January 2010 Weddings
BFP 02/2010 m/c 03/17/2010 dx PCOS 04/2010
BFP 08/13/2011 CP 08/15/2011
BFP 09/16/2011 EDD 05/20/2012
Claire Elizabeth, born 5/30 via a med free birth
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Question for the Runners
Since we have so many runners here I thought I would ask for y'alls opiniong.
I used to be a runner, ran every day, averaged about 30 miles per week. Then 2 years ago I got injured (tore a tendon in my ankle) and I became very inactive. Never really got back into running, but did get into exercising again.
I tried running about a month ago and around the 1/2 mile mark my calf will cramp to the point of extreme pain. If I try to keep running and run through it, it will become so tight I can't point my toe. I have tried stretching several times a day, extra electrolytes, etc. but so far nothing is working. Do y'all have any suggestions? I really want to run again!
BFP 02/2010 m/c 03/17/2010 dx PCOS 04/2010
BFP 08/13/2011 CP 08/15/2011
BFP 09/16/2011 EDD 05/20/2012
Claire Elizabeth, born 5/30 via a med free birth
Re: Question for the Runners
I used to have the same problems, my calves would get sooo tight.
Question: do you strike on your heels or the balls of your feet? Since I have re-trained myself to run using the balls of my feet (humans were never meant to strike on their heels, this leads to achilles tendon tears and plantar fascitis) I have had zero, and I mean ZERO problems. I have been feeling great while running and want to keep pushing myself, but I have to be sensible and stick to the training plan or I'll go too far too fast.
google barefoot running, and CORE running methods. It'l explain everything much better than I can. I know a lot of people run successfully on their heels but it never worked well for me. I'll also suggest the book I recommended to Alise - Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. It's like 300 pgs but I read it in half a day, super easy read, and pretty entertaining.