If you have been reading this blog for a bit, you know that I have been and still am struggling with an Achilles Tendon issue since March. I have been whining enough about it, that is for sure. This Achilles issue has thrown a big monkey wrench into my training this Spring and is causing me to look at my Summer and Fall racing schedule … Continue reading A Time for Tough Choices
Today’s Focus What is the one thing that I need to focus to on today? Trust the training plan. I have put together a rehab plan that will take me to the end of June and doesn’t have that big jump in mileage when I am not ready for it. I tend to do this when I am coming back from an injury, which leads … Continue reading RunLog – Sunday – May 16, 2021
Planned Workout Description: Do an easy 1-mile run to warm up and to see how the Achilles is progressing today. If the Achilles isn’t too grumpy, do 10 x 2:00 minutes running, with 2:00 minutes walking, with a 5:00 minute walking cool-down—easy effort level on the run portions. Warm-up: My minimum warm-up is the leg swing routine x 20, 40 air squats, 100-ups before running, and … Continue reading RunLog – Thursday – May 13, 2021
Today was my first run in quite a while. I ran for almost 25:00 consecutive minutes with just a short pause at the top of Stevens Hill to catch a breath before finishing where the tar starts about 200 yards from the upper gate. Which is progress! The leg is coming along slowly but surely, and I think that the ASICS Evoride 2s that I … Continue reading A Little Progress is Good News – RunLog 5/10/21
Since this is primarily a running themed blog, I will focus on the demons that have haunted my running or athletically for so many years. While I have regrets about my past as a runner, I can’t change anything, so I have to work on defeating the demons that still make my life more complex than it needs to be and work on being the … Continue reading Running with the Demons of the Past
This most recent Achilles tendon injury has given me time to think about what I want to do with my running going forward. As a result of all that thinking, I am making a minor course correction with the direction of my blog. That is the reason for the theme, title, and header changes. These changes really aren’t a big deal, but were needed for … Continue reading A Minor Course Correction
The question is not so much if we can do something. The real question is, what is the purpose of what we are doing, and how will we do it? As a runner this has been my Achilles heel. What is the purpose of my my running and how will I do it? Over the years, I have based too much of my training and … Continue reading Adding Purpose to My Training
My Garmin 35 bit the dust the other day, and my backup Garmin 230’s battery is pretty much to the point where it needs to be charged daily. This means at some point in the next few months, updating to a new watch will be necessary. Since both of my watches were pretty old and having issues. I had known I would be looking for … Continue reading A Story and Getting in Stryd
Well there! After last Sunday’s good 10K, this past week was not the one that I expected – at all. It has been pretty much a shitshow, as far as my running is concerned. Before that run, I had a bit of discomfort in the back of my left lower leg/ankle area. I didn’t think a lot about it since it is a common area … Continue reading Frustrated and Why – RunLog 3/21/21
Do I miss the treadmill? That is a question that I never thought would be an issue until the pandemic turned the world upside down and made going to the gym, not within the realm of possibilities for me. In a word. “Yes.” The treadmill and I have a great relationship. I appreciate the convenience and safety of running on a treadmill during the cold … Continue reading Do I miss the treadmill?
Central Maine Striders January Thaw Virtual Race – 1/17/21 I got to run today and even did one of those “wonderful” virtual races that I so “love”. Oh well, it seems that if I want to race the annual Central Maine Striders January Thaw Road Race in 2021, it will have to be virtual. Since I am not injured this year and attempt to run … Continue reading Central Maine Striders January Thaw 2021 Virtual Race – 1/17/21
Today was one of those snow flurry days. It snowed a little most of the day, without accumulating more than an inch. Enough to coat the ground and make things slippery. True to my word yesterday, I did my pre-run warm-up before heading out the door. Yes, I could tell it helped a little on the first mile. I know that I need to keep … Continue reading First Run 361 Santiago On a Good Day for Testing – RunLog 1/5/21
