An hour on the treadmill is an accomplishment. I think the first 20 minutes are the hardest- time seems to go by slowly, but then you sort of settle in.
<p>MOfWC, my experience is the same - for the first 20 min I feel awful and keep counting minutes. Then it gets much better :)</p>
<p>Thanks. :)</p>
<p>Atta girl Deb - great stamina!</p>
<p>Even though it’s lovely out - sunny, breezy and 70, D2 wanted to go to our fitness center so I agreed to take her (gotta encourage those young ones to exercise too, right?!)</p>
<p>30 mins running on the inside track - couldn’t get myself to step on that treadmill, so I just went round and round and round…</p>
<p>Miserable pouring rain here today so headed to the gym for 45 exciting minutes on the treadmill.</p>
<p>1 mile on the treadmill and it was fine. I’m wearing the strap all the time now. If I don’t wear it, I seem to inflame the knee. Hit the Smith Machine and free weights and also did a stretching video (Caroline Jordan on YouTube). Also did the Abs Dolly+. </p>
<p>Nutrition so far today: 159g protein, 82 g carbs, 67 g fat. I bought a package of Rob’s Red Mill TVP and my wife prepared it for me. Also had a protein shake. I have a few other things to do - stretching, abs, pushups and a few light weight exercises that I haven’t done in at least a month.</p>
<p>There are a lot of things that I can still do that don’t stress the knees - pullups, dips, chest, press, military press (dumbbells), maybe squats, pushups overhead press, tricep extensions. I’m hoping that this problem goes away in five days.</p>
<p>Learnt this trick from PG. Cover up the display except pace on the treadmill during your long run.</p>
<p>Best trick for me is an iPod with music loaded that works for the pace that I’m running at.</p>
<p>Rest day for me today. Hips are feeling and I’m just generally out of gas.</p>
<p>I would have a tough time finding iPod music to match my running pace. I guess this one would work:</p>
<p>[iDad</a> iPod Running pace](<a href=“Cowboy Junkies - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - YouTube”>Cowboy Junkies - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - YouTube)</p>
<p>You would die of sadness before the song ended.</p>
<p>You would be going backwards!</p>
<p>It’s an old Hank Williams song. I think he did die of sadness. Or was it booze and pills?</p>
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<p>I changed it up on my hike yesterday (knowing it would be a long afternoon) and caught up on some podcast listening on the way up before switching to music for the return trip.</p>
<p>Got thru a 2 hour Patriots football podcast and thought of ohiopublic when they talked about the anti-gravity treadmill for player rehab in the training facility at Gilette Stadium! Then, I listened to an almost surreal nutrition podcast. Jimmy Moore’s Livin’ La Vida Lo Carb podcast had the world’s most rabid vegetarian, John McDougal as a guest. McDougal is so far out there, he doesn’t even think people should eat olive oil. Just starches. Quite a “lively” exchange as McDougal was acting like the back end of a horse:</p>
<p>[686:</a> Dr. John McDougall Explains Why Everyone Should Be Eating Starchy Carbs | The Livin La Vida Low-Carb Show](<a href=“http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/shownotes/7974/686-dr-john-mcdougall-explains-why-everyone-should-be-eating-starchy-carbs/]686:”>http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/shownotes/7974/686-dr-john-mcdougall-explains-why-everyone-should-be-eating-starchy-carbs/)</p>
<p>Podcasts and hiking proved to be a pretty good combo and it let me clear out a backlog. I usually listen to them while I’m doing my workouts, but I’ve been doing video workouts for a while and listening to the coaching on the videos.</p>
<p>We are still waiting for spring/summer here. So cold and rainy. Would love to have 3 days of 70 degree weather. Ugh…</p>