75 minutes of spin, 15 minutes on
stairmaster, 1 mile rowing and 1/2 on the TM. My spin legs are coming back.
DR #1: said that I
have been "negative blood doping" because my hemoglobin is 13.5 and
hematocrit is 41. Not fair. I will be on 600 mg of iron a day for the next 4
months to see if I can fix it.
PT #1: actually met a PT who sounded like he knew what he was
talking about. He took a video of me running and had tons of great
feedback on some easy things I can do to prevent injury and potentially get a
lot faster. It's crazy what you can see in slow motion. This is the
video we were comparing against http://vimeo.com/11574380 and the main difference is that
I don't kick up my feet nearly as high as they do and that has a lot to do with
my lack of flexibility in my quads and hip flexors. He basically kept wondering
how I could run a marathon in the mid 2:20's with my crappy kick. Should
be an easy fix, right? :) He prescribed a bunch of tough hamstring
exercises and stretching and said that I can start running again. Of
course he said just to start at about 10 minutes and work up but I think I can
accelerate that if I do the exercises.
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