Monday:
Well it feels good to be back, of course I didn't run today! We'll see how I feel tomorrow.
Swim 1600 meters in about 28 minutes.
Cycle 12 miles in 30 minutes. Did middle 10 miles one mile hill, one mile down intensity 15 up to 20. Need to get out on my actual bike soon!
Lifted 10 minutes, hamstrings and arms. Situps at home.
Ballet.
Tuesday:
Wednesday: run
Thursday: run
Monday, May 12, 2014
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
April 28 - May 3
Monday: 9 mile tempo
Looks like this may be our only day that doesn't rain this week. I decided to take advantage. Also felt I needed to get a longer run in, having missed Saturday.
9 mile tempo. Wanted to keep the middle 5 @ 7:15 average. I always struggle my first tempo mile, go too fast! Garmin says I was paced at a 5:50 at one point. I'm guessing that was the point!
My R calf still hurts. Felt it the whole time. I have to be careful, just one hard push will cause it to lock up! It is tender to the touch! I bought a foam roller yesterday, and last week I bought new shoes... again! Hopefully getting back into the Kinvara will alleviate my problems. So frustrated!
I have no goals for the race this weekend, at this point. I'd like to up my mileage this week for marathon training, that is my focus.
Also took ballet tonight. I am so tired, it was hard to get myself to want to go! Glad I did of course! Came home and went straight to bed.
Tuesday: run/swim
4 easy miles on trml @ gym. 8 pace @ 2 incline.
swim 1200 meters.
Crazy trying to circle swim with 4 different paces!
Wednesday: rest
Thursday: Was leery to do speed, but tried one and kept going. 5 miles total.
Not sure how to use my watch with speed yet. I kept stopping and starting it!
Friday: 4 easy miles on treadmill 2 incline 8:30 pace. Swim 1000.
Saturday: 13.1 race
Looks like this may be our only day that doesn't rain this week. I decided to take advantage. Also felt I needed to get a longer run in, having missed Saturday.
9 mile tempo. Wanted to keep the middle 5 @ 7:15 average. I always struggle my first tempo mile, go too fast! Garmin says I was paced at a 5:50 at one point. I'm guessing that was the point!
My R calf still hurts. Felt it the whole time. I have to be careful, just one hard push will cause it to lock up! It is tender to the touch! I bought a foam roller yesterday, and last week I bought new shoes... again! Hopefully getting back into the Kinvara will alleviate my problems. So frustrated!
I have no goals for the race this weekend, at this point. I'd like to up my mileage this week for marathon training, that is my focus.
Also took ballet tonight. I am so tired, it was hard to get myself to want to go! Glad I did of course! Came home and went straight to bed.
Tuesday: run/swim
4 easy miles on trml @ gym. 8 pace @ 2 incline.
swim 1200 meters.
Crazy trying to circle swim with 4 different paces!
Wednesday: rest
Thursday: Was leery to do speed, but tried one and kept going. 5 miles total.
Not sure how to use my watch with speed yet. I kept stopping and starting it!
Friday: 4 easy miles on treadmill 2 incline 8:30 pace. Swim 1000.
Saturday: 13.1 race
Thursday, April 24, 2014
April 21-27
Ok, Easter week was a light week for me! Was on vacation in FL. Intended to run and swim, our pool wasn't heated and it ended up being rainy and cold the rest of the week! Nice. No workout facilities there.
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!
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!
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
April 7-12
Monday:
swim 1600 meters. I have been practicing keeping my arms straight as they crawl. It has helped w. my efficiency. Same effort, better technique = faster and with more ease. It's really good! Last week I swam 2400 meters twice... that is the farthest I've swam, and I felt really good. I hit my tired point at around 1000 meters, but after 1600 both times felt strong and ready to keep going. That happens w/ running I get tired around 4 on my long runs, but by 5 I'm back in and feel I could go forever. Today took me around 27 minutes to swim the mile.
row: 15 minutes. I feel the effects of rowing in the oddest muscle group around my butt. I felt so fatigued in that one spot as I rowed today!
bike: 15 minutes. I think it was like 6 miles.
I wanted to get home to try running. Pretty much I feel like this won't go away, but it mostly feels like a knot. I want to see if I can get through it, by gently running and working it out. Just a couple of miles. Of course felt great the first half mile, then it hit. It's so funny that some steps kill, shoot pain and some I can work through, feels like a knot. I was at an 8:30 pace and only went 1.5 miles. I'll try to run this week. Staying off of it didn't really help! I'll ease in.
Ballet: felt good doing barre work, was nervous about going onto releve. I couldn't jump at all. That is where my limit was. It's that pushing off of the ball of my foot that is straining me.
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
20 mile bike
I know I did stuff this week, but I didn't keep very good record, obviously.
Still having leg problems
swim 1600 meters. I have been practicing keeping my arms straight as they crawl. It has helped w. my efficiency. Same effort, better technique = faster and with more ease. It's really good! Last week I swam 2400 meters twice... that is the farthest I've swam, and I felt really good. I hit my tired point at around 1000 meters, but after 1600 both times felt strong and ready to keep going. That happens w/ running I get tired around 4 on my long runs, but by 5 I'm back in and feel I could go forever. Today took me around 27 minutes to swim the mile.
row: 15 minutes. I feel the effects of rowing in the oddest muscle group around my butt. I felt so fatigued in that one spot as I rowed today!
bike: 15 minutes. I think it was like 6 miles.
I wanted to get home to try running. Pretty much I feel like this won't go away, but it mostly feels like a knot. I want to see if I can get through it, by gently running and working it out. Just a couple of miles. Of course felt great the first half mile, then it hit. It's so funny that some steps kill, shoot pain and some I can work through, feels like a knot. I was at an 8:30 pace and only went 1.5 miles. I'll try to run this week. Staying off of it didn't really help! I'll ease in.
Ballet: felt good doing barre work, was nervous about going onto releve. I couldn't jump at all. That is where my limit was. It's that pushing off of the ball of my foot that is straining me.
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
20 mile bike
I know I did stuff this week, but I didn't keep very good record, obviously.
Still having leg problems
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
March 31 - April 5
Monday: It was sunny outside. I'd stayed off my leg both Saturday and Sunday. I could still feel a little something, but it felt a bit better.
Tried to run... got half a mile and it cramped up and locked. I ended up walking home, trying to run. I know 'sore' muscles. This isn't it. It is pulled!
Frustrated because I didn't have enough time at that point to get to the gym, get a decent workout in, and be home for the kids. Couldn't really jump around and lifting/xtraining just wasn't cutting it! Sometimes I just need to move!!! I'll stay off my leg as much as I can. I'll bike, swim and row this week.
Not stressed about the half marathon... already ran that. I am, however anxious about getting my miles up for the June marathon. I'll stick with it... I just need my leg to recover!
Tuesday: 2400 meter swim (did 1400 around 30 minutes. want to start timing myself)
bike - 12 miles @ 30 minutes. did hill intervals.
Wednesday: yogalates class - first time trying this. it didn't feel all that challenging, but my shoulders are sore this morning. it was good to try something new. i'd like to take a real yoga class.
cycled 20 minutes easy cardio, rowed 15 minutes. felt tired...
Thursday: rest, sore and tired
Friday: swim 2300 meters, bike 30 min
Saturday: I have been such a good girl. I've stayed off my leg for the whole week! I was really hoping to run 16 miles today. That is where I want to be with my marathon training. BUT, I didn't know if I could even go a mile, so I had no expectations... I went on the treadmill, it was cold, windy, and raining...
As I ran, pain free I felt a little glimmer of hope, oh how I love to run. I made it all of 1 mile before the pull was back. It took my breath away for a minute, but I continued to run. I felt EVERY. SINGLE. STEP. And it hurt! Buuuuut I still went 7 miles. It was all I could do to finish that last .25.
I was going to head over to swim, to get more time up, but didn't.
And, for the rest of the day I had a hard time walking. My leg reminded me it is not better!
Tried to run... got half a mile and it cramped up and locked. I ended up walking home, trying to run. I know 'sore' muscles. This isn't it. It is pulled!
Frustrated because I didn't have enough time at that point to get to the gym, get a decent workout in, and be home for the kids. Couldn't really jump around and lifting/xtraining just wasn't cutting it! Sometimes I just need to move!!! I'll stay off my leg as much as I can. I'll bike, swim and row this week.
Not stressed about the half marathon... already ran that. I am, however anxious about getting my miles up for the June marathon. I'll stick with it... I just need my leg to recover!
Tuesday: 2400 meter swim (did 1400 around 30 minutes. want to start timing myself)
bike - 12 miles @ 30 minutes. did hill intervals.
Wednesday: yogalates class - first time trying this. it didn't feel all that challenging, but my shoulders are sore this morning. it was good to try something new. i'd like to take a real yoga class.
cycled 20 minutes easy cardio, rowed 15 minutes. felt tired...
Thursday: rest, sore and tired
Friday: swim 2300 meters, bike 30 min
Saturday: I have been such a good girl. I've stayed off my leg for the whole week! I was really hoping to run 16 miles today. That is where I want to be with my marathon training. BUT, I didn't know if I could even go a mile, so I had no expectations... I went on the treadmill, it was cold, windy, and raining...
As I ran, pain free I felt a little glimmer of hope, oh how I love to run. I made it all of 1 mile before the pull was back. It took my breath away for a minute, but I continued to run. I felt EVERY. SINGLE. STEP. And it hurt! Buuuuut I still went 7 miles. It was all I could do to finish that last .25.
I was going to head over to swim, to get more time up, but didn't.
And, for the rest of the day I had a hard time walking. My leg reminded me it is not better!
March 24 - 29
Monday: 5 miles normal tml workout
Tuesday: nothing...had too much to do, should've ran early
Wedensday: speed w/o on tml (5x800)
1 mile - 7.5 speed
1x800 - 8.5 speed
2x800 - 9.0 speed
2x800 - 8.7 speed
no cool down, running late!
Also went to the gym and did 20 minute cycle, with hills
20 minutes - rowing
750 meters - swim
Thursday: E's bday... busy all day! Nothing.
Friday: 4.5 tml. Felt left calf tighten @ mile 4. Stretched it a little. By 4.5 it was locked up and I couldn't walk! Sweet! I stretched it for the rest of the night. Massage, compression sock. It hurts!
Saturday: G's party, perfect excuse to let leg rest.
Tuesday: nothing...had too much to do, should've ran early
Wedensday: speed w/o on tml (5x800)
1 mile - 7.5 speed
1x800 - 8.5 speed
2x800 - 9.0 speed
2x800 - 8.7 speed
no cool down, running late!
Also went to the gym and did 20 minute cycle, with hills
20 minutes - rowing
750 meters - swim
Thursday: E's bday... busy all day! Nothing.
Friday: 4.5 tml. Felt left calf tighten @ mile 4. Stretched it a little. By 4.5 it was locked up and I couldn't walk! Sweet! I stretched it for the rest of the night. Massage, compression sock. It hurts!
Saturday: G's party, perfect excuse to let leg rest.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
March 17 - 22
Monday - 5 hill workout on tml.
Tuesday - 7 tempo outside. Middle three are where I wanted them. That third temp was hard! The air wasn't entering my lungs fast enough! It was hard to breathe! Pretty happy with it though.
1 mile @ 2 incline (7.5 speed),
800 @ 3
800 @ 4 incline
400 @ 5
400 @ 6
400 @ 2
400 @ 7
400 @ 8
400 @ 2
800 @ 4
1 mile @ 2 incline last 1200 7.8 speed
Tuesday - 7 tempo outside. Middle three are where I wanted them. That third temp was hard! The air wasn't entering my lungs fast enough! It was hard to breathe! Pretty happy with it though.
Wednesday - rest. Emily M did a clinic session on me and worked my R calf. It was quite sore when I was done. I chose to just stay off of it.
Thursday -
swim 1 mile (guy from the pool offered some advice this time. will be working on keeping my arms straight in the water. funny how changing one thing throws everything off, felt like my legs didn't work while I was trying to change my arms! felt more efficient, but not natural yet.)
bike 11 miles (spin bike) 28 minutes. did 2 miles (@ 10 or 11 resistance) then 1 mile of hills (between 18-20 resistance) kept alternating through the milage.
Friday - 4 tml. Thought about 5, but felt tired. Easy 2 incline, 8 pace
Saturday - 13 outside 1:43:08 (7:56 average)
this was a good run. the first bit I did something weird with the garmin. couldn't figure it out so I stopped at 5 and reset it. was super cold running down casey, thought about going 5 and running the rest inside, but as I got to hopkins the wind died down. ended up being a great run. was sore sunday, but if felt good. I always get nervous as I tackle each long distance with a new season. I felt strong. drank @ 5 and 8. had a G chew @ 8. The hill didn't feel too awful. I feel stronger this year than last year at this time.
Thursday -
swim 1 mile (guy from the pool offered some advice this time. will be working on keeping my arms straight in the water. funny how changing one thing throws everything off, felt like my legs didn't work while I was trying to change my arms! felt more efficient, but not natural yet.)
bike 11 miles (spin bike) 28 minutes. did 2 miles (@ 10 or 11 resistance) then 1 mile of hills (between 18-20 resistance) kept alternating through the milage.
Friday - 4 tml. Thought about 5, but felt tired. Easy 2 incline, 8 pace
Saturday - 13 outside 1:43:08 (7:56 average)
this was a good run. the first bit I did something weird with the garmin. couldn't figure it out so I stopped at 5 and reset it. was super cold running down casey, thought about going 5 and running the rest inside, but as I got to hopkins the wind died down. ended up being a great run. was sore sunday, but if felt good. I always get nervous as I tackle each long distance with a new season. I felt strong. drank @ 5 and 8. had a G chew @ 8. The hill didn't feel too awful. I feel stronger this year than last year at this time.
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