Today’s run: 5.0 miles, 53 minutes. (+2.5 miles mileage from earlier in the week that I didn’t have time to blog….) YT: 477.08. Ah, to run on the beach! In Los Angeles for a working weekend; I had forgotten what it was like to run without immediately being in your own cloud of sweat and heat. Even though I got up at 4, and had been up for 16 hours running, 5 miles on the beach path came easy.
Back in Paradise for a Working Weekend
So…. another week of light mileage. About 17 miles. Ugh. For once my running wasn’t just derailed by my social life. I took a step into the (yuppie) void this week and signed up for … PERSONAL TRAINING. At the beginning of the training session, I told Sandy, “If you’re going to incapacitate me, let’s keep it to the upper body.” An hour later, they were wheeling me out in a chair.
OK – wasn’t that bad, but the next three days, I was EXTREMELY sore in the lower body after squats and lunges. Major disincentive to running – and actually causing me to wonder:
Is it safe to run when you’re hellaciously sore?
If someone could answer that, I’d appreciate it. Because it may stop me from bailing on my runs this week. I have training schedule both Tuesday AND Thursday – potential disaster.
BTW, trainer Sandy also said my running is unacceptably slow and I’m required to start eating oatmeal beforehand instead of the empty stomach. Hmph.
Very jealous of your working weekend! I’m mourning the lack of excuses to take me back to SB this summer.
I don’t know if it’s safe to run when you’re sore, but it’s awful, I don’t recommend it. I find that when I work out with my physical therapist, he doesn’t leave me that sore because he’s there to support my running. Personal trainers aim for better all-around health, which sometimes diverges from being a better runner.
If it weren’t for the 1000 miles, I’d say put the running on the back burner until you get used to weight training. If you think of your mission this year as something like training for an event though, I would let Sandy know your priorities. Give her feedback about how sore you were after the previous session; most personal trainers are open to different goals.