Bret

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Location:

Milton,GA,USA

Member Since:

Jul 27, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PR's -

Mile - 4:38 (High School)

2 Mile - 10:12 (High School)

3 mile - 15:51 (High School)

10k - 35:19 (High School)

Marathon - 2:59 marathon (London -2013)

Half marathon - 1:25:18 (Deseret News 2013)

Completed all 6 of the World Marathon Majors 2024

Completed each of the 5 majors (NY, Chicago, Boston, London & Berlin) at least twice.

8 x Boston Marathon (1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2020 (virtual due to covid) 2021, 2022)

13 x NYC Marathon (1997, 1998, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~Sub 3 hour marathon~~

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continue to enjoy running and racing as long as my body permits me.

Personal:

Old guy - (grandfather even) been running for 40+ years.

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Miles:	This week:	17.50	Month:	84.00	Year:	477.05

Wed, May 14, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.00

AM - 8 miles this morning in ATL. The good news is that I can see steady improvement on my aerobic fitness rebuild coming off the marathon with the HR training I started about 2 weeks ago - but the less than good news, is that there still a fair bit of pain/discomfort on the left hip flexor. When I have had this injury in the past - if it is a pretty good strain or tear, generally the only way it really heals, is to take several weeks off. Here, I seem to not have a really bad strain, but just enough to keep me concerned. So, I will just keep running. It will either get worse - forcing me to stop running for a while, OR it will get better with the easier efforts (let's hope) OR it will remain about the same, and be a general nuisance. Interestingly, as I keep my efforts to a lower HR (just below 70% HRR) it keeps me from being too "aggressive" particularly on longer uphill sections and thus the injury is perhaps not exacerbated as much as it might be if it wasn't for the HR training keeping me in check. Disappointed that I did not get a second run in yesterday, but had too much going on to fit it in.

PM - 4 miles easy after work.

Comments

From jtshad on Wed, May 14, 2014 at 18:02:09 from 69.20.183.178

Hope you can figure the hip issue out. Frustrating when you cannot name the pain to fix it but it stays there nagging you. That is where I was last fall with my hip. Keep watching it and trying different approaches to resolve it and if you can't, it might be time to see a specialist.

From Bret on Thu, May 15, 2014 at 06:43:59 from 96.45.118.12

Thanks Jeff - "nagging" is good way to describe it. Appreciate your input.

From Jason D on Thu, May 15, 2014 at 09:53:57 from 24.1.80.94

I was just thinking of you on my run, and thought of what worked for me in Nov-Dec. When I had my hip issue (I am pretty sure it was hip flexor not FAI) I found the treadmill was helpful when combined with a good pair of compression shorts (I have 2XU). I would hold the rail until I got going and balanced and it would be okay from there.

From Bret on Thu, May 15, 2014 at 10:08:50 from 96.45.118.12

Thanks Jason. I have been wearing compression shorts, but I am concerned that I may have tweaked the hip on the treadmill to begin with - so I am staying on the roads. A good amount of stretching before and after and starting out very slowly seems to be helping. Appreciate your insight. Ultimately you just ended up having to take some time off right?

From Jason D on Thu, May 15, 2014 at 10:25:08 from 24.1.80.94

That makes sense. Yes. I did. But how much I actually took off was because I was being a pouting princess :-) I took a week off near Thanksgiving and during the first week of the year. It looks like I was back to 6-9 miles a day or so in two weeks or less and felt creaky to start but no pain once I got started (keep in mind I couldn't walk one morning two weeks before that).

If stretching and going easy helps that might just do it. I had to take time off because walking was difficult and painful.

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