Message posted by: Ronald F.

I’ve upped my running miles big time this month, mostly easy to moderate pushing speed occationally to keep from becoming a one slow speed slug. Never wearing myself down to where I lose my form. Just building a big base before I start hammering out speed workouts late next month.

I feel no pain ( Thank you Bobby Mcgee http://www.bobbymcgee.com/home.html) anywhere except occational heel area, mostly in the morning.

Now to the point.

If I swim immediately after my run I have no problem.

If I don’t swim, heel discomfort can convince me to take the next day or two off from running.

If I swim a bit more breaststoke, that seems to help even better.

I don’t do any stretching because I noticed long ago that the people that tend to stretch a lot tend to be the ones injured a lot. I consider swimming to be enough of a stretching exercise.

Do the rest of you have similar experiences?

What do you do to recover from long or agressive run workouts?

Are you a person that stretches a lot and does not get injured?

Are you a person that stretches a lot and gets running type injurys anyway?

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