Since this is mostly a running blog I'll spare everyone the details about the Israeli Dance workshop weekend. However, I will say the teenagers that I brought to the weekend performed beautifully and behaved nicely. As a result, the weekend was enjoyable for me. The one thing that was missing for me was running. Last year I managed to get a 5 mile run in on Saturday morning, but this year I was still trying to rest my legs from the post-marathon aches.
I did get out for a 3-mile run this morning...my normal "to the lake and back" route. I did much better. I kept the pace slow (11:11/mile) and my left knee did not hurt at all during the run. Hooray! However, the back of my right knee - from the top of my calf to the bottom of my hammy - did start to hurt again about 2.5 miles into the run. I finished out the run though and then stretched out my legs. The pain stopped a few minutes after I stopped running.
I'm going to start to stretch these muscles on my non-running days as well and see if that helps. I may even try to visit a Yoga class at the gym - I've never done Yoga, but I'm reading a lot of articles on how it helps runners with their flexibility. We'll see if I actually do it.
I'll also try another 3-mile run later in the week...perhaps Friday morning.
1 comment:
I love yoga! However, the first time I tried it I didn't like it at all.
I recommend you try classes by different instructors. And try at least 3 classes before you make up your mind about it.
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