Training Log

Aside from some AM push-ups (I went from 7 to 10 in one set!) today is a rest day.

My left shin has been hurting and it really scares me. I had a stress fracture in college from the stress of being a triple jumper. I know my shin pain  isn't a stress fracture and that shin pain is normal. However, I've been getting some weird ankle swelling, calf tightness, shin pain, and other lower leg problems, so today I'm forcing another rest day on myself. I'm not throwing in the towel, just  trying to be extra conservative.

I did 45 min. of yoga for runners from yogadownload.com and it really loosened my legs up. The plan for today is calf massages and ice.

Tomorrow I really want to go for a run.

Ran 3 miles in 26:30 minutes (might have been too fast) while the roommate biked beside me. Fantastic weather and the 2 days of rest made my legs feel terrific!

At this early stage I definitely think my problem was not enough rest. I only planned 1 rest or x train day a week and I think I would really benefit from 2 or 3 for now. Let's see how restless I get :-D

 Tomorrow I will bike!

45 minutes bike at the gym. I did the hill program on level 7 - this was much more difficult for me than running.

I bought a calf sleeve a while ago and it arrived in the mail. I plan to wear it on the leg that I fractured a couple years ago and the one that currently feels icky (scientific term). I don't know if it's a good idea, will cause muscle imbalances between left and right calves, ect. but I'm gonna take it for a spin Wednesday.

What a great run! Ended up being  9:30 pace. Until today I have never seen another runner out while I was out. Today I saw 5 runners and 3 cyclists.

The agenda tonight is to eat cake and watch the series finale of Scrubs. I'm so sad to see it go.

So tired today - probably from my longer run yesterday. 

Tomorrow is a rest day - getting my hair cut and picking up my graduation gown after work tomorrow.

I'm glad I got this run in! It was either really windy and rainy the rest of the day.

6.69 miles in 1:02:12. This was the hilliest windiest run in all my life.

Happy Mother's day! I had flowers delivered to my Mom yesterday and I'll be calling her today. I don't think she has had flowers delievered to her (at least as long as I've been alive). I hope she likes them!

Oh my goodness - it felt like I was dragging a two year old around with my lower left leg it felt so heavy. I'm glad tomorrow is a bike at the gym day (even though it's supposed to be beautiful out). 

45 min. on the bike at the gym followed by some yoga to loosen up my muscles a bit. Overall it was a great day!

No complaints here! Just a boring run.

 I'm planning to run a 5k this Sunday - Do people taper/take it easy the day before a 5k (even though it's not a very long race?). 

Went out to ice cream after work instead of running :-0 Had 2 scoops of death by chocolate and 1 scoop of bananas foster - and that was a small!

 I'm going to try running before work tomorrow. I run in the mornings on the weekend...but never THAT early. It'll be an adventure :-D

I don't why but I was SO nervous to try running in the morning. I was out the door by 5:50 AM and it was a beautiful morning. I had plenty of time to get ready and I was even 10 minutes early getting to work. My legs feel so much better when they haven't been at work all day - I guess I'm on my feet a lot.

Temperature: 48 and windy.

Woke up at 5:45AM got ready and ate a bowl of oatmeal, a banana, and a spoonful of pb. (I heard my stomach at mile two; maybe I should eat more, or have less time elapse before the race, or was it too full?)

My roommate and I picked up a friend who was also running at 6:45AM. We arrived at the parking lot at 7:20 after getting lost for awhile – even though we used a garmin to get us there.  I, of course, was freaking out :-D. My friend had to register for the race thankfully the line was short and we were warming up by 7:40.

The start of the race was pretty terrible – I had to weave around so many people even though I was fairly close to the front – it makes me so angry! The course was downhill and with the wind for the first 1.5 miles and the last 1.6 miles was uphill and into the wind.  

First mile: 7:36
Second Mile: 7:46
Last mile+: 9:35ish I guess the strong wind and hill really got to me. I do confess to drafting off of the guy in front of me though for this last part.

Post-race I had 2 cookies and a banana to balance out the cookies. We were too cold to hang around so we hoped in the car and drove to dunkin doughnuts where I ordered a medium hazelnut coffee and a chocolate kreme doughnut to soothe aching calves thanks to the hillish course.

Overall I’m happy with the way everything went. Despite the hills and wind I shaved about 3 minutes off of my last years 5k! This is only my second 5k and I know I have so much experience to gain.

A train  interrupted my run half way through it.  I didn't want to wait for it so I decided to just jug around the neighborhood really slowly for about an hour.

40 minutes on the bike at the gym.

The original plan was 6 miles but, by the time I was able to run it was 90 degrees outside. I also ate wayy to many mini almond joy candy bars before I headed out. Needless to say I felt sick - so I cut my run short and will do the 6 miles tomorrow! Lessons learned.

So much going on this graduation I'm happy I got this one in!

A great morning run. I'm surprised it went so well, I ran all my miles on the weekdays so I could take the weekend off of running to pack and of course - graduate. Today was my last run in NY for a while. I can't wait to run in my hometown again.

Came back home last night at 10pm to find the toilet had a crack in it and leaked all over the floor. What a great way to be welcomed home. We only have one bathroom so my parents stayed in a hotel. 

 Was fun to run in my home town though!

Nothing too special. Saw an old friend I haven't seen for 4 years and stopped running to talk for a few minutes.

Went to my parents gym because it has been raining all week. It was so hot in there I could wring my shirt out when I left.

Got new shoes this week too. The other ones were giving me blisters in my arch. There is a new balance factory store realatively close by :-D

Such a low mileage week and to sum up my excuses - this week has been crazy with moving out of my college apartment, flying to CA for 2 months (tomorrow), and it's been cold and rainy.

So in this past week and 1/2 I graduated from college, moved everything I own from New York to  Maine, and then flew out to California to visit my boyfriend. I'll be here for over a month!

I haven't done a track workout in two years - since I got a stress fracture on the track team. I was a jumper and  a short sprinter so long distance track workouts to me are foreign.

1 mile warm up.

4x400 (1:44, 1:39, 1:41, : 139) with walk 200m jog 200m rest in between each.

2x200 (46.50, 46.10) with walk 200m in between.

1 mile cool down.

As my first track workout in forever, I didn't worry about times, just wanted to see  where I  am.