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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 185321" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Sheehan wrote a very good book on running after you get older. What he found is that the body recuperates slower so you need more rest days. While is is not possible to maintain the speed you once had, you can still be very fast. But you must be more careful with minor twitches and pain so it does not develop into an injury requiring a lot of recuperation. Speed days must be followed by rest days and long days must be followed by rest days. Mostly I just find that the days it rains and the days I go hunting and the days when I am just too busy seem to work out pretty well as rest days, of course I no longer race. Racing is a very time consuming and deliberative hobby.</p><p></p><p>Sports medicine is about 50% Voodoo, 25% witchcraft and 25% paid for by Gatoraid and the sports drink industry. Nonetheless, the current thinking is that for the older athelete that stretching is better done after exercise than before. The tendons and ligaments are warmed up and more responsive and less likely to tear. This is great for me because I always had trouble with a few particular tendons and several times I stretched myself into injuries. It is more important to the older athelete because all the joints get stiff and stride length is reduced. For hunting on uneven terrain with the many slips and oops-a-daiseys that occur, flexible joints help a lot in preventing a muscle or tendon tear. After logging thousand of miles running, I pretty much know which tendons in which place will stress first. Asprin, Ibuprohin, Tylenol will reduce inflammation. Inflammation is fluid inside the sheath and if you continue to exercise then you may rupture the sheath. It is important to get the inflammation down. Heat helps healing and wearing a sock at night for a bad foot tendon or something to keep the inflammed area warm will speed up blood flow to the area and speed healing. </p><p></p><p>Old injuries have scar tissue which is not flexible and likes to tear and it is something you have to be careful with it. You should know your old injures and how to deal with them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 185321, member: 8"] Sheehan wrote a very good book on running after you get older. What he found is that the body recuperates slower so you need more rest days. While is is not possible to maintain the speed you once had, you can still be very fast. But you must be more careful with minor twitches and pain so it does not develop into an injury requiring a lot of recuperation. Speed days must be followed by rest days and long days must be followed by rest days. Mostly I just find that the days it rains and the days I go hunting and the days when I am just too busy seem to work out pretty well as rest days, of course I no longer race. Racing is a very time consuming and deliberative hobby. Sports medicine is about 50% Voodoo, 25% witchcraft and 25% paid for by Gatoraid and the sports drink industry. Nonetheless, the current thinking is that for the older athelete that stretching is better done after exercise than before. The tendons and ligaments are warmed up and more responsive and less likely to tear. This is great for me because I always had trouble with a few particular tendons and several times I stretched myself into injuries. It is more important to the older athelete because all the joints get stiff and stride length is reduced. For hunting on uneven terrain with the many slips and oops-a-daiseys that occur, flexible joints help a lot in preventing a muscle or tendon tear. After logging thousand of miles running, I pretty much know which tendons in which place will stress first. Asprin, Ibuprohin, Tylenol will reduce inflammation. Inflammation is fluid inside the sheath and if you continue to exercise then you may rupture the sheath. It is important to get the inflammation down. Heat helps healing and wearing a sock at night for a bad foot tendon or something to keep the inflammed area warm will speed up blood flow to the area and speed healing. Old injuries have scar tissue which is not flexible and likes to tear and it is something you have to be careful with it. You should know your old injures and how to deal with them. [/QUOTE]
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