Posts Tagged ‘tight quads’
8/10/10 – Run 7A – Trying for 1.25 Miles, not so much.
Posted by admin in Training (running, cycling, etc.) on August 10th, 2010
Today, I was going for upping my mileage to
Walk 1/4, run 1/2, walk 1/4, run 3/4, walk 1/4.
The first half mile run was going well. My ankle felt great, my quads a little tight, but not too bad. So, I tried for 3/4 mile, but I only made it to 1/2 mile on the second run due to the small, yet, sharp pain running up my posterior tibial tendon just above my left ankle. Even though I could have kept going, I kept hearing Travis in my ear saying, “There should be no symptoms. Stop running if you have symptoms.” Well, I guess a pain in my tendon counts as a symptom.
I will try again to up the mileage next time. For now, one mile it is!
Oh, I was wearing my stability running shoes and prescription orthotics.
Also, next time I run, it will be 90 degrees outside – geeze!
8/3/10 – Run 5A with Stride Outs? NOT!
Posted by admin in Training (running, cycling, etc.) on August 7th, 2010
So, on Tuesday after I completed my workout, I decided to meet up with my friend and do another run:
Walk 1/4, run 1/2, walk 1/4, run 1/2, walk 1/4.
The run went really well! I am still wearing my stability shoes and prescription orthotics. The run felt good – my ankle was happy. All was well….that is, until I decided to do some stride-outs.
We headed down to a park with a long stretch of grass, and I put on my barefoot shoes. I started the sprint and my quads were stretching to the max. As I ran faster and faster, my quads felt as though they were truly tearing. I stopped about 50 feet in and could run no more.
The pain was excruciating. I was afraid I had really torn my muscles, except for the fact that I was still standing, and I could, in fact, walk.
Stretching at this point was out of the question. The pain felt as sharp as a knife – a good knife with a well honed blade.
Needless to say, I limped home and moved as little as possible.
Now I was so ready for my chiropractic appointment and massage.
This process is really trying on one’s determination. Sometimes I feel like I take two steps forward and three steps back. The quads feel like three steps back. Just as I get to the higher distance, I’ve gone and screwed something else up. ARGH!
Anyway, my feet feel awesome! 🙂
8/3/10 – Workout #3 with Lunges = TIGHT QUADS!!!
On Tuesday, I completed the third workout with lunges as well as my physical therapy foot strengthening.
On that day my quads were killing me! It felt like I was tearing the top layer of muscles on the front of my thigh. During the first set of lunges, I thought, “It will go away as I warm up.” However, it did not.
The second set of lunges was truly excruciating, and the third set I cut short because I couldn’t take it.
I stretched my quads as much as I could b/c the pain was quite high.
I was also experiencing some trouble with my right shoulder. The nerve running from the shoulder to the elbow was inflamed. Every time I did the tricep exercise, I had to grit my teeth as my elbow hurt! I knew it wasn’t muscle, though, b/c it hurt when I wasn’t doing the exercise.
Despite all of this my left foot was doing really great! I did all of my foot strengthening exercises with zero pain!!! It was fantastic! 🙂
But, I still could not wait until Wednesday to see my chiropractor and massage therapist!!!
7/31/10 – Workout with Lunges
So, I did my workout with lunges for the second time on Saturday. This will be short as I only want to document that my quads were sore when I did my lunges this day, but nothing that really made me uncomfortable. My quads were tighter than normal, too.
I didn’t think too much of it Saturday….