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Thursday Mar 16, 2006 #
Running (Form Exercises) 10:00 [2]
With some strides added, now that most of the ice is gone from our driveway.
Running warm up/down 10:00 [2]
Running hills 40:00 [4] 6.5 km (6:09 / km)
It's almost spring, so it's time to get running for real. I drove to Coolihan's Sideroad, a quiet country road bisecting Glen Haffy Conservation Area. It has a long, steady uphill grade with a nice steep bit around the middle. I measured a distance of just over 1 km, then did three repeats of down + up. Each hill ascent was a little faster than the previous one. I felt great aerobically and my knee was fine, but unfortunately, my hip began to hurt. This happened for the first time at Raid The Hammer, and it was excruciating by the end. I assumed that it must have something to do with my favouring my damaged knee when I run - and apparently, this hasn't gone away. So... I may be limited to relatively short runs. I'll have to visit Thumbs-of-Death and see what he thinks.
The good news is that only a couple of years ago, it would have been a huge news flash if I'd been able to run 6.5 km without stopping, even on the flats.
It's been a long time since I've run somewhere where I could focus on running style, so today I thought about:
- Pumping the arms straight forward
- Rear leg push-off. (Like the treadmillers, those of us who run in low-traction conditions all winter don't get much practice doing this.)
- Good posture. (When Etoile sees me running, she says, "C'mon - titties up!")
We often talk about which hills would be good for hill training, and I'm not sure why we haven't come to this spot before. At this time of year when the trees have no leaves, it has one of the most awesome views on this side of Caledon. In 50 minutes on this stretch of road, I saw 4 vehicles, and the same horse went by twice, but otherwise I was spared the usual fog of toxic road dust that we get on busier dirt roads in our area. The Bruce Trail crosses the road at the top of the hill I was running, so there is lots of potential to build a nice longer run.
The good news is that only a couple of years ago, it would have been a huge news flash if I'd been able to run 6.5 km without stopping, even on the flats.
It's been a long time since I've run somewhere where I could focus on running style, so today I thought about:
- Pumping the arms straight forward
- Rear leg push-off. (Like the treadmillers, those of us who run in low-traction conditions all winter don't get much practice doing this.)
- Good posture. (When Etoile sees me running, she says, "C'mon - titties up!")
We often talk about which hills would be good for hill training, and I'm not sure why we haven't come to this spot before. At this time of year when the trees have no leaves, it has one of the most awesome views on this side of Caledon. In 50 minutes on this stretch of road, I saw 4 vehicles, and the same horse went by twice, but otherwise I was spared the usual fog of toxic road dust that we get on busier dirt roads in our area. The Bruce Trail crosses the road at the top of the hill I was running, so there is lots of potential to build a nice longer run.