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Dogtown,Ut,

Member Since:

Jan 02, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs: 2:26:29 marathon @ St.George '14; 1:09:55 1/2 mar. '08; 31:00 10k '07

Short-Term Running Goals:

Love running now.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Love running forever!

Personal:

My perfect day would include a run through the desert, time with my wife and girls, tasty homemade meals, and a nice nap in the middle.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Adios Lifetime Miles: 512.25
Rocket 2 Lifetime Miles: 109.00
Kinvara Grey Lifetime Miles: 222.00
Vazee Pace Lifetime Miles: 437.75
Pace Blue Lifetime Miles: 231.75
Boston Lifetime Miles: 520.25
Peg Green Lifetime Miles: 544.00
Speedgoat Lifetime Miles: 325.00
Peg Purple Lifetime Miles: 509.50
Ravenna Lifetime Miles: 525.50
Barefoot '18 Lifetime Miles: 6.75
Levitate Lifetime Miles: 419.50
Peg NOP Lifetime Miles: 380.00
Peg Blue34 Lifetime Miles: 408.25
Solar Glide Lifetime Miles: 210.00
Levitate Black Lifetime Miles: 83.75
Total Distance
16.00

morning - 16 SLC.  Took Molly around then went over to Dimple Dell again.  Ran the rest of the run all over the trails down by Dry Creek.  Mostly they were covered with snow and frozen and it was tough running, but very cool.  A lot of fun single tracks and tough climbs.  (Triumph silver 112.15)

Week was okay, wish I wouldn't had been lazy on Weds.  Oh well.

Goals for next week:  Get some improvement back in my hips.  Wake up mornings and get 5-7 in. 

Triumph Silver Miles: 16.00
Comments
From Kory on Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 15:08:51 from 24.116.159.75

Holt - it's good to have a lazy day, and you deserve it. Look at the miles you've put in this year so don't be hard on yourself. I hope your Thanksgiving was good?

From josse on Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 15:14:15 from 75.216.19.8

Ya I agree with Kory it is good to be lazy once in a while, but very hard not to beat yourself up when you do take that day off.

From Holt on Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 00:42:33 from 71.213.25.101

I hear you, sometimes we need it! But then you look back at it and say, "Why did I do that?"

Josse, question for you (and I'll post this on your's to, in case you don't look here) - what kind of exercises or whatever can I do to work on my hips, specifically the hip flexor (way deep inside the leg - feels like almost to the joint)?

From josse on Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 12:27:43 from 70.193.174.222

My first question for you is do you stretch? I have a rule for my self that if I run I must stretch. This discomfort is due to you muscle and tendons/ligaments being so overly tight they are pulling on your joint. I have a little routine mostly yoga poses that i do daily. I will be very painful at first but the more you do it and the more regular you are the less it will hurt. These are some good links to help with how to do them http://health.yahoo.com/fitness-videos/everyday-yoga-with-rodney-yee-3-hip-openers/lime--RYHip.html

http://www.ehow.com/videos-on_1936_yoga-hip-stretches-openers.html with these I like triangle and pigeon pose the others are good too. With the pigeon you need to stay centered over yourself and not sit to one side, she is very flexable so you can't see that. Vinyasa's are very good to open up the back, hips and hamstrings. http://www.yogacards.com/Vinyasa.html I hope this helps but remember you have to do it every day:) Or the problem won't go away.

From josse on Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 12:33:45 from 70.193.174.222

The routine I do daily is to start with down dog and then really get a good calf stretch while i am in this position stretching one at a time by pushing the heel into the floor and raising the toes. I then go into a lunge pose to get the hip flexors. I do another down dog and calf stretch and then do pigeon then i pull up the leg that is extended behind you to get a really deep quad stretch and back to down dog and calfs. do the other side and hold each stretch for 5 deep breaths.

From Holt on Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 09:51:27 from 204.113.55.41

Thanks Josse - I do a bit of stretching and this summer I really started to incorporate yoga. But now my time is cut back and I haven't been spending as much time on it as needed. But I still have been doing about 3-4 yoga poses(?) after my runs and that is what seemed to help it out. But since this is still bugging (and even getting worse) I will MAKE TIME to bring all this in. Thanks so much for the info.

From josse on Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 10:18:42 from 75.216.82.242

I find if I slack my hips/sciatic really bother me. All I do is about 10-20 mins a day. Sometimes at night I will do some extra while I read or watch TV.

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