First run in 41 years...odd pain.
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Firstly, good on you for getting going.
Secondly, lots of parts of your body will ache whilst it adjusts to the exercise. When you run you move your legs, your stabilising muscles in your core tense, you move your arms for momentum, etc. Nothing to worry about unless it's really painful.
Secondly, lots of parts of your body will ache whilst it adjusts to the exercise. When you run you move your legs, your stabilising muscles in your core tense, you move your arms for momentum, etc. Nothing to worry about unless it's really painful.
Oh crikey mate - first EVER run you've done, and at 41 years old?
Nothing to worry about - in fact you've done well to only have pain in one place!
I was a fat, unfit specimen all my life, until at 26 I decided to lose weight and get fitter - then I started motorbike racing too, and so had to step up my training to be PROPER fit
I went from a 20-stone lump of unfit lard to a pretty fit (40 minute 10k pace) 12 stone specimen in about 2 years of utter graft, pain and misery. The results were worth the effort though.
I had a lot of professional help from one or two mates who are sportsmen, and other mates who are physios. So my training programme and diet were fairly well-focused and personalised, so basically I wasn't just training blindly - I did what was required and what was best for my body. This included things like having running gait analysis, and proper trainers for my running styleetc.
Despite all this, (and enjoying being fit) I can honestly say that there weren't many occasions when I didn't have some kind of ache and pain somewhere - even if it was just a dull throb in my legs from all the hard work.
If the results didn't justify the effort, then I have to say that the aches and pains might have got on my tits a bit.
Stretching becomes an absolute must for running, to minimise this. Not just your leg muscles, but I also found I had to stretch my core muscles and back a lot too. Even on a long run on a Sunday, sometimes I was going well and then 8 or 10 miles in my back started to cramp up a little. So I used to run until I found a convenient tree with a low branch, stop and grab the branch with both hands, and then hang there (bending my legs) so my body was off the ground and I was stretching my back out.
If you're serious about carrying this on, first of all - well done, good luck, and please do persevere. I don't mean to put you off with my post, but you should be told that if you do carry this on, I am afraid aches and pains will become part of the whole routine for you.
And by that I mean gentle aches and pains - if they are something more than just slightly dull - then you are doing too much, or not warming up properly, or not stretching properly.
Anyway, depending upon how far you want to go with it will dictate the level of aches and pains, so don't worry too much. I had quite a few because I took it quite seriously at the time, and did train to death. So unless you get to this kind of level, they won't be as bad as the ones I had, I'm sure.
But - if you want results, then a bit of pain will be coming your way.
A last comment - one of my military PTI instructors used to bellow at us that 'Pain is weakness leaving your body, so enjoy and embrace it!'
Good luck, and keep us abreast of your progress
Nothing to worry about - in fact you've done well to only have pain in one place!
I was a fat, unfit specimen all my life, until at 26 I decided to lose weight and get fitter - then I started motorbike racing too, and so had to step up my training to be PROPER fit
I went from a 20-stone lump of unfit lard to a pretty fit (40 minute 10k pace) 12 stone specimen in about 2 years of utter graft, pain and misery. The results were worth the effort though.
I had a lot of professional help from one or two mates who are sportsmen, and other mates who are physios. So my training programme and diet were fairly well-focused and personalised, so basically I wasn't just training blindly - I did what was required and what was best for my body. This included things like having running gait analysis, and proper trainers for my running styleetc.
Despite all this, (and enjoying being fit) I can honestly say that there weren't many occasions when I didn't have some kind of ache and pain somewhere - even if it was just a dull throb in my legs from all the hard work.
If the results didn't justify the effort, then I have to say that the aches and pains might have got on my tits a bit.
Stretching becomes an absolute must for running, to minimise this. Not just your leg muscles, but I also found I had to stretch my core muscles and back a lot too. Even on a long run on a Sunday, sometimes I was going well and then 8 or 10 miles in my back started to cramp up a little. So I used to run until I found a convenient tree with a low branch, stop and grab the branch with both hands, and then hang there (bending my legs) so my body was off the ground and I was stretching my back out.
If you're serious about carrying this on, first of all - well done, good luck, and please do persevere. I don't mean to put you off with my post, but you should be told that if you do carry this on, I am afraid aches and pains will become part of the whole routine for you.
And by that I mean gentle aches and pains - if they are something more than just slightly dull - then you are doing too much, or not warming up properly, or not stretching properly.
Anyway, depending upon how far you want to go with it will dictate the level of aches and pains, so don't worry too much. I had quite a few because I took it quite seriously at the time, and did train to death. So unless you get to this kind of level, they won't be as bad as the ones I had, I'm sure.
But - if you want results, then a bit of pain will be coming your way.
A last comment - one of my military PTI instructors used to bellow at us that 'Pain is weakness leaving your body, so enjoy and embrace it!'
Good luck, and keep us abreast of your progress
Steviesam said:
...but had a strange "ache" in my upper back.
Now it depends if you got this ache while running, just after running, 8 hours after running, 2 days after running but...er, not to put you in a panic, how fit are you? Have you had a fitness/health assessment before you went running? Because this is an exact symptom of a heart attack.
You don't have to get all the symptoms for it to be a heart attack (my dad had angina and had 3 heart attacks he thought were just slight twinge in his shoulder while playing golf). Could be a spot of angina too, which won't kill you for years yet.
Just in case you don't want to take it from someone who's job it is to spot signs of such things:-
http://www.medicinenet.com/heart_attack__symptoms_...
Could be nothing at all. Could be your running style - do you run and look at your feet = causing a strain in your upper back/lower neck.
GP. Book. First thing in the morning.
Thanks.
I have replied to your mail, but just to elaborate.....
The pain seems to be my shoulder blades-both sides and as soon as I stop, there is no pain, its only while actually moving.
I will get checked, but before you mailed I had already done another 2 miles and there was little/no pain at all, so fingers crossed.
I have replied to your mail, but just to elaborate.....
The pain seems to be my shoulder blades-both sides and as soon as I stop, there is no pain, its only while actually moving.
I will get checked, but before you mailed I had already done another 2 miles and there was little/no pain at all, so fingers crossed.
I wouldn't rule out Angina until I'd seen a GP. Otherwise, good to hear. Always better to be safe. Maybe it was just your CV system just didn't have a clue what was going on and rebelled a bit.
As a standard, it's always worth bringing yourself up to pace gradually. Yeah 2km may not seem much to some, but it is if you've never done anything like that before. I'd start off with 5km brisk walking - it's its own exercise in it's own right and will get you fit and burn more calories (it's actually a better calorie burner than running because it's less efficient, but takes longer), then build up to running. Go a little bit further/fast every time.
Have you had a sedentary life until now? After what I had read here, if you were a client I'd have spent 2 sessions doing health and fitness tests, but I do that with everyone anyway.
btw, welcome to the mid-life fit club. You'd be amazed how many people suddenly take up fitness at your (our!) age. All my mates have done it.
As a standard, it's always worth bringing yourself up to pace gradually. Yeah 2km may not seem much to some, but it is if you've never done anything like that before. I'd start off with 5km brisk walking - it's its own exercise in it's own right and will get you fit and burn more calories (it's actually a better calorie burner than running because it's less efficient, but takes longer), then build up to running. Go a little bit further/fast every time.
Have you had a sedentary life until now? After what I had read here, if you were a client I'd have spent 2 sessions doing health and fitness tests, but I do that with everyone anyway.
btw, welcome to the mid-life fit club. You'd be amazed how many people suddenly take up fitness at your (our!) age. All my mates have done it.
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