1 year, 1000 miles (Page 11)

That is a great point about the humidity - being in Buffalo our 20's is colder than single digits in Denver and places I have been at that are super dry!

The great thing about living here is that I ran in high 20's last night and this morning without gloves and a light hat and just a sweatshirt and sweatpants.  That is a heat wave compared to some of the bike temps I have ridden in

Yeah, I love Denver for that lack of humidity aspect.  Once year I went to Va Beach in Jan.  It was 45 Degrees, but I was colder there than I was all winter back home (and that included skiing in   0F )

powerman - 2013-02-08 3:16 AM 11pm, 22F, killer tunes on the shuffle, got my 6 miles in for the day.

That late almost counts for Thursday and Friday huh??? LOL - great job!!

Calf is feeling good, but I'm taking the weekend off running anyway.  I've done a bunch of icing and rolling of the calf and foot, at this point it's hard to tell if it's tight because of all the massage/rolling, or the injury...  I don't think it's any big deal, but no need to rush back in.  I'll try running on Monday and reset my volume back to a base level and begin the ramp again.  Not worried about this challenge in the sense that it will either happen or it won't, but I'm not going to do something silly just to get in miles.  Not giving up though, because there is still plenty of time left in the year.  My ultimate weekly goal is in the 30mpw range which if I get there in a few months will be plenty to carry me over the top.

In looking back at my logs I do think I ramped up too much too quick, despite thinking at the time I was being very conservative.  I'm going to reset back to the basics and stick to the letter of the 1-2-3 law.  Meaning I'll be shortening my short runs, as opposed to lengthening my long runs.

I always struggle with injury too.  Do you try to train thru it or rest.  The older I get, rest seems to work better..ssshhh don't tell my wife that because I generally do not take that route.  You might want to try gently rolling it, then stretching it and then icing it.  Also if you decide to run, maybe put on some compression sleeves to help support the calf.

Good Luck and let us know how it goes.

karl

Another 7.63 miles done.  I had to match the rabbit for today, then I matched him for tomorrow since I won't be able to run, and then played catch up. 

Long run on Sunday... gonna get that rabbit!

Way to go!!!.  I got about that much in today with warm up and cool down.

 Have fun with the long run, You are putting in some good runs on the days you have available.  Keep up the great work.

Today, instead of coming straight hopme from duty, I decided to go to the gym to use a stationary bike to do an Olympic style brick. 

On the ride, I managed to shave about 18m31s off the time it toook me in the OBX Olympic Triathlon in September (I'm gonna kick that race's in 2013, Beth).  I did that ride in 1:23:44; I did it today in 1:04:53.  Awesome, right?

Wait, it gets better.  I set off with the goal of beating 1:10:00 on the run.  To date, my best 10K was 1:04:05.  That was set as a stand alone run, NOT after riding a bike for 25 miles.  Today's run was a 6.38 miler that I finished in 1:05:44.  At the 10K mark, my time was 1:03:51.6... 13.2 second IMPROVEMENT.

"Operation Breezy Point Domination" relies upon only one thing at this point... I figure a way to get my butt into open water to train for the swim.  At the rate I'm going, domination will simply become absolute destruction.  I WANT MY GOLD!!

Wow - look what HM training does for her  - great job!

skipg - 2013-02-10 8:30 AM Well after 40 days in a row of running, I had to force myself to sit it out yesterday This nagging leg pain seems to wanna hang around and spoil my fun. From looking at a leg muscle diagram it looks like the Tensor Fasciae Latae muscle that runs from the hip to the knee. Hope I can get this thing under control soon!

I just took a look at your training logs for Nov/Dec. Are they accurate? 

That sounds like a great goal - as a corollary challenge - who is up to trying to drop 2 minutes off their 5k PR this year ????  (SPEEDKNIGHT - you would need to drop 5 the way you are crushing your 10K's even in training )