sidelined
Gonna take a couple weeks to let my calves/shins heal up. They usually are fine to run on once I warmup but have been getting progressively more sore after runs as of late. The tender areas are also spreading. Will ride the bike in the meantime. Hopefully I can hold out and heal up until about the 20th of April. Sucks!
recovery run
I wasn't terribly sore from the run with the Incline Club on Sunday. My legs just felt kinda tired and a little stiff but not much in the way of muscle soreness. I felt it would be a good idea to go out for a few miles and warm them up and stretch things out. I can't say it was a horrible idea, but it wasn't fun. I decided to run to the gym, get a quick workout in, and then run home. It was only two miles, but it hurt most of the way there. It just took that long to get warmed up. I finally started feeling good when I was almost there. I felt fine after and did another half mile up a nice hill and back down to Michelle's car. Thankfully, she didn't make me run all the way back home.
training log 3/30
Pretty good week. The weather is starting to get nicer and that makes it easier for me to go out and run.
Mon - 3.75 mi - down past the baseball stadium and back to the house
Wed - ~4 mi, Palmer Point loop with a little extra added in.
Sun - 10.2 mi, Incline Club workout
Total 18 mi
Mon - 3.75 mi - down past the baseball stadium and back to the house
Wed - ~4 mi, Palmer Point loop with a little extra added in.
Sun - 10.2 mi, Incline Club workout
Total 18 mi
first incline club workout
Finally got off my ass and went to an Incline Club workout. Got there a few minutes early, ran into a girl that recognized me from the RunnersWorld forums, signed in and then hit the streets. Ran up to Ute Pass Trail, over to Waldo Canyon about a mile in, and then came back the same way. I forgot how much the first couple of hills on UPT suck. Definitely need to get some more hill training in, but I guess thats why I show up to run with those folks.
Map of the run:
Not near as sore as I thought I would be today. More tired in the legs than anything. Thursday night workouts start on Thursday and I'm planning to make it over to Manitou for that as well.
Map of the run:
Not near as sore as I thought I would be today. More tired in the legs than anything. Thursday night workouts start on Thursday and I'm planning to make it over to Manitou for that as well.
training log 3/16
Another busy week.
Saturday - 5K; 30:34 (PR)
Sunday - 2.5 mi on treadmill; 33:00 (10 minutes at 10% incline)
5.6 mi; 63 min
Saturday - 5K; 30:34 (PR)
Sunday - 2.5 mi on treadmill; 33:00 (10 minutes at 10% incline)
5.6 mi; 63 min
yes i ran today and a crazy dream
Josh and I talked yesterday about heading into Palmer Park to run the Templeton loop at some point today. The weather wasn't great this morning but there was no wind and it was hovering right around the freezing point. Michelle and I headed out for breakfast and I planned to look Josh up after that. It started drizzling at breakfast but I decided I'd still like to get a run in. (Michelle insists I plan to run on days like this to get people to question my sanity) I called Josh and he decided to bail. I went and scooped up the dog and decided that I would hop on the treadmill at my parents' house instead of getting out in this mess. The dog gets to play with his sister over there anyway. I warmed up with a brisk walk for 5 minutes and then cranked the incline to 10% and ran a mile at 3.7mph. Not blazing by any stretch but it's a manageable pace on steep terrain. I turned the incline down and finished up a very slow recovery run of just over 2 miles in a little over 30 minutes.
I woke up out of a wicked dream in bed this morning. I remember running in the Pikes Peak Ascent and having the lungs to actually jog above treeline (I told you it was a dream). I felt like I was making great time but there weren't any other runners anywhere near me. I finally made it to the finish line and there were only a few people milling around. Just like the St Pat's 5K race, the clock was missing. I don't remember anything after that but I somehow found out that I had run the Ascent in a shade over 7 hours. WTF?! That's a good half hour past the cutoff and over two hours longer than my goal! When I finally got my wits about me after waking up, I realized it was only March and I had plenty of time to avoid something like that happening.
Already dreaming about the Ascent.... guess I got it on the brain.
I woke up out of a wicked dream in bed this morning. I remember running in the Pikes Peak Ascent and having the lungs to actually jog above treeline (I told you it was a dream). I felt like I was making great time but there weren't any other runners anywhere near me. I finally made it to the finish line and there were only a few people milling around. Just like the St Pat's 5K race, the clock was missing. I don't remember anything after that but I somehow found out that I had run the Ascent in a shade over 7 hours. WTF?! That's a good half hour past the cutoff and over two hours longer than my goal! When I finally got my wits about me after waking up, I realized it was only March and I had plenty of time to avoid something like that happening.
Already dreaming about the Ascent.... guess I got it on the brain.
