Monday: ran 5 miles on the beach. L calf started hurting mile 4. That is better! Didn't hurt enough to make me stop. Felt slow. Anxious about inactivity slowing me down.
Thursday: ran some sprints on the beach and walked with M. probably 2 miles.
Saturday: 12 miles long run. thought i'd go 16, to see if i can catch up to my marathon training. felt good. L leg not hurting at all! hips hurt last 2 miles. felt pretty strong until then. little disappointed in time, mostly because i know i had no more gas in the tank, i was really trying and hit 8/mile, for 13 miles. safe to say no pr for the half marathon in 2 weeks!
April 21 - 27
Monday:
5 outside. was a bright sunny day, went in the morning, had big kids bbsit. felt good, but it felt hard to breath and i just feel slow-ish. i keep telling myself it won't take much time to get back to where i was.
Tuesday:
3 tml. tried to do a hill w/o today followed by a swim. did 1 mile warmup @ 8 pace, 2 incline.
mile 2 @ 3 and 4 incline. felt my R calf tighten. it's been a little tight, but hasn't put me out... until mile 3 pushed it up to 5 and 6 incline. must have been something about pushing off w/ my leg at that angle. pulled that muscle, had to stop. struggled to walk the rest of the day.
Swam 1 mile.
i am so frustrated! is it my shoes? overuse? is something else off that is causing my legs to freak out? it has to be my shoes right? this all started w my L calf and i was needing new shoes. of course i didn't just buy what i usually buy, dummy. BUT, really, does changing shoes jack everyone up like this? i'm forgetting what it feels like to run and feel good!
Wednesday:
rest! worked hard around the house!
Thursday:
8 outside. had to take advantage of the sun. it's finally starting to feel like spring. leg still hurts, but went anyway, tried to relax lower legs while running. didn't lock up which is good. tonight i'll try the hot pad w/ massage.
did try to do a few miles tempo. got 1 mile around 7 pace, but that was about all i could hold! i miss the ease, i feel like i'm trying so hard to keep pace. breathing was harder than any muscle fatigue or tiring, it's like my heart isn't keeping up with my body, which is weird because I have remained very active through this whole injury deal.
when will this end? remember hayley o having a year where she had multiple injuries, couldn't relate at the time. it is so frustrating! i'm generally injury free. annoyed!
Friday:
swim 1 mile, lift weights (legs and arms) run 4.6 miles outside
Saturday:
My body felt SO tired! Note to self, don't lift the day before a long run!
I didn't run. It was rainy, I was tired, and sore. I just couldn't do it!
