I was wrong!!!

Y’all better pay attention, because you are not going to hear this often. Seems I have been doing all sorts of training to build up the “Posterior Kinetic Chain”. Seems everything from NSCA  Coaching conferences to the legendary Arthur Lydiard , all talk about the “Posterior Kinetic Chain”-build up those hamstrings and butt muscles- for running. Well, I believed it, followed it and found out this weekend that I was wrong.

I guess all those coaches have never done an Ultramarathon in desert mountains. My quads are still sore, 3 days later. They felt like lead after my last nasty downhill section.  This was a completely new experience. In all my other races with major climbs, it has been hamstring and calf muscle cramps that got my attention.  So I beefed them up and sadly forgot to give equal attention to my quads –and they let me know my mistake! Another great example of principle of specificity of training.

So I learned how to adapt to high altitude, learned to climb without hamstring cramping and now if I can learn to run technical, steep grade downhills, I will be good to go.

Remember- train mo smarter.