Running
April 3rd, 2010
Weak Ass Run
Late last night I headed out for my third run in 3 days, which is how I like to do my training. I was tired beforehand and the run sucked.
I’m supposed to do 9 miles tomorrow. My plan was to do it late afternoon/early evening, but the weather doesn’t look good for that – lots of wind and rain. So I guess I’m going to give it a shot tomorrow morning.
I can’t update the songs on my iPod Shuffle. They’ve been the same fora year and a half. I’d really like to get that fixed soon but I have no idea if it’s possible. Might have to spring for a new Shuffle.
April 2nd, 2010
Abandoning My Running Buddy
Went running last night around 10:30. Taking into account Fred’s sluggishness on my run the night before and the late hour, I decided to go alone. I’m sad to report that it was much better running without Fred. I’m more sad to report on the rawness of my inner thighs.
March 31st, 2010
Tonight’s Run
After a day off following Monday’s long run, it was time to get out and run some more. The weather is warm and I’m out of guest passes so I had to run the four miles outside. My knees both pretended to be sore at the beginning, but I beat them into submission and the shin splints were pretty much a non-factor.
Fred stopped four times to pee and was running a little slowly. Either he’s getting old or he was a little unhappy that I left him for 11 hours today.
March 29th, 2010
Running Success, But Still Wary
For the past couple of months, I’ve been training for the Pittsburgh Half Marathon, which is on Sunday May 2. After a number of false starts at resuming my running career over the past year and a half or so, I was finally making some progress.
Four weeks ago, after doing a seven-mile run on Saturday, I went out for a shorter run the following Monday. About three blocks in, my lower leg started to hurt. It felt like a tight muscle so I figured I’d run it out. At the end of the four miles, it hurt even more. After some googling, I diagnosed myself with shin splints. I took some time off and did some exercises to strengthen my calves, but I was then well behind where I wanted to be in my training.
Last Sunday, I ran 6 miles on a treadmill to help preserve my legs and then did runs of 4, 5 and 4 miles over the week. At different times during the week, the side of my lower right leg hurt, the back of the same part of the leg hurt and both knees started to creak a little. I began to worry my trip to Pittsburgh would have to be canceled.
Today was a make or break run. If I couldn’t do 8 miles, I’d have to really question whether I’d go to Pittsburgh. The combination of win (12 MPH) and doubts about my knees led me to use my third and final free guest pass at the YMCA.
Well, the good news is that I successfully ran the 8 miles. Some pain about 3 miles in that I ignored and went away. And a few hours later, my legs feel pretty good. That said, I ran on a treadmill today so maybe that only counts for 7?
Many more updates forthcoming.