Recovering From Microfracture Surgery

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Location:

Manhattan,KS,

Member Since:

Sep 16, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Running Accomplishments:

400m = 55.7; 800m = 2:03; 1500m = 4:08; 1 Mile = 4:24; 2 Mile = 9:28; 5k = 15:26; 8k = 25:35; 10k = 32:12; 15k = 49:50; 10 Miles = 53:27; 1/2 M = 1:13:50 (during marathon); Marathon = 2:28:31

 


Post Microfracture Surgery:

 

5k = 17:25; 10k = 35:50; 10 Miles = 58:29

Short-Term Running Goals:

Masters USATF Cross Country National Championships 8k in St. Louis, MO! 

Maybe a marathon in 2013?

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy running and racing at whatever level I am able to. Possibly run another marathon post Microfracture Surgery in under 3:00.

Personal:

I'm in the Army. I am married with four children (20/17/13/8 years old). Trying to return to previous running form after having microfracture knee surgery in July 2008.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Pegasus 29 A Lifetime Miles: 438.30
Brooks Launch A Lifetime Miles: 429.17
Adios Lifetime Miles: 118.88
Brooks Launch B Lifetime Miles: 206.30
Pegasus 29 B Lifetime Miles: 146.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
58.000.006.003.000.000.000.0067.00
Pegasus 29 A Miles: 25.00Brooks Launch A Miles: 16.50Adios Miles: 17.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy 10 miles with son James. Recovery run at 7:40 pace. 

Pegasus 29 A Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.000.000.000.008.00

Eight easy miles at 7:35 avg pace. Felt pretty bad all day today. Not sure why I am feeling so down but did not run second run.

Brooks Launch A Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.003.000.000.000.0011.00

So the past two days have not been so great. Yesterdays easy run I did not feel very good at all and then todays fast workout I felt awful. Today was stomach issues and overall legs just felt heavy and would not respond. The only upside is I at least finished the workout and although I did not feel good and was probably a little slower than I would have wanted the times were still ok I guess. Ultimately I just remind myself that days like this come along and the worst day running is still better than any day that you are unable to run at all. Well workout is below: We did a 400 jog (2min rest between every repeat)

1600 - 5:35 (did not look at splits each lap but thought I was going faster based on how hard it felt)

6x400 - 80/80/80/79/80/79 (again it took all I had to just hit 79-80 secs for each 400)

800 - 2:44 (even splits of 82secs and just happy to finish workout at this point)

I think the last two days are the worst I have felt in a long time. So not sure what to think of the above times but hope things feel better the next couple days.

Brooks Launch A Miles: 2.00Adios Miles: 9.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.000.000.000.009.00

Easy 9 miles at 7:35 avg. Felt a little better today but not 100% still.

Pegasus 29 A Miles: 9.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.000.000.000.008.00

8 miles today in pouring rain at 7:25 avg pace. Still not feeling great but better.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.000.000.000.006.00

Easy 6 miles at 7:35 avg pace. Felt better today than past four days.

Pegasus 29 A Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
9.000.006.000.000.000.000.0015.00

I decided to jump in a 10K race today for part of my long run. Warmed up 3 miles and then took off in the race. The course was terrible. It wasn't marked very well and had tons of turns all over the place. Overall hilly course that not only had tons of turns it also went up a two flights of stairs and down four flights of stairs during the race. So between the fact that the course did not have a straight section longer than about 400 meters at any given point and the stair cases it was not a very fast race. I ended up running 35:50 so I was actually satisfied with that time all things considering. I ended up 5th overall and 1st masters runner. Afterwards I went for another 6 miles easy. Not a great week overall, as far as how I felt but still got in almost 70 miles and some ok workouts I guess. Hopefully this was just a plateau week and things will ramp up again next week.

Brooks Launch A Miles: 6.50Adios Miles: 8.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
58.000.006.003.000.000.000.0067.00
Pegasus 29 A Miles: 25.00Brooks Launch A Miles: 16.50Adios Miles: 17.50
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