Anyone who has some knowledge int his area, advice welcome.
As my name suggests, I cycle a fair bit. I started running again last year, and had built up to 10km without too much bother. Over Christmas / New Year I was cycling much more than running, and in the past few weeks when trying to get back to running a bit too, I have developed an odd problem. Despite stretching well before running, once I get 500-1000m in, I get intense pain in my quads (like a muscle tear) and pretty soon have to slow to a walk. It's mainly downhill running, or flat. Uphill less of an issue. I can walk up or downhill at 7kmh without bother.
Googling suggested "eccentric loading" of quads where the contraction of quad muscles to stabilise the knee when running downhill is countered by stretch of the muscle as you land so micro-tears occur.
Has anyone else had this??? It's driving me nuts, as I actually have begun to enjoy running a bit again, but I can't seem to stop it. Funny thing is, it wasn't happening last year at all.
As my name suggests, I cycle a fair bit. I started running again last year, and had built up to 10km without too much bother. Over Christmas / New Year I was cycling much more than running, and in the past few weeks when trying to get back to running a bit too, I have developed an odd problem. Despite stretching well before running, once I get 500-1000m in, I get intense pain in my quads (like a muscle tear) and pretty soon have to slow to a walk. It's mainly downhill running, or flat. Uphill less of an issue. I can walk up or downhill at 7kmh without bother.
Googling suggested "eccentric loading" of quads where the contraction of quad muscles to stabilise the knee when running downhill is countered by stretch of the muscle as you land so micro-tears occur.
Has anyone else had this??? It's driving me nuts, as I actually have begun to enjoy running a bit again, but I can't seem to stop it. Funny thing is, it wasn't happening last year at all.