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One of the benefits of getting is old is that it’s becoming easier and easier to do quite well in competitions. Let’s face it, older people don’t seem to compete in big numbers.

Anyway, I ran a 10K trail run in the AM. Here comes the excuse. My dog and I slept terribly. I’m an average runner and lo and behold, I finished roughly in the middle of the pack, but near the top of my age group. The trail sucked. Straight up for 3 miles and straight down for 3 miles. I won’t do that race again unless they change the course.

Later that day (today :slightly_smiling_face:), a local CF gym had a friendly comp. They don’t tell you the workout beforehand, so when I arrived we all waited for them to post the workout. I’m thinking to myself, it’s going to be more running and burpees. And guess what, yay!, more running and burpees, but a couple of other things.

Part 1, establish a 1RM (rep max) front squat in 14 minutes.
Part 2, 5 rounds of a 400m run, 18 GHD situps and 9 burpee box jumpovers, with a 30 minute time cap.

I knew right away, I would get killed in the front squat. I’m actually pretty darn good for my age and weight, but there were no age groups and no weight classes, so I was going to get wiped out without a doubt. I got to about 90% of older Sushiritto max, but let’s face it, I’m competing against 25 year old men and women, who have quads and hammies the size of old redwood tree trunks. :laughing:

Now, on the run, situps and burpees, I did kick SOME butt. I wasn’t the best for sure, but I was Top 10. Age group-wise, I was #1, but so what. Competition in the older age groups gets very thin nowadays.

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True. I once won my age group in a 10K because I was the only woman in my age group (and I was the oldest person in the race). But hey I showed up and ran it!

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Honestly, I get very disappointed. It’s like going on the show Survivor, highly likely you’ll lose and you’re the only one there at your age. :laughing:

I’ll tell you what, I could use an energy drink right about now. Too bad I don’t drink them. If I do anything tomorrow, even just getting up off the couch, I’ll consider it a success.

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Played a little pickleball (well, really just did drills - it was only 2 of us) yesterday, and did 6 miles on the elliptical today. This dreary rainy weather makes it tougher for me to exercise.
I was going to attempt my about once a year run with my husband, but when we opened the door it was raining pretty hard. It stopped after just a few minutes, but he was gone and the elliptical was the easier option.

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Super long day yesterday in the rain, wind and fog. It was fun, but exhausting. Got home around 10:30 and we had power! It came on around 3pm. Many people, including my SIL are still out. They take care of my in-laws, so I can imagine what circle of hell they are in. They watch TV all day, so without that, I’m not sure what they can do. (MIL has severe Alzheimer’s and both are pretty immobile.)

I went to the gym and did 40 solid min of stairmonster and a longer, tough ab workout. Felt good to move and sweat. I also didn’t drink near enough yesterday, so I’m trying to make for it today.

Oh but some good news. My sister did a half marathon today. That was her goal from the spring when I also challenged her to get stronger with 80 day obsession. She held a 9:45 pace on a fairly tough course, so she is very happy. I’m very happy for her too!

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Congrats to your sister! That’s a great pace.
Glad you have your power back.

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Went for a walk on the hike-and-bike trail this morning when it was in the mid-50s. Beautiful day … and now crawling back under my rock before the ACL crowds arrive this week. Good weather during ACL is a mixed blessing as it makes people want to move here. We are full!

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ACL = American Cornhole League?

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I wish!

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Totally legit question re: ACL, I’m not familiar with the Austin skyline, assuming that is it.

Well, I was able to get off the couch and lightly jog 5 miles at the beach this AM. Guilt is strong with this one (me). :man_shrugging:

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Anybody here savvy on heel pain?

My right heal has an intermittent sharp pain, only felt now and then when walking shoeless on hard floors. I ran today without pain (ha, except very minor lain in the left knew… gone after a few minutes of walking). As expected, on the short bike ride to/from the trail there was no pain.

I plan to wear cushioned slippers and sneakers at home. Trying to figure out what rest regimen (if any) from running is needed.

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Can’t like things again on CC again tonight - ugh.

@Colorado_mom notice if it’s worse in the morning. Could be slight plantar fasciitis. What you describe is what I was having some issues with last winter. Oofos slides was my best prescription putting them on when I arrive home from work and then leaving by the side of my bed and slipping them on when getting out of bed in the morning. Also some foot stretching exercises before putting feet on the floor in the morning. AND consider if your shoes have lost
Support.

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I can, but you have to click to the right of smiley face. The like button is there, just invisble.

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Yea, I do think it is probably slight plantar fasciitis causing my heel pain. (My sister says she used to have similar pain until she switched to sketchers and Adidas cloud foam soccer slides at home.) I’ll sneaker up at home and avoid running for a few days.

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I was going to reply to this earlier, but @abasket covered it all really well! Sounds like you have a good plan. Speedy healing!

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I think really key is to get out of your exercise shoes as soon as you get home from exercise. And put on a good cushy with arch footwear for awhile.

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@Colorado_mom how old are your shoes? I find that a simple shoe change can help foot pain. Even if you’re not having pain while wearing those shoes.

I was having foot pain, I knew my shoes were old. Switched to a different shoe and my foot pain went away.

I’m wearing adidas ultra boost 22, not my usual shoe as I’ve been a big brooks ghost fan. But these adidas are really nice.

But I agree with @abasket about wearing shoes in the house. Oofus are great. I have a pair of Birkenstock soft that are my house shoes with socks.

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Good question on shoes. My running shoes are just a few months old (and usually I keep them about a year), and I’ve been not running all that much during that dime. However I did wear an older pair for knocking around town a few days ago.

Typically I take my running shoes (and any shoes) off when I come in the house, to minimize dirt being tracked around. Today to be safe I just wore running shoes all day inside and outside. I’ll be making an effort to wear slippers more, avoid walking around with just bare feet or socks.

Interestingly I did a lot of trying on dress shoes day prior to issue (at DSW store and also I brought a few pairs home to try on with a dress). The high-for-me heels are definitively going back, but I made that decision prior to the heel pain.

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Shoe choice is complicated IMO, but different shoes will definitely affect your body in different ways. A poor shoe choice can cause pain in various parts of your body.

Differences in stack or platform height, heel-toe drop, toe box width, cushion, support and pliability levels, etc. Oh, and weight.

You may want to look into “recovery” type shoes that you can wear around the house or around town.

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The recovery shoes could be a good idea. But I should point out that I noticed the problem (intermittently when barefoot on hard floor) after 3 days of not running… and then ran later that day without pain once into my running shoes. Maybe though there is some cumulative damage from running for about 10K per week for 5 years.

I will likely toss my old/worn leather sneakers that I love for gardening (water resistant), which I’ve been wearing all summer without laces in the yard. Also I have some old loafers that probably don’t have enough heel padding left.

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