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I tore my hamstring pretty badly doing sprints (I was a sprinter back then). Fast forward 16 years and after running a marathon, I tore some of the scar tissue. I went to an orthopedic surgeon and he was pretty impressed with the scar tissue (while looking at the x-rays). His advice, which was pretty successful, was to do a lot of stretching to improve flexibility. I also iced my hamstring and had my wife do a very deep massage to break up some of the scar tissue. A few year later, I was again having a problem with my hamstring and it went away when I started using "The Stick".I also did some hamstring curls with weights to improve overall strength. I didn't use heavy weights but lighter weights with higher reps; light enough so I could lift daily. A physical therapist measured the strength of my hamstrings through it's range of motion; both before I started lifting and after lifting for a month. Even though the weight lifted wasn't that heavy, there was a significant increase in strength.
I've never been a runner, I suck at it. I proudly jog 3-4 times a week and bring up the rear at a few 5ks a year.
56 years old here too. Chasing 50 states, six to go and D.C. Two more Canadian provinces to do. Still doing six days a week with an average of 11K per run. Just over 1300 miles so far this year. Speed has definitely declined.
I've had a really hard go of it since the Houston marathon in January, which is why I haven't been posting much. I basically took off all of July and most of August because of peroneal tendinitis in both legs.
Are you back to running? Have you seen a therapist or done ART?
I am. I'm up to just shy of 30 mpw and haven't started up any speedwork yet. I went to several Airrosti appointments and have been doing all of my in-home PT, which did help/is helping. I am a supinator, so after years of high mileage and marathon training, my therapist thinks it finally culminated in the tendinitis. I'm focusing more on a true mid-foot strike, which caused other issues initially, but that seems to be subsiding. I went from being in pain just lying down or sitting, to hardly being able to walk after a run, to now being able to function pretty normally after a pretty decent run. It takes a lot of work to stay healthy.
of course. but rowing is priority right now.
the rowing machine in the gym in the basement of my office building has been out of service for 10 months now... I am dying a little bit without it (they keep saying they are buying a new one but it never arrives; I've asked about purchasing the broken one so I can fix it and have one at home but there's been zero response to the offer)... I am pretty close to joining a second gym just to access the rowers but I'm suffering from sunk cost bias...HOWEVER, what the lack of rower has done is forced me out onto the trails and streets and I have started running with more intent than just cross training... I'm putting in 30-40 km a week these days
well, i'll be back on the erg this fall and winter, and ramp up the trail miles. i'm eyeing ('eying' looks wrong, even though it's right) a winter trail half, so that's in the cards.outdoor rowing is basically finished as of this week (not that the season is over, just that i'm having a devil of a time finding a coach who can work with my schedule). rowing on the water by myself is an option, but i need to coordinate with a school for dock access.