I'm a former rower, looking at getting into some other form of competition after "retirement" from my pastime of the previous four years. I'm dedicated, but a little held back by my formerly 215lb 6'7" frame.
Didn't feel nearly as good today... legs are straight up tired after the long-run from yesterday. Ran at an 8:04 pace, as I was simply pretty toasted. Going to enjoy the day off, and love me some swimming and weights tomorrow.
Nothin' but about 2500 yards in the pool. Some real easy stuff with my friends David and Brent; will probably go again tomorrow, in addition to the run, as my legs feel a trillion times better after swimming.
Did this one outside; going to try and do all of my runs outside, as the weather has been unseasonably non-rainy and sunny. Just did the run down to and around Green Lake twice, and back to the apartment. Started inexplicably slowing down on the second lap (no clue why, I wasn't remotely tired), but got out of that funk. Probably had something to do with the swim workout I did today; hard to get back in the pool after a month of taking it easy. 8.94 in 1:10:35, 7:53 pace. Green Lake laps of 25:40 and 25:22. Probably need to slow it down a little, especially over the last .25-.5 miles (which are they only uphill portions of the entire run), but it felt good.
Legs are still tired and a little achey, but they're adjusting well to the increased mileage, nothing is getting worse, and I'm definitely feeling better. I think I'm going to try and avoid hills until I'm able to handle 60+ miles without a problem, as my knees were a little shell-shocked after the last couple weeks of long runs.
Really basic run involving Green Lake again. Probably going to the structure of almost all of my running, as the course has a mostly dirt path around the outside, and grass to run on most of the way to and from my apartment. Still pretty tired at the end, going up the final hill, despite not really feeling too tired during the flat parts. I'll have to watch my effort level. 7:53 pace, probably a little faster than I should've gone, but wasn't too rough.
Basic run, felt tremendous, was zooming around Green Lake its my job. Finished 9.01 miles in 1:08:48, a 7:38 pace, without really breaking a sweat until I got up the final hills, when I started getting tired. Boy oh boy is it getting mucky out there!
Another basic Green Lake run, very, very windy outside, still moved pretty well despite all that. Its pretty clear I need new shoes, as these Asics, I've had for a long time (prior to recording my runs here); feel like I'm a few long runs away from getting shin splints in these beasts, and that would be terrible. Went 55:18, a 7:50 pace.
Was going to do my long run today, but felt my shins this morning, and then proceed to smack them against a machine at the gym in the morning (only I could do this). Picked up a new pair of shoes (Asics GT-2150s), and also picked up a high-arched pair of insoles (now that I can finally afford them, thanks Mom and Dad for the Road Runner gift card). Calculated the scattered logs that I have, and realized I had run 523.41 measured miles on my Nimbus-11s, and I know of at least 50 miles of running (mostly races) that I hadn't logged.
So to sum up, did a weight workout in the morning, and swam 4,000 yards in the pool in the afternoon. Strange how swimming makes me so much hungrier than running. Of course, I was a genious and had Pho for lunch, so I had a swollen stomach with nothing in it but chicken broth, water and a miniscule amount of Gatorade in it. Wolfed down some delicious leftover stir-fry from last night when I got home; tremendous!
Depending on how I feel, I might give the shoes a light test-run tomorrow, but I'm leaning towards doing nothing until Tuesday. I should be fine with new shoes and a short run, but I don't want to create any long-term problems. I'll probably end up cycling and using the elliptical in lieu of running for a couple of days.
