Day 11
First for the "side lined" part, my groin injury intensified on Wednesday and I spent most of the day walking gingerly and hurting every time I moved. Some pain medicine and anti-inflamatory meds seemed to have helped get me moving towards recovery, so for now I'm still planning for a long run on Saturday.
Today and tomorrow, I'm going to lift weights in the gym at work, upper body only.
Now for the "Grounded" part. No Air Force Marathon for me this year. Travel for our industry's convention will force travel during that weekend. All is not lost though. I get time to heal, more time to train, and a flatter course for the Louisville Marathon in mid-October, but also a smaller medal.
Silver lining for every cloud, just have to look real close sometimes.
05 July 2007
04 July 2007
Day 10
Cross Training on Bike: 13 miles.
Hey, I finally held a sub 6 minute pace! Now if I can get there running, I can give the Kenyans a run for their money.
I read that cycling focuses on the Quads, not the hamstrings, as does running. I got a good feel for that today.
My pain/injury has moved on me, riding was bearable, but man, people in cars don't give you much cushion when they pass. I will probably head out again, but I've got to decide where I feel safe riding.
Tommorrow's a new day!!
Hey, I finally held a sub 6 minute pace! Now if I can get there running, I can give the Kenyans a run for their money.
I read that cycling focuses on the Quads, not the hamstrings, as does running. I got a good feel for that today.
My pain/injury has moved on me, riding was bearable, but man, people in cars don't give you much cushion when they pass. I will probably head out again, but I've got to decide where I feel safe riding.
Tommorrow's a new day!!
03 July 2007
Ugggghhh!
Day 8
Weather: Indoor
Distance: 4 mile run and Weights
Week Total: 4.0
Type: Tread Mill/Weights
Pace: 8:45 per mile
Day 9
Weather: 60
Distance: 5.5 miles
Week Total: 9.5 miles
Type: Slow easy
Pace: 9:52 per mile
Take a look at my Day 9 time. I'm not sure what is happening, but leg fatigue is setting in big time. If that wasn't enough, the nagging groin injury is back and it is difficult to walk, much less run. As I sit typing this morning, I'm debating on whether I'm going to attempt a bike ride, something I had planned to add in to maintain my conditioning, while taking some stress off my legs this week.
One of the reasons I started this blog was so that some friends, and perhaps someone else who stumbled across the blog, could follow my training for a marathon and so I could share some of my thoughts on my faith and my life.
Having done one marathon, I felt the urge to do another, but after one week I'm pretty disgruntled. I feel more beat up/broken down than last time I trained. I think this is because my running has increased in distance and intensity. This I can work through and tough out, the physical and mental challenge is one of the reasons that I am proud I did one marathon and why I'm going for another.
More importantly is the time requirements for training. Even if I get up early, before everyone else and get my runs in, there is still the fatigue component which can rob time from my family. After one week, the running, coupled with less sleep than I should be getting during training, has affected my mood in a very negative way. Just ask my wife.
Now what? Time to refocus and readjust. I took up running for fitness, to try to stave off the heart disease and high cholesterol that plagues my family. I have to remember that staying healthy and sticking around for my wife and kids is why I started running and that has to be my focus. I have to realize that if I want to do "crazy" stuff like run a marathon, or maybe an ultra one day, I can not sacrifice my family, because that's the whole reason I started this silliness to begin with.
Why am I being so personal about this? So that if anyone else decides that they want to do a marathon, they are fully aware of the time necessary to train, even the minimum required to "just finish", and will not go into it with false assumptions. Is it worth it? Yes, like my college degree, I have a marathon in the books and no one can ever take away that accomplishment. Is it worth making my wife and kids miserable, well maybe when they are being mean to me, but as a general rule, NO!
I'm going to try that bike ride now, wish me luck...
Weather: Indoor
Distance: 4 mile run and Weights
Week Total: 4.0
Type: Tread Mill/Weights
Pace: 8:45 per mile
Day 9
Weather: 60
Distance: 5.5 miles
Week Total: 9.5 miles
Type: Slow easy
Pace: 9:52 per mile
Take a look at my Day 9 time. I'm not sure what is happening, but leg fatigue is setting in big time. If that wasn't enough, the nagging groin injury is back and it is difficult to walk, much less run. As I sit typing this morning, I'm debating on whether I'm going to attempt a bike ride, something I had planned to add in to maintain my conditioning, while taking some stress off my legs this week.
One of the reasons I started this blog was so that some friends, and perhaps someone else who stumbled across the blog, could follow my training for a marathon and so I could share some of my thoughts on my faith and my life.
Having done one marathon, I felt the urge to do another, but after one week I'm pretty disgruntled. I feel more beat up/broken down than last time I trained. I think this is because my running has increased in distance and intensity. This I can work through and tough out, the physical and mental challenge is one of the reasons that I am proud I did one marathon and why I'm going for another.
More importantly is the time requirements for training. Even if I get up early, before everyone else and get my runs in, there is still the fatigue component which can rob time from my family. After one week, the running, coupled with less sleep than I should be getting during training, has affected my mood in a very negative way. Just ask my wife.
Now what? Time to refocus and readjust. I took up running for fitness, to try to stave off the heart disease and high cholesterol that plagues my family. I have to remember that staying healthy and sticking around for my wife and kids is why I started running and that has to be my focus. I have to realize that if I want to do "crazy" stuff like run a marathon, or maybe an ultra one day, I can not sacrifice my family, because that's the whole reason I started this silliness to begin with.
Why am I being so personal about this? So that if anyone else decides that they want to do a marathon, they are fully aware of the time necessary to train, even the minimum required to "just finish", and will not go into it with false assumptions. Is it worth it? Yes, like my college degree, I have a marathon in the books and no one can ever take away that accomplishment. Is it worth making my wife and kids miserable, well maybe when they are being mean to me, but as a general rule, NO!
I'm going to try that bike ride now, wish me luck...
01 July 2007
Week 1 Wrap Up
Weather: 85 (Ran at 4pm)
Distance: 10 miles
Week Total: 28.1 miles
Type: Long Run
Pace: 9:07 per mile
Week 1 is in the books. My long run today felt pretty good. My plan is to hold my daily runs in the 5 to 6 mile range and bump my long runs by 2 miles each week up to 20, then start my taper and shoot for the Mid-September Air Force Marathon.
I was pretty pleased with how my long run went today and I mixed in walking during my water breaks effectively. There are two long hills start and finish at the AF marathon. It is an out and back course. Walking will have to be part of the equation, but done efficiently, all my readings indicate that it can be used to effectively improve your time. We'll see? Goal is going to be sub-4 hours.
Distance: 10 miles
Week Total: 28.1 miles
Type: Long Run
Pace: 9:07 per mile
Week 1 is in the books. My long run today felt pretty good. My plan is to hold my daily runs in the 5 to 6 mile range and bump my long runs by 2 miles each week up to 20, then start my taper and shoot for the Mid-September Air Force Marathon.
I was pretty pleased with how my long run went today and I mixed in walking during my water breaks effectively. There are two long hills start and finish at the AF marathon. It is an out and back course. Walking will have to be part of the equation, but done efficiently, all my readings indicate that it can be used to effectively improve your time. We'll see? Goal is going to be sub-4 hours.
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