I started running again to train for IM in October. I was running 3-4 miles usually and a couple times I ran 5 miles. I was feeling really good and the next day I had little, if any soreness. I use to run in custom orthotics for the past 15 years, but I thought maybe I wouldn’t need them anymore. So, this year, I bought some Brooks Glycerin GTS 20 shoes since Nike didn’t make the Odyssey II anymore that I had good luck with. I bought some store orthotics for the Brooks, aetrex brand.
Last week, I go out with a plan to run 5 miles. I was feeling like my calves had anchors in them. I decided to run 4 miles instead. The last mile, my right calf started feeling some pain. I have it a few days and got a massage as well. I ended up doing a 3 mile run/ walk as it still didn’t feel good. It’s now about 8 days and aim not recovered and I’m upset I have not been running.
I’m now wondering if maybe the shoes just “blew out†or something. They only had maybe 50 miles of running in them and originally felt like running on a cloud. Is this possible?
What the heck happened and how can I het back to running?
Ugh. Dude…so much wrongness in one set of decisions.
- Don’t start at 5 miles of running.
- Don’t change orthotics after 15 years, just because.
- Don’t change shoes, cold turkey.
Returning to Running starts with minutes…not miles…and months of progress not days. Its not the shoes, its the thing they are attached to.
Get a couch to 5k program (here’s one: http://www.c25k.com/) …the one that starts with like 30s of running + 3 mintes of walking. Follow it all the way until the end. Seriously. Don’t. skip. any. steps.
I just did this back in October. I hadn’t run in 18 months. Prior to that I was running 60-100 miles a week for 18 months. Then I took a “break”. I restarted 1 October following a couch to 5k program. It took 6 weeks before I ran 25 minutes straight following that program (so 6 weeks to run ~2.5miles continuously).
To repeat Stringcheese and Dr. Alex: Patience is Key. I’d add sparkly text, also…but, ST doesn’t support it.
In the meantime…Swim, or bike more.
This is phenomenal and perfect timing for me (just learning to run at 53yrs). However it looks like the english version is not linked anymore (DNS error), whereas the other languages still are.
Any chance you may have a copy of the pdf in English?