good running websites

[nsaeolian]

After an exhaustive ( and Exhausting ) google search for good websites for a beginner runner, I thought " Where else could I get better information that with the Cathletes!! " I have been doing a learn to run 5k clinic over the last seven or eight weeks, and got derailed by spraining my inner knee on a weight training day. So I'm still getting physio and working on getting healed then stronger quads and glutes ( Cathe will be most helpful at that stage! ) down the road. Once I can get back to training for running, I don't know where to start, where I left off, or from the beginning.... so some good running websites, especially with lots of info for beginners, would be great. HELP! If it makes any difference, I have recently turned 50 so that is a factor I might need to consider too. It's frustrating, as I injured myself just as I was reaching a point where I was feeling I could really do it.

But I try to see it as an opportunity to work on areas of my body that are weak and need to be strengthened, so I don't do the same thing again down the road and maybe even correct some weaknesses I had put up with for years....

 

[lioness]

Here are a couple of good sites:

Hal Higdon Training Programs

Cool Running | Training

Runner's World: Running Shoes, Marathon Training, Racing


Depending on how long you've been out with your injury you might have to start back at the beginning. I have been out with a few minor injuries (maybe 3 weeks at the most) and it doesn't take me that long to get back to where I was. The important thing is not too come back too soon.

I am 50 (will be 51 in August) and started running when I was 46. I don't consider my age a factor. I know a woman who started running at 44. She is now 78 and still runs. She has run in over 1000 races. I know lots of people that are running in their 60s, 70s and 80s and many of them started running later in life.

Good luck!

 

[RapidBreath]

My favorite way to get back to running is just to follow my heart rate. I use a heart rate monitor. I pick out a nice area to run. Then, I warm up (walking) and jog until my heart rate gets a bit high, walk it down to 70% and jog again. Basically, its an interval workout. Usually getting back to running, that would be just a 30 minutes workout. Kind of like the beginning of C25k but instead its following my heart rate rather than a predetermined number of minutes or seconds you run and then a preset amount of walking. Often I can run longer than the prefabricated workouts prescribe. Sometimes I have to walk a bit more because I have really intense hills. I just think of it as a 'road work' day instead of calling it a run, because then I might feel like I didn't do a good enough job. But, the truth is, my heart and my effort just need to be at the right level. I hope that makes sense.

Alisha

 

[maddiesmum]

runnersworld.com tells me everything I ever need to know.

Please bear in mind that additional exercises to keep you injury free do not necessarily involve those same exercises that Cathe always stresses. You need more than and different from endless squats and lunges. Cathe does not focus enough upon inner and outer thing, nor upon the gluteus medius and minimus, essential for hip stabilization to prevent knee injuries, ITB issues, etc, nor does she do much for propioperception.

If you consult runnersworld.com you will find whole sections on how to stay injury free, with videos showing exercises. None of the exercises taught to me at physio over the years, to heal and prevent future running injuries, have ever been featured on a single Cathe DVD, with the exception of hamstring roll ins with the stability ball.

Cathe is great, but she is not primarily targetting runners.

Clare

 

[nkhansen1]

I love Hal Higdon's training plans! He also writes for Runner's World. I'm using one of his plans to train for a marathon right now. I'm using Bar Method (created by a physical therapist) every morning and one heavy total body weight day to keep the leg muscles balanced to prevent injury and ITB issues I've suffered in the past.