Sunday, January 20, 2008

Running with pain.


It's Sunday morning and with outside temperatures hovering around 7 degrees forced me to get my hill workout onto the treadmill. My creative workout on the treadmill included 2 x with 3% incline at 6:24 pace for 2 minutes, 2 x 5% incline 6:24 for 90 seconds, 1 x 7% incline 6:24 for 30 seconds and then finish with 1 at 7% incline 6:24 for 3:30 minutes. I felt good, even though, my gastrocnemius muscle in both legs has suffered damage from Wednesday's hill workout. They are so-o-o-o sore like never before. Even a gentle rub brings shooting pain. Usually, soreness lasts a couple days but this one may take 4 or 5 days before the pain goes away.

2 comments:

Mnowac said...

Ooooh I feel for you, my calves were SCREAMING at me last week after a hilly run and a bike class full of hills. I tried rubbing them with the STICK, but that made me want to cry so I sat in some snow and felt much better! Hope your pain fades soon.

Brian said...

Thanks for including the paces and grades... I will use this workout this winter.