{"id":1712,"date":"2016-05-29T19:43:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T01:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2016-05-29T19:43:47","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T01:43:47","slug":"trying-to-train-without-getting-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professorontherun.com\/?p=1712","title":{"rendered":"Trying to Train Without Getting Injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For the past couple weeks I have been thinking a lot about putting in smart miles rather than just lots of miles. Lots of miles usually just get me injured, plus I don&#8217;t have lots of time, so I&#8217;m trying to be strategic (and have even added biking to work once a week or so into the mix as a way to work on muscle strengthening and endurance without stressing my joints). Here&#8217;s some recent doings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Two of them were deliberate attempts to put in smart miles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">On May 16, some quick miles to loosen up sore muscles after that Big Baldy madness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe height=\"405\" width=\"590\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/578467524\/embed\/116f53b17dac5dfb0ca88955d2d541df9da3f57a\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then, on May 23, I went up the crop circles trails above Lindon with the specific plan to work on slow climbing. This is a trail that has a nice long, but gradual, climb, then a downhill to complete a loop. I wanted to work on transitioning from aggressively power hiking climbs to slowly running them. I did the loop, then did it backwards, then went up and down the BST a bit. It felt great. I will add this on occasions to get some climbing in, but without the punishment of long downhills that sometimes stress my joints.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe height=\"405\" width=\"590\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/585841833\/embed\/4a6001810081b5ee8396beb8d107bc8752784a11\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_1715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1715\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160523_203136152_iOS.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1715 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160523_203136152_iOS-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20160523_203136152_iOS\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160523_203136152_iOS.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160523_203136152_iOS.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160523_203136152_iOS.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160523_203136152_iOS.jpg?resize=360%2C270&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160523_203136152_iOS.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160523_203136152_iOS.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking south towards Provo Peak. The grass up in the foothills is green-ing up and starting to grow!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">On May 20 and May 27 I took my next-door neighbor on his first two trail runs. He has been a hardcore hiker in the past (600 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail, the entire Great Western Trail from Idaho to Arizona &#8211; the full length of Utah &#8211; twice) and puts in a lot of road miles. I convinced him to join me in the hills and I think I&#8217;m going to get him hooked!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Dry Canyon -Altar\/Rock Pile loop was great in the morning and things were looking so green!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe height=\"405\" width=\"590\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/582099019\/embed\/fe11469dbadc79658183ca6b30205c14daf5099a\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then, of course, taking him on the Grove Creek Battle Creek loop. Wow. It is so green up top!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe height=\"405\" width=\"590\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/590179397\/embed\/9a60129201a1fea60115520c917be7feaaa04316\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_1714\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1714\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160527_230459280_iOS.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1714 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160527_230459280_iOS-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20160527_230459280_iOS\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160527_230459280_iOS.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160527_230459280_iOS.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160527_230459280_iOS.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160527_230459280_iOS.jpg?resize=360%2C270&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160527_230459280_iOS.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160527_230459280_iOS.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just cresting up onto Chris Flat. This is a pretty sudden view. You are climbing steep through some aspens and then boom &#8211; you&#8217;re at the top. He said, &#8220;Wow &#8211; that was sudden!&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past couple weeks I have been thinking a lot about putting in smart miles rather than just lots of miles. Lots of miles usually just get me injured, plus I don&#8217;t have lots of time, so I&#8217;m trying to be strategic (and have even added biking to work once a week or so into the mix as a way to work on muscle strengthening and endurance without stressing my joints). Here&#8217;s some recent doings. 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