M: 6M
8:56, 8:10, 8:01, 8:00, 7:48, 7:11
890v3: 72M
T: 7M
849, 8:26, 8:07, 8:09, 8:02, 7:39, 8:12
Flyknit: 41M
W: OFF - Cold, Rain
Th: 10M
8:55, stretch, 8:14, 7:57, 7:54, 7:48, 7:59, 7:49, 6:59, stretch, 8:44, 8:12 - With Paul so I did a warm up and cool down.
890v3: 82M
F: 4M
8:59, 8:33, 8:12, 8:08
Flyknit: 45M
S: 7M
8:52, 8:28, 8:22, 8:17, 8:11, 8:02, 8:05
Flyknit: 52M
Su: OFF - Hamstring
Week: 34M
My right hamstring starting bothering me a little earlier in the week (Tuesday maybe) and hadn't gotten better so I took Sunday off. It hurts on the left side above my knee where the tendon turns into muscle. I see no bruising. It mostly feels tight and only hurts when I push on it...or run...My initial guess is my semitendinosis cramped or pulled.
I did a good amount of icing and rolling yesterday and I got some of that Blue Emu Oil stuff. I used it a long time ago and recall it being worth the money. Maybe...maybe not...
I want to test my hamstring tonight, but think I'm either going to take the day off or ride my bike. I really need to make sure I run on more level surfaces. Crowned roads are not doing me any favors. This is me trying to learn from my left ankle.
I got an exercise ball and am going to start working with that after my runs.
Other than that I think my week had some good efforts and I'm happy with it.
Hope things are getting better up north.
I don't know much about that area of the hamstring...was it directly on back of leg or more towards the back / outside?
ReplyDeleteEither way, hopefully it is just some mild over use. It looks like your pace started dropping across the board. You could always drop mileage a bit this week as well. I'm of the opinion that mileage can be increased pretty easily if you allow the pace to drop back a bit, but once the paces start dropping you have to be careful...even if you aren't increasing mileage at all.
Sometimes running a lot of miles in a small pace range (unless its all easy) wears my legs out more than drastic pace changes where you are hitting recovery slogs one day, tempo one day, and sprint another.
Get recovered, then you may want to experiment with faster fast days, slower slow days for awhile.
Its in the back towards the inside of my leg. I looked at hamstring anatomy and the semitendinosis muscle looks like the right location. In this image it starts at the top of the tendon and goes through the section of muscle that gets wider and stops where it meets the biceps femorus muscle.
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I assume it's just a little overuse because I've been running longer and faster lately. I definitely need to focus on recovery days, but every time I go out I just keep running faster than I intend to.