Cleared to run...1/2 in a month...help!

[thebulldog]

So my last long run was a sixish miler in late dec.

I have been in pt for some muscle strain in my knee and inner calf. I did a very slow run jan 18 of about two miles.

Doc gave me the ok to run again saying to not go crazy but to keep up with my training for my 1/2 on feb 23.

My 1/2 is the disney pricness race so i don't care about time so much as we will be stopping to screw around with photos and whatever, however i would like to run it a bit.

Do i pick up where hal h plan would have me at this point?

My instinct is to do a few treadmill workouts this week and try an outside run over the week. I don't want to do too much too fast.


(Fwiw this is my fourth 1/2 and my last one was philly in nov. I trained a lot for that so i am not starting entirely from scratch).

i be typing from me phone. typos and grammer dont count.

[gt7301b]

I think you need to build back up your base before jumping back into the hal higdon plan. Going out for an 8-10 mile run after a month off seems like you are just asking for another injury. I'd start out slow before jumping back into a long run, build up some base, and forget about tapering.

[taratru]

I ran exactly 20 miles in five runs in the two months before Tink. I stopped for pictures and generally dorked through the course with high fiving. I managed to run the whole thing (minus water stops) without any trouble, even though my plan was to run three miles, walk three minutes, repeat.

That said, I'd been doing spin, step, and lifting that whole time. If you've been doing some things you should be fine. Otherwise, I'd plan on a run/walk interval plan. Keep in mind there are lonnnnng stretches of nothing at princess- no crowds or really anything- so no distractions to keep you going.

[thebulldog]

Jan 29, 2014 10:01:42 GMT -5 taratru said:

I ran exactly 20 miles in five runs in the two months before Tink. I stopped for pictures and generally dorked through the course with high fiving. I managed to run the whole thing (minus water stops) without any trouble, even though my plan was to run three miles, walk three minutes, repeat.

That said, I'd been doing spin, step, and lifting that whole time. If you've been doing some things you should be fine. Otherwise, I'd plan on a run/walk interval plan. Keep in mind there are lonnnnng stretches of nothing at princess- no crowds or really anything- so no distractions to keep you going.

This is good to know.

I do an eight min run one min walk interval usually so i might just change that up a bit.

i be typing from me phone. typos and grammer dont count.