Running Diary 0049

19 Jan 2014, 24C, cloudy.
Ran with wife CSC club 9km. Wife went home taking care of kids. I joined breakfast with other members.
One new member could cover the whole 9k without walking after another member Karen and I persuaded him to run slow last week. I believe he had overcome the fear for distance. I'm sure he will come regularly. He said he would feel muscle soreness 2nd day after run. I told him it was DOMS and once he seasoned his muscle with correct easy run. It will never happen again. It was natural he doubted. The NS seemed to leave he to much bad memories and he said the officers made training miserable. He said ge wish them knew the correct training method so they would not had suffered. I'm not sure if the army would adopt my training philosophy, but I'm sure he'll overcome it again if he kerp on following this. Once he overomes the previous bad experience he will build up confidence and become a life long runner, proceed to healthy lifestyle.
I was worried about Karen, one team member who will represent Singapore on SEAN games (800~3000m, high jump, long jump age group) 2016. She had meniscus operation in 2009 and troubled by knee problem for a long time. Her condition should not allow her to do such high intensity and high knee impact sports. I suggest her to seek sports specialist's advice in CGH. But she didn't seemed want to give up the chance. The only thing I could do is recommend her to strengthen her feet and lower legs with barefoot techniques: slow run in tracks, do heel raise repeats at home, pick up mavel balls with toes. When running, focus on a very tight form: keep body straight and aligned, try to step along a line in road or track to avoid side swing and twist of the knee. Wish it helps.