Sore Knees and Hamstrings

Relief for Old Legs

As previously noted, I have decided to add running to my off-season training program.  Derick at Durata Training suggested I run twice a week for 20 minutes at a ridiculously easy pace to get my running legs back.  The first two runs went fine, although I was a little sore after.  But on the third run, things began to unravel.

Apparently my inner athlete thought that a “ridiculously easy pace” was not manly enough and that I needed to go harder.  [After all, I had two 20 minute runs under my belt and that qualified me for Olympic status]. I decided that the run should be at “Ludicrous Speed” – see Spaceballs, the Movie.  In the words of my 14-year-old son: FAIL or quite possibly EPIC FAIL.

I’ve learned two valuable lessons from this fiasco:

1. Listen to the experts.  There is a reason they are the Coach and I am not.
2. Getting old sucks.