Hello everyone

I've recently decided to train for an Ironman so I was searching for an online training log that I could use. This one seems to work very well so far. A bit about myself: I'm 21 years old, enlisted in the USAF, and stationed at Travis AFB in CA. For the past 4 years I've dedicated my life to running. I've been dumped by many girlfriends and angered many friends. I started out training in high school for 5Ks, but found my real passion two years ago in marathons. I usually train to the brink, back it off just a bit, and then go at it again. My young mind tells me I'm invincible. Unfortunately however, my beat up legs tell me I have a lot to learn. My PRs (2:43 marathon, 1:16 half) are considerably slower than what I've been capable of. The only marathons I've finished were training runs. I rarely tapered and just train through races. I always told myself I would taper, but when the time came, I continued to run. I wanted to get fast and in a short amount of time. I hit a point last December when my mind and body just said, what the hell are you doing? From late December through early February I had a string of injuries. Started off with just a hamstring strain, moved up to ITB syndrome, graduated to a sprained left ankle, and finally tore my lateral meniscus a month later. I'm still awaiting arthroscopic surgery on my left knee, but continue to run, bike, swim, and weight train. Just at a much slower pace and with less intensity than before. My training log will be very detailed and updated every day, so please feel free to check it out and contact me if you have any suggests, questions, or comments; even if it's to say I train too hard, or maybe not hard enough!

Edited by usafironman 2004-03-25 2:23 AM