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Hot Running!

Yesterday I had to stay late at work so went straight to the gym for a run ... I almost ran from home but the idea of getting grief from the gnome didn't appeal as I was already tired (but as Spans says how often do you feel worse for a run?!)

Anyway I get there and it's warm (small gym minimal air con!) so I do get on the tready (no-one else is about!) and my aim was 40 mins of 5:2 R:W at about 7km ph. To my frustration as this is a small gym the damn thing is hard programmed so you can't do more than 30 mins! So I do a 5 min walking warm up, then stop and start again! The Plan then changed to the 30 mins session as the idea of faffing about with re-starting the tready again didn't appeal! (Shant have that problem soon!)

So off I went, as my runs last week were at 7 I decided to do 7.2km ph - a minimal increase in speed but an increase all the same! Set one fine! Set two slight tightness in the legs. Set three and I start to notice that my right leg (the one that got injured) is lazy! After 2 mins of plodding I feel like I am running the same then I notice the noise. I'm landing heavy, but only with the right foot! I had to actually start to think about how I was running and conciously put that foot down. I tried speeding up, 7.4 and the 7.7 for the last minute and this made it better.Then a walk and drink (it's damn hot now and any ideas of a 40 min run have well and truely gone!) Final set, again after 2 mins the right leg goes all lazy so I upped the speed to 7.4 and concerntrated hard to finish that set.

The lazy leg is not something I had noticed before -not sure if it was that I was tired (did moan earlier of feeling on the verge of a cold) or if it is really there. I will have to pay attention again next time I am on a tready!

Finished off with some stretches, went home, gave gnome a bath and got him to bed.

Later that evening I did my sit ups and leg exercises. The leg exercises are those simple abductor, adductor (think that is the right muscles!) ones were you lay you on side and raise the leg. Left leg starts to tire on 18 of 20 whereas right leg starts to tire on 12/13 of 20! I think this proves the physio's comment about the right hip area being weaker! It also highlights that I need to work on this. So maybe the right leg is lazy running???

Comments, opinions and suggestions welcomed!!

Comments

beanz said…
well run!

I am rather right sided - less flexibility in left leg and hip

i am trying to do stretches etc to compensate
RobW said…
Pix - I'm going away on a holiday for a week so good luck with the tready on Saturday. I want to hear that's being put to good use. I'd hate to have to send you some visitors

{RobW turns round to see Givanni giving himself a manicure with an ice pick and Helga breaking snooker balls in her hands}

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