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Couch to 5K Accountability Thread
Carl-E:
I had just heard a health report that we start losing about 30% of our muscle mass from the age of 50 on to the mid 70's if we're sedentary.
And that we can keep all of it with just some moderate activity.
So anyway, the pain in my leg really is a nerve, the deep peroneal nerve that runs along the femur under the muscles and two crossing tendons, which is why, when it gets irritated, I can feel some swelling. It's a lower branch of the cyatic, which is why it bothers my hip, and it runs to and controls the flexor muscles in the foot, which is why it gets irritated from a long walk.
But the other day, having forgotten something in the store, I was able to jog from the checkout to the aisle and back, with no bad twinges! And I'm able to take longer walks with the dogs with less irritation at the end. I've gone back to taking naproxyn sodium (for my left knee), and that helps some also. I just don't want to be eating ibuprofins the way I was, 800 mg four times a day for over four months - that stuff messes with your liver after a while.
So, seven months out from the accident, it's the only thing that hasn't healed yet, but it's definitely getting better. t will probably be a few more months, maybe up to a year - nerves heal sooo slowly, and I'm over 50 now. Which brings me back to the start of this post. As soon as I can, I'm getting up off my ass and starting some kind of program.
And I hope y'all will hold my feet to the fire!
Redball:
Do you want to add your name to the grid for eventual use, or is that pushin'?
Carl-E:
....right now, it's pushin'. But I may try the annual walk/run when I go to the AP reading in 2 weeks. We'll see how I feel after walking to and from the convention center each day!
For the last two years I came in 3rd in the men's walking division. Out of three.
bainidhe_dub:
Just back from run three (and a shower, because Dear Husband claimed he could smell me from upstairs when I came in). I took the dog again, and we did 2.08 miles, avg 14:26 min/mile. Better than my first and second days :) I'm thinking I'm going to do the week 1 run at least once more before I move up to week 2, in hopes of not feeling pukey 3/4 of the way through. I need to work out a route that doesn't make me run up every hill both ways.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: bainidhe_dub on 30 May 2012, 18:03 ---I need to work out a route that doesn't make me run up every hill both ways.
--- End quote ---
You shouldn't go via Escher Road.
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