A close family member of mine recently sustained a series of pelvic fractures from an accident. As part of the PT, she has been doing vigorous water exercises and noodling classes. The results have been good. This must be karma, the curse of the anti-noodling I have been doing for years now.
One day, I was doing my workout, however, and much to my utter relief, there was another runner (I know this... like me, he was doing this start/stop thing w/ his sports watch and pushing the effort, then easing off, then pushing). We started kvetching to each other about our injuries as runners will, and I learned that he was a h.s. runner--so here I was 50something and had more in common and more to talk about with this high school kid than the women bobbing along chitchatting.
Swimming was my cooldown for these workouts.... I now don't use water vests when I do water workouts. Swimming seems to fill the bill just fine and saves me from irritated looks from ppl who don't see the workout possibilities of aquavests.
So well said! I believe my 14 year old son/runner used a "belt" not a "vest." He did not have to battle bobbers and chatters. He said that, while it was relatively easy, aqua-jogging still better simulated training for running than swimming. (He did intervals and fartlek stuff too.) Although he did say he felt the need to do a little swimming for the cardio after. It still looked weird from my back porch. I wish I had taken pictures to torture him with. I wonder if the high school coaches prescribe this activity? When I got my running injury, I just switched to swimming. (I still love to run though, just not as much. Loose ankles.) Uh, you sound like a pretty fit 50 something, especially with that ultra-runner boyfriend to keep you going.
One day, I was doing my workout, however, and much to my utter relief, there was another runner (I know this... like me, he was doing this start/stop thing w/ his sports watch and pushing the effort, then easing off, then pushing). We started kvetching to each other about our injuries as runners will, and I learned that he was a h.s. runner--so here I was 50something and had more in common and more to talk about with this high school kid than the women bobbing along chitchatting.
Swimming was my cooldown for these workouts.... I now don't use water vests when I do water workouts. Swimming seems to fill the bill just fine and saves me from irritated looks from ppl who don't see the workout possibilities of aquavests.
So well said! I believe my 14 year old son/runner used a "belt" not a "vest." He did not have to battle bobbers and chatters. He said that, while it was relatively easy, aqua-jogging still better simulated training for running than swimming. (He did intervals and fartlek stuff too.) Although he did say he felt the need to do a little swimming for the cardio after. It still looked weird from my back porch. I wish I had taken pictures to torture him with. I wonder if the high school coaches prescribe this activity? When I got my running injury, I just switched to swimming. (I still love to run though, just not as much. Loose ankles.) Uh, you sound like a pretty fit 50 something, especially with that ultra-runner boyfriend to keep you going.
