Anyone here tried this new thing called "jogging" ?

I'm still recovering from my stress fracture, it's taking forever!! My doctor told me I can run again, just have to not push it. So I am running 2 days a week. 

Hope everyone is well!

F Me In The Brain said:

NewfieintheUSA said:

I'm still recovering from my stress fracture, it's taking forever!! My doctor told me I can run again, just have to not push it. So I am running 2 days a week. 

Hope everyone is well!

How long has it been?
Good luck with the healing.

Next week's PT sessions "should let us know how close you are to being able to run", according to the therapist last night.  

Someone tell Newfie and I about pushing yourself and having a rewarding run this weekend, please! 

You can be our legs!

I should be out there tomorrow. 50% chance of rain so I hope I am outside and not on the treadmill. But I will be pushing myself either way. Hang in there, B. I hope the PT gives you good news next week. 

F Me In The Brain said:

NewfieintheUSA said:

I'm still recovering from my stress fracture, it's taking forever!! My doctor told me I can run again, just have to not push it. So I am running 2 days a week. 

Hope everyone is well!

How long has it been?
Good luck with the healing.

Next week's PT sessions "should let us know how close you are to being able to run", according to the therapist last night.  

Someone tell Newfie and I about pushing yourself and having a rewarding run this weekend, please! 

You can be our legs!

Injured myself on August 13th, so over 5 months now. I got a bone stimulator that is supposed to help the healing, we'll see.

Hope you get the go ahead soon. 

I'm glad to be able to run a couple of days a week, but I'm so out of shape in comparison to where I was over the summer. Hard to believe I was running 13-16 miles some days, when now I have a hard time getting to 5 miles. 

NewfieintheUSA said:

F Me In The Brain said:

NewfieintheUSA said:

I'm still recovering from my stress fracture, it's taking forever!! My doctor told me I can run again, just have to not push it. So I am running 2 days a week. 

Hope everyone is well!

How long has it been?
Good luck with the healing.

Next week's PT sessions "should let us know how close you are to being able to run", according to the therapist last night.  

Someone tell Newfie and I about pushing yourself and having a rewarding run this weekend, please! 

You can be our legs!

Injured myself on August 13th, so over 5 months now. I got a bone stimulator that is supposed to help the healing, we'll see.

Hope you get the go ahead soon. 

I'm glad to be able to run a couple of days a week, but I'm so out of shape in comparison to where I was over the summer. Hard to believe I was running 13-16 miles some days, when now I have a hard time getting to 5 miles. 

Yay for being back to running.
I am pretty sure August 16th is the day I blew up my ankle and tore the tendon.  I didn't stop until the end of November after the 26.2 miler but that was the day shit started to hurt a lot.

Pretty sure I had a stress fracture in March last year but three weeks off and starting back up slowly was enough for me.  Got lucky with that one.

You will be back to ten plus in no time.

Nice work!
I got a splashdown last year and all I could do was laugh.  I was waiting to cross and didn't even think about it, was list in my head.  
Would like to think I learned a lesson!

I need to do better, I fell off the wagon. Like I said before, I was never a runner. I enjoy lifting a lot more, but now that I can't seem to get back to how strong I was before my shoulder surgery, combined with high cholesterol and borderline A1C, I think now is the time to get a bit more serious with running and focus my diet towards fueling that vs bodybuilding (a lot of people don't know bodybuilding diets can be absolutely terrible for you). I've been at it for a week, running anywhere between 3-5 miles a day. I have one of those NordicTrack incline trainers. I used to only walk/hike on it for cutting phases.Lol I now run on it and said fuck it and paid the annual fee so I can pick and choose a program to follow. I picked a half-marathon program. 2-part series of 4 weeks each. Goal is to run a half marathon under 10 mins per. So far it's been brutal, but doable.

to you both!

F Me In The Brain said:

crookedcross said:

I need to do better, I fell off the wagon. Like I said before, I was never a runner. I enjoy lifting a lot more, but now that I can't seem to get back to how strong I was before my shoulder surgery, combined with high cholesterol and borderline A1C, I think now is the time to get a bit more serious with running and focus my diet towards fueling that vs bodybuilding (a lot of people don't know bodybuilding diets can be absolutely terrible for you). I've been at it for a week, running anywhere between 3-5 miles a day. I have one of those NordicTrack incline trainers. I used to only walk/hike on it for cutting phases.Lol I now run on it and said fuck it and paid the annual fee so I can pick and choose a program to follow. I picked a half-marathon program. 2-part series of 4 weeks each. Goal is to run a half marathon under 10 mins per. So far it's been brutal, but doable.

I am slow and I was able to do that just over that my first half distance (which was the actual race) and under a number of times running in training - you can do it, I am sure you can crush that.  However, I would stretch out your goal some and once you can run outside regularly then I would kick up the mileage.  Running 10 miles on even a nice treadmill, sucks, imo.  There is a lot to gain working on your short gain on the dreadmill.  Set up some interval training and hill training and keep it 3-6 miles.  You will be able to really challenge yourself and get faster. 

Once you get back outside it will feel easy.

Or, just keep hammering on the treadmill -- all in favor and support of putting in hard work.  Whatever you find works best for you!

Thanks. Yea the program I am doing incorporates interval training and hikes. I haven't looked into the rest of the month so I'm not sure about the distance going more than 5 miles, but it is been between 3-5 in the past 6 sessions and it's definitely a great mix of run, hike, and various intensities. The machine automatically change the speed and incline based on the virtual trainer's program. The <10min/mile half marathon goal is just a portion of my goals. Distance running is something that's never been a part of my repertoire and something I'd like to add. I can sprint like a mofo, but I die on long runs. Health is a major driving force also as well as my career. I am getting commissioned to be a Naval Officer in August and comes with that is a full physical. It's like I am enlisting all over again so I can't really show up with high cholesterol and an elevated A1C and risk losing the promotion. That physical is right around when I am done with this series so after that, I'm probably going to reduce running to 3x a week and throw in lifting again. Should put me in tip top shape by the summer. 

Thanks. I need to figure out the heart rate thing though. Something I never really paid any attention to before. During recovery runs, the trainer keeps saying keep your HR at 75% which for my age is about 140, but I find myself running at about 160/165. I follow the trainer/machine's pace and if I go at a slower speed or decline to get me down to 140bpm, I feel like I'm going so slow and it's too easy. Then during high intensity segments, he says go for 90% which is about 165bpm for me. I am at 190. Which upon researching is the max for most people. Lol The trainer also increases intensity by slowing down and increasing the incline way up for a hike, but somehow that makes my HR lower and when he brings the incline down and raise the speed to a "light" run, that's when my heart is pounding. Here's a visual. This was today's run/hike. As you see, I have to walk to get down to 140. I wear a Polar chest strap.

F Me In The Brain said:

Good to monitor some and see what works and what is safe for you.  This is one of the reasons I like being outside so much more than a treadmill.  I can go faster or slower and just keep glancing at my wrist every so often.  185 was top end for me but I did hit 190 some during short races.
The treadmill forcing your pace is a good way to push yourself ...but also, if you are a blockhead it is a good way to go further/faster than you should.
I'm a blockhead.  

Speaking of, I did an extra circuit during PT today and was pretty much in agony the whole last circuit - funny enough it was my back and not my ankle.  When I finished I asked the torture master therapist if I was meant to stop at 5.  He told me I was meant to stop at 4.
Said I had a very determined look on my face so he thought it was ok to let me go until I was done.
Fucking PT.

Lol I hated PT. I had to do it for my knee, and shoulder. My shoulder was repaired by your Eagles team doctor, Peter DeLuca, but my PT was done by the Air Force. Talk about a quality gap