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I am a Lazy Athlete

Posted by Ed Crossman in General, Injury, Training

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So Miami didn’t really work out well for me. Just before mile 11 my foot landed weird and I experienced some shooting pain in my foot. I hobbled off to the side and started walking to the finish.

Luckily mile 13 went right by the finish so I was only limping for 2 miles. I was able to find Michelle and let her know too. The foot pain turned out to be some severe bruising just below my toes. It was as if I was jamming my foot, heel up, into the ground the whole time.

But now I must find out why.

I went down to Big Peach Running Co for a little analysis. They video’d me on a treadmill and I got to see what my form looked like. I had just finished up a 2 hour tempo bike ride 30 minutes before the analysis so I figured a little fatigue would allow my true form to shine through.

Things I noticed:

  • My right foot lands differently from my left foot.
  • Right foot lands on the outside of my foot and a little heel to toe.
  • Left foot is landing on forefoot.
  • I am leaning a little forward…

The little lean forward is an indication of some weak inflexible hips. Well I know this. I sit in a chair all day and have skipped a few too many gym sessions. Well with weak hips you start to cheat a little during running. You don’t bring your knee up as high, your feet kinda drift just above the ground, and there is a tendency to land on your foot a little too early.

I tested this out on a tempo-ish run yesterday where I concentrate solely on form. Mainly firing my hips and glutes. And that is when I found out the title for this post, I am lazy.

20 minutes in and I am already coasting, relaxing, not firing my hips. Why?? It saves me energy. The feeling was familiar and I believe I have done this in about every run so far, I start to conserve energy. I relax my hips a little earlier and glide over the ground…which is a fancy way of saying I get lazy!

What’s next…strengthening the hips and glutes and core and whatever else I can. I’ve noticed some hip weakness on the bike as well so I am sure this will help tremendously. So I am off to start a strength plan and focus on losing the laziness.

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The Dreaded Doctor

Posted by Ed Crossman in General, Injury, Training

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EvilDoctorI feel bad for titling this as I did, but unfortunately there are certain careers that people do not like to use. The dentist, the police, the exterminator, and as an athlete…the doctor!

It started early in my life when I was playing football. It seemed that every time I would visit the doctor I would come out with a cast or crutches and be sentenced to ‘no sports’ for a while. It was always a bummer and this bad habit has stuck with me today.

But at times it is necessary to go visit. To check up on aches that ache a bit more than an ache should be aching. In my case it was a bit of the knee pain.

The last 5 miles of a particularly grueling uphill both ways kind of 51 mile ride I felt some soreness. No big deal, I’ve had it before, lets start this 30 minute run and shake out the soreness.

The run did not go so well and I have not run since. Now when I try to run the pain in my knee is intense after only a few strides. I then have to walk or stop. That is is when I knew I had to see…the dreaded doctor.

I make a visit to the doc sound awful but with increasing popularity of endurance sports, sports doctors have sprung up everywhere and you can select your favorite. I like mine so it isn’t a hassle or a pain (pun unfortunately kept in after an internal cerebral debate).

For my particular ailment there really wasn’t anything structurally wrong with my knee. Everything looked great, which is kind of not what I wanted to hear. Now there is nothing to fix. So it is on to my next adventure, Airrosti. More on that later when I go.

So I guess the moral of this wall of text is to go to the doctor and find your solution. The goal is to exercise pain free and to exercise for years to come.

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