When we moved here from a colder climate I had some leg cramps. I started eating nuts and drinking Gatorade after hard, sweaty workouts.
I get them, too, when I do something new and intense, like run intervals and then swim. If I am not careful, I will cramp up during the swim.
Thanks for the link. As much as I (sort of) like hot yoga, I am not convinced it is all that healthy to be in a 105 degree room for an hour to 90 minutes.
Finns apparently like their saunas very hot, but I don’t know how long they stay in them.
Ive been in situations where the weather was hotter than 100, ( and since it was Washington state where we don’t believe in air conditioning, I had heat exhaustion).
I get warm when I exercise of course, but I need the air to be cooler than my body temp, so if I need to cool down, I can.
It was good to get out there. Thank you again! Got to see a pretty impressive looking great blue heron.
Hi all. I hope you all had a good holiday, and those that live in areas with frigid climes are staying warm. Two of my kids and one friend have left, and I’m trying to get back into the healthy routine. Two days after Christmas, I ran 3 miles, and afterwards the outside of my left ankle, right where the foot attaches to the leg was very tender. Argh!!! I’ve tried to be so careful not to do anything to injure myself running, but apparently I’ve failed 
It has been almost two weeks now, and I’m trying to test the ankle, carefully, on the treadmill. What could this be? My internet searches and self diagnoses are kind of terrifying…damaged tendon that will cause the arch to fall. What a pain. The past few days I’ve walked a few miles each night with H without a lot of soreness, and today I went to the gym and tried some very slow jogging and walking (1/10 mile/ 1/10 mile) of two miles followed with plenty of stretching. It feels a little tender now, but I hope I haven’t further aggravated matters. Above all, I want to be able to walk into my older old age. Feeling frustrated…
So good to see you again Plantmom and glad that you had time with your family and friends over the holidays!
But “ugh” on the foot/ankle injury. I can’t help much but other non-rookies here might have advice! Chances are its something “fixable” with time and I imagine you WILL be walking lots into old age!!!
PlantMom, chances are it is “just” tendinitis. With some RICE therapy and taping, it should heal, but if you are concerned, double-check with your doctor! That would be my one of my worst nightmares - to not being able to walk. Ugh.
I think it sounds like tendinitis. I would take 3 Advil 3 times a day- treat it like a prescription- and ice it. Do that for a week.
Sorry to hear your ankle is owwie, PlantMom. Feel better soon.
Plantmom, if you are still experiencing pain after more than 2 weeks, I would strongly suggest you have the ankle evaluated by a medical professional and the pursue physical therapy if appropriate. The last thing you want to do is to self diagnose and treat with the result that the injury becomes more severe.
MNKAT - any recommendations for a (cheap) quality indoor trainer? Thinking of bringing my road bike to work for some indoor training.
REI sent an add in the mail today on Hoka’s and I noticed just last week that started carrying them at our tiny store.
Thanks for the ankle ideas everyone. If it doesn’t improve, I will definitely call the doctor. I have taken some advil, used some ice, elevated it, and that did seem to help. I’m wearing shoes or crocs in the house (usually I am barefoot), and best of all, I am feeling pretty good after working out today. I’m not going to run outside on the pavement until it’s completely normal. It’s not like I haven’t been able to walk–we did a five mile hike a few days after it was at its worst (not so smart but it was planned with the visiting kids–and I’ve been walking most days with my husband, using the elliptical and bike; the pain just made me develop a new appreciation for the ability to do all of the walking I’ve done!
ohiopublic, for a “plain vanilla” indoor trainer, the 2 best companies to look at are Kurt Kinetic and Cycleops. Both companies make a straight forward fluid resistance trainer and have set the standard for the industry. Fluid resistance is the way to go; when properly designed, fluid resistance provides a much more realistic road like resistance curve than wind resistance and the non-exotic (i.e. inexpensive) magnetic trainers plus fluid is very quiet.
Of the 2, I am very partial to the Kurt Kinetic Road Machine and used one for several years with the optional supplemental flywheel before I got my current computer controlled wattage based trainer. The basic Road Machine has zero bells and whistles. What it does have is a bomb proof resistance unit which has a unique magnetic coupling design that eliminates the need to have seals to prevent potential fluid leakage by having the fluid chamber and impeller housed separately from the roller mechanism with no shaft connecting them. Simply put, it works. Other manufacturers, including Cycleops, have had to do a lot of R&D to come up with seals that will last for a reasonable duration and have also needed to extend their warranties because seals are a weak point on any fluid trainer other than the Kurt Kinetic. In addition, Kurt has put a lot of design dollars into calibrating their resistance units to replicate the resistance felt on the road by correlating the resistance curve of the fluid unit with measured wattage on road bikes at various speeds. So riding at 20 mph on a Kurt a Kinetic fluid trainer feels like riding 20 mph on the road.
The Cycleops has a more sophisticated mounting mechanism and the company has extensively developed “bells send whistles” that can be included on their trainers. Their offerings are far more extensive than Kurt once you look beyond the basic fluid trainer.
Both Kurt and Cycleops are widely available at local bike shops and at chains like REI. I would definitely recommend that you go to a bricks and motor store to test them. If you get one, also get an indoor trainer tire; road tires get eaten alive by all roller based rear wheel indoor trainers. Also, there are tons of reviews online and both companies have very informative websites.
Hope this is helpful.
I read 1:4 run to bike- did 8 mile bike ride inside today as cross training. netflix helps. 
Planned on 4, instead ran 5 miles on the dreadmill in the hotel’s gym next to Mr B while he pedaled his favorite bike.
BB:
Yeah, hiking in Hawaii. That doesn’t sound too nice at all. (He says, noting that it is currently -1 degree with an 18 mph breeze and a wind chill of -22 degrees here.) I have broken out the warm long johns and the heavy down parka!
Ohiopublic, I have this that I think I got at REI with my 20% coupon plus my dividend.
http://www.rei.com/product/863021/cycleops-fluid2-bike-trainer-with-training-kit-2014
I still need to get a computer, but it’s easy to mount & dismount the bike.
I know, idad! Hope the deep freeze loosens its grip soon.
In other news… Tying your shoes is so… 20th century. 
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/national/nike-release-back-future-shoes-2015-article-1.2068815
I’d love to be hiking in Hawaii!
I def had to break out the long johns for the hill trek yesterday here too. I had my face almost completely covered and still felt like my eyelids froze 
But it was beautiful and invigorating for sure!
We’ll see how I feel about all that tomorrow when I have to break trail in te blizzard we’re expecting
I think these sub zero treks are what got me used to doing it without music. When I first started doing the hill in these kind of temps, I used an old iPod and it would freeze halfway in. Its much nicer to be electronically unencumbered. Though now that I use spotify on the phone, I should consider a Bluetooth headset. Anyone know of any that can handle low temps? Might be nice for longer weekend treks at the conservation area, which i might try this weekend…