stretching qestion, before/after or not at all?

[PoyeBoy]

I must admit lately I have not been stretching at all, I do for a little bit maybe afterwards but its only to stretch my quads, and it might not even be right after I run, maybe an hour or so afterwards when they start to hurt a bit, I know I should get into the routine of doing it, so I can get the lactic acid build up to go down, and my legs dont hurt the next day, but I just cant find the motivation to do it.

also I dont stretch beforehand either becaue I feel that if the muscles are too cold and you stretch, whats really the point, you may injure yourself, the best thing to do would to get a small warm up in and then stretch to make sure your muscle fibers and tendons are a little warm and ready to be stretched

fyi, this just pertains to easy runs mind you, not repeats, fartleks, or actual races, of course I make sure I am good and loose before all of those

what are your thoughts?

 

[PoyeBoy]

stretched for about 10 minutes after a 4.5mile run, stretched quads, hammies, and groin, we'll see how it goes tomorrow

 

[Synpax]

Stretch after warmup of about a mile, after cooldown of about the same distance.

 

[Synpax]

btw - your 'gender' is set to "f". You like posting on the ladies board?

 

[PoyeBoy]

btw - your 'gender' is set to "f". You like posting on the ladies board?

lol, oh well, fuck it

 

[Clean]

i warm up, then stretch, then stretch after