Took my first stab at seeing whether or not my body can handle running this afternoon. The jury is still out (i.e. have to wait and see how I feel tomorrow) but the initial results are promising.
I tried about a 5K (ended up being 3.2 miles) from the house out to Collesion Rd. and then back to where the dirt starts, with a cool down walk back up the hill to the house. Perfect little loop for me to test my progress over that distance which is basically the run distance for a Sprint Tri. Like it was meant to be....
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/18848691
Ended up with a time of 24:38. Which I am pretty proud of. I compared that time to the 2009 results of the Black Fly Tri (one I am planning on doing next year) and I would have come in 67th of 314 competitors for the running leg. Granted I was fresh for this run and not two legs into a tri but I bet I would still be in the top 100 range which is actually a bit better than I thought I would be starting from scratch.
This was a decent effort for me, avg heart rate was just about threshold. Definitely wasn't 'race pace' but I doubt I could have gone too much faster at this point without cramping or having some other kind of issue.
So all things considered I think if I get some better shoes and start running a bit more I can get running under my belt no problem. Of course this all depends on my knees. There was some soreness (about as much as expected I guess) but I am hoping better shoes will take care of some of that.
Now I just gotta blow up my floaties and see how fast I can swim!
running will probably be fine for you...you dont weigh a ton so i bet your knees are strong as hell from riding...shoes will definitely help...get some sweet trail runners..i like adidas (i have the kanadias)
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north face makes good stuff too..used to have those as well....ice the shit out of your knees/legs after you run for the first few weeks if your shit hurts...and add some weight too, if you feel up to it...i just started doing this again.... put a pack on and throw a bunch of free weights or dumbbells in it with some towels so u dont crush your spine...do that for a few weeks and when you run without it after some rest days you're dollah billz...plus its good training for hiking and backcountry skiing because you'll be wearing a pack then too.
oh...and btw...running almost always sucks...it never gets fun like biking...well maybe a little but not much...running in the woods is cool...but thats about it...lol
ReplyDeleteim just gonna keep commenting on this all effing day! i like how at around 16 minutes it looks like you threw your garmin straight up in the air and it got momentarily stuck in a 200ft tree...haha
ReplyDeletehah! i bought the kanadias this past monday.
ReplyDeleteand you need to increase your data analysis skillz, that graph was pace not elevation, so that spike was me slowing way down (when I turned around) not throwing the unit into a tree haha.
LOL...for real...what color? that's 3 for 3 man...matching speed suits, matching m.u.l.e.s and matching shoes...hell yea....and, yea...dont ever let me use the garmin for recon we'll end up in iran
ReplyDeleteBlack/Blue/Gray
ReplyDeletelets wear all three and just run around getting intense
im in
ReplyDeleteway to have your first experiment in running be a fucking 5k.
ReplyDeleteeat shit.