AM 8 miles at Sugar house park outer grass loops, 15:10,14:50, 13:50, 13:10 it was windy and cold, but as I warmed up my legs felt good.
PM 9 miles Jordan river trail just a steady run. I ran with Carol and when we were finished I ran back to D. We talked about the up coming marathon. I f I could only run as fast as he thinks I can I would happy. He has a way of pumping you up which is a good thing mentally.
We measured the change in the last part of the 3 SLC races for next Saturday. The change should make times faster. We measured it twice and each time the course needed to be shortened by 133'. They want the finish to stay in the same place so we are moving the start lines up 133'. Which means all the mile markers will come to soon. I plan to remove the pink marks (they seem a little feminine), and change over the new marks to a good Green (Go Wasatch Athletics). I heard a runner at the half last week say seeing green makes him want to throw up, oh well.
On a more serious note, I know that you shouldn't try anything new before a race, but here's the question. Any comments or ideas on the topic would be read, appreciated and evaluated. I'm considering going to the chiropractor tomorrow. I don't want him to mess anything up though and I'm fearful that a bad adjustment could leave me sore or out of whack to close to the race. Here is the situation. It has happened only a few times and ocurred again last Saturday in the half. I get a "dead leg", numb from the toes to the hip usually. Like it is a sleep. It may only last a mile or two, but it does distract me and I just focus on something else and it goes away. It happened last year at P.F. Chang's half and lasted for over half the race and both feet and one leg had the trouble. Sometimes sitting in the car I notice it but running under these conditions seems worse. I am thinking that maybe it is caused by my hips popping out. That's why I'm thinking about an adjustment. Last night when I went to stradle the bike I felt it pop and I've had some discomfort while driving but running it seems okay. Any thoughts?
By the way I was talking to SLC marathon people today, They say they have a couple elites in the half that are 1:02ish. It's a fast course, but we'll see. I still perdict rain, but don't want the wind. |