Running pain

canoas

I decided to run to work, first time in about 7 months. 9 miles, I completed the run fine by the afternoon and still 2 days later I feel a huge amount of muscle pain directly on the thigh. I've done a lot of cycling this year in Italy and Switzerland and in Surrey.

Obviously my leg muscles are not use to to running and using different muscle groups. I'm just thinking whether I should run more often as I do like running in the off season during the week. It just shows cycling uses different muscles to running, maybe 9 miles was to much but jes didn't think it would turn out where I can hardly walk or pick up something off the ground.....just seeing out time now to sort.

any comments or help welcome!

Elston

I'm not surprised you're experiencing some discomfort having run 9 miles after 7 months of no running :shock: I'm certainly no runner - just do a bit now and again, usually in the winter for cross training. Everytime I start up again I have to take it really easy, otherwise my legs end up in absolute pieces. I've made it so I can barely walk on more than one occasion - agony. I'd suggest a slow build up and running on grass where possible. Treadmill's are a bit softer than pavement too.

ut_och_cykla

SLow build up & walk/jog the first few times avoids the restart agony. Once a week keeps my 'running muscles' happy and a small increase in distance / every week gets me from o kms in spetmeber to 18 in late december.
GOod luck

tlw1

ut_och_cykla wrote:

SLow build up & walk/jog the first few times avoids the restart agony. Once a week keeps my 'running muscles' happy and a small increase in distance / every week gets me from o kms in spetmeber to 18 in late december.
GOod luck

+1

increase distance by 10% a week