col_forbin Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Just wanting to see who out there runs on a regular basis and their weekly mileage I usually run around 4 times a week, with a weekly total of close to 20 miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeF Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 7 days, 45-50 miles, treadmill 5 days, road 2 days....have to save the wear and tear on this old body.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
col_forbin Posted March 16, 2005 Author Share Posted March 16, 2005 How do you do that? I tend to get inflamed joints from time to time. Right now I have one in my hip. I can run about 4 miles and the it starts hurting like a b*tch. I just started to take glucosamine, hopefully this will help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeF Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 The treadmill work saves a lot of wear and tear. A couple of tips... 1) Trash the insoles that come with the shoes--it amazes me you can buy a $150 pair of shoes and they spend about 10 cents on the insoles. I buy a super cushion insole and insert. I change insoles about every 8 weeks or so--shoes 3 x a year. 2) Stick with one brand and one pair of shoes over time. I am a New Balance 856 guy. Stayed with this model for about the last 3 years. Those would be my biggest col... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 How do you do that? I tend to get inflamed joints from time to time. Right now I have one in my hip. I can run about 4 miles and the it starts hurting like a b*tch. I just started to take glucosamine, hopefully this will help. 277126[/snapback] Avoid foods, or moderate the usage thereof, that contain significant amounts of the nitrogen compound, purine. Look it up. I buy a cherry concentrate for ten bucks a bottle from a grocery store, which lasts me a month. It helps. Keep away from the Vitamin E concept. No proven benefits, and just today in the n'papers it has been fingered if used in excess as a contributor to heart failure. Be careful with the glucosamine/chondroitin therepy...if you are allergic to shellfish, you will have some potentially serious problems. Here's a site: http://www.arthriris.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothrop Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 How do you do that? I tend to get inflamed joints from time to time. Right now I have one in my hip. I can run about 4 miles and the it starts hurting like a b*tch. I just started to take glucosamine, hopefully this will help. 277126[/snapback] This is why I do not run. I could run 20 miles per week, but would eventually end up screwing up my knees and other joints. Arthritis will eventually set-in and I would end up decrepid and crippled, relegated to the couch eating cheese-puffs and bon bons. This is why I have decided to skip to the inevitable end at age 30. By not exercising and taking my place on that couch with my healthy joints, cheese puffs, and bon bons I will avoid the pain and enjoy myself. And beer will take the place of those fun little endorphins you runners keep talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 This is why I do not run. I could run 20 miles per week, but would eventually end up screwing up my knees and other joints. Arthritis will eventually set-in and I would end up decrepid and crippled, relegated to the couch eating cheese-puffs and bon bons. This is why I have decided to skip to the inevitable end at age 30. By not exercising and taking my place on that couch with my healthy joints, cheese puffs, and bon bons I will avoid the pain and enjoy myself. And beer will take the place of those fun little endorphins you runners keep talking about. 277161[/snapback] I jog in place for a minute before I get my next beer, and do the same before I sit down. I feel that I am doing the right thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 I have a question for the runners out there....it is a little away from your normal area but you might be able to shed some insight...... For the past 3 years.....my son (now 13) plays Junior football and every single stinking year he has come down with some sort of foot ailment that he has had to wear braces to work through until his body becomes accustomed to the ton of running they do 4 days a week....these ailments range from aches and pains to full blown tendonits in both ankles....... Now...another trend that happened in those years is that football happened in the summer......and there was a period of time for when school got out to when football started....there was a lot of all day tv watching, playstation playing, etc etc time off.......and then WHAMO.....they were running every day THis year has been different.....I have kept him very active....he runs with a football speed/track coach 2 times a week.....plays basketball 3 times a week....and 2 times he week he goes to the gym and lifts (light weight, high reps, under my supervision) When basketball is over he will be doing karate 2 times a week... Now....he loves all this activity I dont have to push him.....but it is something he has been doing just this year in keeping him more active......flexibility and stretching are more stressed this offseason then any other before...... Do you think he will have the same problem with his feet come football season? He appears to be doing great now...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeF Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 John--I have no scientific evidence...but when I am running 7 days a week...I feel more limber than when I back off and I feel less joint pain and seem to have more energy during the workout. I think there is something to conditioning your body to get used to a stepped up routine that avoids injury but I am not an exercise physiologist... I have a good friend who is a sports med specialist--he says the most important thing is to listen to your own body--it will tell you what you can and can't do. .don't listen to the folks who tell you don't run or workout every day... don't know if this helps--but my guess is the better conditioned your son is for the short burst activity of football the less prone to injury he will be.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac17 Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 ran the NYC marathon in 99....one of the coolest things I've ever done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 John--I have no scientific evidence...but when I am running 7 days a week...I feel more limber than when I back off and I feel less joint pain and seem to have more energy during the workout. I think there is something to conditioning your body to get used to a stepped up routine that avoids injury but I am not an exercise physiologist... I have a good friend who is a sports med specialist--he says the most important thing is to listen to your own body--it will tell you what you can and can't do. .don't listen to the folks who tell you don't run or workout every day... don't know if this helps--but my guess is the better conditioned your son is for the short burst activity of football the less prone to injury he will be.. 277203[/snapback] That's great advice. Really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillnutinHouston Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Runner's what? jockitch? The apostrophe isn't needed there, there's no possessive. Wasn't this covered in 3rd grade? Sorry to be a grammar nazi but it's so annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tux of Borg Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 When I was on active duty they wanted us to log 30 miles per week. Depending on what was going on that week, sometimes we ran more, sometimes we ran less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardy Pyle Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 I run, been relatively injury free thus far, but battled a calf strain medial something or another...but I'm back on the mend. I run 3-4 times a week, 10km or so. My biggest problem is keeping the weight on so I also have to do weights as well to keep some upper body bulk and keep the pecs nice and tight. I find I cannibalize alot of muscle when I run alot and I'm not a huge eater anymore, so I really have to moderate my running. I've always been meaning to get more into squats and deadlifts, but they seem to slow me down on my run days, but I plan on doing more of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Info Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Col, I do about the same as you. I have, on occasion, brought it up to 30 or so miles but that always seems to bring about some injuries for me. Like yourself, I have also been dealing with an aggravating hip problem but only on one side. I finally went to a rehab center and found somebody that was knowledgeable and showed me some good stretching and strengthening exercises. That has helped immensely. The orthopaedic doctors with which I have discussed glucosamine/chondroitin therapy have said that it takes about 4-6 weeks for the correct bioavailability and then it only works for 50% of the people. I tried it and it did not work for me so I stopped taking it. I have been a runner for quite a while. To reduce some of the joint stress, I have been adding some biking to my exercise regime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester43 Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 ok i am to cry like a B word just this once and be done with it: one year ago at this time i was averaging over 100 miles per week and feeling great. i averaged 105/week from december '03 to august 04, and topped out at 131. i had two mild bouts of anemia, but once i got my supplements straightened out i was running PRs- at age 38, no less...that's not supposed to happen to a lifelong runner, but it did to me. i felt like a stud and it was frikkin awesome. then in september, 3 days after running a 1:16 half-marathon while going out way too fast, and also while still on antibiotics from strep throat(it was like i could do no wrong), i tore the tendon that holds my ab muscle to my pelvis. i was doing an ab workout with my team and i just felt it rip. yes it hurt, but not as bad as you would think. it felt like a muscle pull, and i couldn't look at myself in the mirror if i had skipped a workout because of sore abs. plus i had a marathon coming in 2 months so i kept training. as the weeks passed my "ab pull" did not heal, it got worse. but i could still manage to train...in fact i still had one more awesome race in october (another 1:16 half-mar...on a very hilly course)before the pain also spread into my groin. but once that happened, it made it harder and harder to do anything but slow easy running. i cut my milage way back so i could make it to the starting line of the philly marathon in november. i made it through ok (2:46, about 5 mins slower than it should have been), but i knew something was wrong. got a diagnosis of athletic pubalgia and in january had surgery to (a) reattach the ab tendon to the pelvis, and (b) cut grooves in my overly-tightened groin muscles to get them back to their normal length. it was my first "injury" in 25 years of running and racing, but technically it wasn't a running injury cause i did it doing !@#$ing pilates. the recovery was a B word, but after the first month or so (during which time all exercise was forbidden)i got better fast. i followed my rehab plan to the letter and waited patiently till i was allowed to resume baby 1-2 mile jogs in week 6 of rehab. meanwhile the surgeon pronounced me healed after only 7 weeks post-surgery and removed all restrictions on my training. unfortunately on my 4th day of running, during a TWO MILE run, my knee started throbbing like a B word, and the MRI shows a small tear in the meniscus. it is so small that the doc thinks it may be an old injury, but there is so much pain and swelling he doubts that it is. so i go for a 2nd opinion on 4/1 and if the 2nd doc agrees, i will get it scoped. son of a B word. how i managed that in a slow 2 mile run i will never know. but now i am back on the shelf again. it has been two weeks since i hurt it and i am nowhere near healed. meanwhile i haven't trained normally in 6 months and i have barely exercised at all in 4 months. i am depressed and miserable from all the inactivity and i just want my life back. i know in the grand scheme of things this problem is miniscule...and you guys can put this post in the LAMP hall of fame if youwant, but i had to get this off my chest. there are just not enough swear words to describe my frustration! i was enjoying this late rennaissance in my competitive career and i am just crushed that it may very well end like this. it is going to take me at least a year to come close the shape i was in last summer and i will be 40 by then...if i pull it off it will be the greatest comeback ever, but i think it is more likely that this is how it will end. i feel like joe theisman getting his leg snapped in half...ok, i admit it's not exactly the same thing, but man it is going to be a LOOOOng road back...maybe too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardy Pyle Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Jester, I was going to mention you as I knew you were a runner. That's a shame what happened. I don't really know what to say, but I don't think this is the end for you and your running. When I run, and I'm not competitive or anything, I run against myself and no one else. So what if your not at your personal best times anymore, run for yourself and the positive effects you feel once you can run again. That's the best thing about running, it's a solitarity acitivity and I even leave my running watch at home now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenews Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 7-35 miles per week and coach hs athletes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester43 Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 i am just pissing and moaning because i am not sure if i will ever get back to that level of training again....which likely means no more personal records for this old dog. although... the marathon is the one race you can still run well into your early 40s so i can't give up yet. there is a poster called "runner" who ran in the women's olympic trials last year and i think she was 41. i can't remember when she last PRd or if the race she used to qualify was a PR for her, but obviously you don't just crumble when you turn 40...although lately it feels that way!! ok,...vent over...i feel better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCDAWG Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 I am just starting out and would like to know from those "treadmill runners" at what settings do they run...for example I do a light jog at 3.9 for about 45 minutes with an incline of 2.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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