Going With The Flow

AM - 3.1 miles on horsepark loops. I woke up with a very tight psoas muscle so I was a little nervous about running. It actually loosened up as the run went on - a first with this injury and a good sign. 

PM - Headed up to Snowbird with friends for a tram ride + short hike + rock scrambling. Had sooo much fun and the colors and snow made the views beautiful. Then rollerblading with Jake for 4.5 miles.

AM - Scheduled day off from running. Walked on the treadmill at 3% incline for 25 minutes while reading Alberto Salazar's book 14 Minutes. Really liked this statement:

"...but a runner of any caliber almost never outlives the need to run. Once you get hooked - once the day comes when you suffer more by not running than by running - you're stuck with it. Your daily run becomes your solace and your refuge, the place you go to reflect, heal, and pray." 

PM - Weight training for 35 minutes. Then ran 0.8 miles on the treadmill during PT. Haven't been to PT in a month or so (b/c I did diagnostic imaging and such). I told him that the traditional strengthening exercises just weren't working. So he put me through a painful session of ASTYM - a soft tissue therapy. He scraped from the toes up to the hip and said we would know if this helps after 2-4 treatments. If nothing else, it will get rid of a lot of scar tissue!

AM - 3 miles around the neighborhoods. Sore from the ASTYM yesterday. 

AM - Horsepark loop 4.3 miles. Pretty happy about this. Minimal hamstring/IT band/everything else injury problems. 

PM - Walked for about a mile with Jake.

AM - 30 minutes on the elliptical talking to a co-worker/cyclist about all the drug problems in sports right now. Obviously, the topic of Lance came up and my co-worker had the philosophy of "everyone was taking them so Lance was still the best" that a lot of people seem to have, but I think I convinced him out of that by the end. Not everyone was on drugs, it's just that the ones that weren't could not reach the same levels. Some people that we've never even heard of might be the ones that would've been in the top otherwise. Many gave up the sport because of it. It is interesting to me how they seem to crack down on this drug problem in individual sports, but isn't it pretty widespread in sports like football and basketball too? Can all those guys really get that big without them? 

PM - Weight training for 35 minutes, then walking for about a mile. 

AM - 30 minutes easy on the elliptical. Lots of aches and pains - I feel like I'm 50, not 25!

AM - Injury problems were bad today. I had another ASTYM session last night, and I am so bruised and painfully sore from it. No running again today, instead Jake and I went on 3 walks throughout the day for about 4.5 miles.