Today’s Focus Run efficiently Planned Workout Description: Workout: 30:00 Minute Recovery Run Purpose: To recover from the harder effort in yesterday’s run. It will be hotter and muggier than yesterday, so I need to run slow this morning, and I also will focus on running tall and landing quietly instead of slouching or slapping my feet. “Know what specific skills you are aiming to improve … Continue reading Re-Emerging – Tuesday – June 8, 2021
Today’s Focus Be Safe Planned Workout Description: Workout: Today, I will take what the weather will give me. It is supposed to be very hot, and the AQI already has an alert out about how poor it will be. I originally planned to do this workout on the Rail Trail in Augusta, but I am unsure what I will actually do based on today’s forecast. Safety … Continue reading Monday – June 7, 2021
Today’s Focus Reality Check Planned Workout Description: Workout: Day 7 Stryd Intro Plan – 45:00 easy run Purpose: Long Run Well, the longest run I have done since my injury back in March. This is the start of getting more of my endurance back. Focus – Run Efficiently The long run is important to help improve your endurance from a physiological perspective. It also gives you more … Continue reading Sunday – June 6, 2021
Today’s Focus Heat Acclimatization Planned Workout Description: Workout: Intro to Stryd Day 6 – 30:00 Purpose: Recovery Run After yesterday’s easy run and 2.5 hours of lawn mowing, a recovery run sounds really great. However, it will be hot today and even hotter tomorrow (I mean the first week of June and 80*F weather in Maine???). So I will probably run down towards Wildwood at … Continue reading RunLog – Saturday – June 5, 2021
Today’s Focus Do the How – Stop whining. Planned Workout Description: Workout: Stryd Intro Plan Day – 5 — 30:00 Minute Easy Run Purpose: Easy Run – Get time on my feet and run easy Morning Prehab 2 x 15 Straight Leg Eccentric Calf Drops each leg on the ladder 2 x 15 Bent Leg Eccentric Calf Drops each leg on the ladder 30 – … Continue reading RunLog – Friday – June 4, 2021
Today’s Focus Beat the Heat Planned Workout Description: Workout: · 20:00 Warm-Up at an easy effort · 1:00 Very Hard Effort · 9:00 Cool Down at an easy effort Purpose Taken from the Stryd Intro Plan. Your warm-up should be run at an easy and comfortable effort, prepping your body for the hard effort to follow. The goal for today is to make note of … Continue reading Wednesday – June 2, 2021
Today’s Focus Recovery and fact-finding. Planned Workout Description: Workout: Day 2 – Stryd Intro Plan – 30:00 recovery run Purpose: To recover from yesterday’s 2:00 minute challenging portion of the run. I know that Stryd has to accommodate all levels of runners and that many who are starting to use their product(s) are not long-time runners, but the wording of the workout explanation is VERY … Continue reading Tuesday – June 1, 2021
What did I learn this time from this particular bout of Achilles tendon – whatever the hell it was? A LOT! First, the Achilles tendon and, yes, other body parts just don’t work like they used to. Everything still works, just not as well, and the Achilles will be my Achilles Heel for the remainder of my running life. Second, I can no longer rely … Continue reading Lessons Learned from My Latest Achilles Tendonosis Issues
Today’s Focus Trust the plan Planned Workout Description: It is the first day of the two-week Intro to Stryd workouts. Today I am finally getting to start seeing what running with Power is all about. I will find out if running with Power is part of the solution to at least a few of my running woes. I got the Stryd pod back in March. … Continue reading Monday — May 31, 2021
Today’s Focus Rest Planned Workout Description: Workout: None Purpose: Today is a rest day and what I call “stop” the streaking day. I need to have one day a week to not run or do a lot beyond Alfredson’s Achilles routine. Then later today, some light stretching (maybe a Yoga video) and my pill bottle mobilization stuff. The other part is that I am working hard … Continue reading RunLog – Sunday – May 30, 2021
Today’s Focus Stay warm Planned Workout Description: Workout: 10×3:00-minute run, with 1:00 minute recoveries Purpose: To see what shape I am in; I will probably run really easy on as many of the recoveries as possible to see how my conditioning is and how the Achilles is holding up to the load past 30:00 minutes. Warm-up: 100-ups Run #1 Course: Howard-Town Office-Howard Type: Run/Walk Distance: 4.8 Duration: … Continue reading Saturday – May 29, 2021
Today’s Focus Don’t get too frazzled. It will be one of those days, errands in town, construction on the house, attempting to get a good run-in, doing all the non-running routine to help my running. Then ensuring that TheWife gets her run-in and outside stuff done, getting the final load of firewood into the truck for them to deliver to their friend who needs it. … Continue reading Thursday – May 27, 2021
