Cheston's Running Blog

5 easy miles.  Achilles tendion pretty dang sore.  I'm starting to think Sasha knows what he's talking about. 

First 1/2 mile tendion really tight, didn't get worse and loosened up a bit.  It hurt for the duration of the run, but didn't get  any sharp pains ofranything.  I decided not to overdue it and only went 5 miles. 

By the time I was done, my tendion felt a little tighter then it did when I started, it hurt just having my shoe rubbing on it.  I popped about 800mg of Ibuprofen and iced the crap out of it. 

Add on from yesterday:

Tendion has a wierd looking knot in it.  It doesn't hurt any more then it did, and didn't tighten up overnight.  Took another 800mg of Ibuprofen.  I'll see how it feels and go out this after noon for another 10 after work.  I may end up shutting it down after a few.  I've always got Sunday to rest, but we'll see what happens. 

5 easy miles.  Tendion still pretty sore, stiffened up towards the end.  It did feel better then yesterday.  I wanted to do 10, but I thought I would be risking injury. 

Did the last mile in 6:45 just because I was curious if going a little faster would make it hurt more, it didn't. 

10 easy miles, did the last 3 miles at about 7 minutes a miles.  Tendion was a little stiff.  Felt pretty good the first 5 miles, it was a little sore the last 5, but it felt better then it did on Saturday, so I think it's getting better. 

As much as I would like to do speed tomorrow, I think I better not.  I don't want to agitate anything. 

10 miles today.  Tendion started out a little tight, loosened up after the first mile and felt better towards the end then it did yesterday.  I think it's getting better.  I'ts still swollen and tender, so I'm still taking it easy. 

I was able to do the last 3 miles at a pretty comfortable pace and I felt fine. 

5 easy miles.  Tendon was pretty sore, desided not to push it.

10 miles.  Tendon was pretty sore by the time I was done.  I've got this blister thats been killing me lately.  Or coarse this dang blister has to be on the same foot with the tendon problem!  Everytime I run on it, I get a new blister on top of the old blister.  It's probably about 5 blisters deep now.    I'm a mess. 

5 easy miles.  Tendon was especially sore today.  Towards the end of my run it started feeling a little better.  I'm guessing I'll be good for 10 tomorrow. 

Blister is still there and it's about 7 blisters deep now.  I'm telling you, I don't think moleskin was made for running.  I sweat and the moleskin just sluffs off everytime. 

10 miles today.  Took a few miles to warm up the achilles tendon.  Started feeling better after a few miles.  I naturally started running a marathon pace around 6 per mile for the last 3.  It felt pretty good and didn't put any stress on the achilles like I was fearing it would.  Blister didn't hurt too much either. 

A painful and slow week of running.  Managed to run everyday, so I guess thats a good thing. 

10 easy miles this morning.  Felt pretty good.  The old tendion wasn't too swollen and didn't take as long to warm up.  I'm hoping I'm on the road to recovery.  I'm planning on running the Utah Summer Games 10k this Friday.  I know I'm not going to be up to racing condition by any means and I wont be running it as fast as I want, but I'll run it for fun.  It's been a long time since I've did a race just for fun.  Who know's it might even be fun? 

10 easy miles.  Tendon still telling me to take it easy.  I feel like an old grandpa or something with this tendon injury.  It takes me about 4 to 5 miles to loosen up with this achilles thing I've got going on. 

5 easy miles this morning.  Tendon tight and sore starting out.  Felt better towards the end.  Saw a golden eagle get hit by a camper trailer while running today.  Thing was huge and sorry to say it didn't make it. 

Tappering down for tomorrows race.  I'm going over to Cedar tonight to pick up my race packet and to stay at my moms house.  I may get out and do a couple of real easy miles. 

I had a game plan of running a conservative race, basically trying not to agitate my achilles tendon.  I haven't done any speed for 3 weeks because of it, so I wasnt' expecting anything too fantastic. 

I started out kind of slow holding back for the first mile.  I did the first mile in something like 5:33.  It felt natural, I wasn't winded like I was expecting to feel.  My achilles wasn't showing any signs of pain, so I did what felt natural. 

I kept the same pace throughout the race, averaging 5:31 per mile.  I never pushed it and towards the end I sprinted home to pass two runners that seemed just about dead to me.  I finished feeling strong and injury free.  I didn't even really pay attention to the time during the run, which was nice for a change.  Or coarse when I realized that I ran a 34:22 and that my current PR is 33:55 I was wishing I had pushed it a little. 

When I got home I was feeling good and not wanting to be sore the next day, I decided to get that lactec acid out of my system and ran an additonal 7 miles at about an 8 minute mile pace. 

I guess the real test is to see how I feel tomorrow, but I think it's time to start putting speed back into my workout. 

10 easy miles, felt pretty good, a little sore from the race.

Long day.  Started early ended late.  Only had enough time and desire to do 5 late night miles. 

10 miles this morning.  Felt pretty good.  Did 3 miles at just about marathon pace. 

Stopped by Steve's running store in St. George yesterday.  Bought a new pair of shoes for myself and the wife.  I got the Asics Gel Nimbus 9's.  I love Nimbus.  I also picked up the Struassburg sock for my achilles tendon.  I hope it does the trick.

I used the sock last night.  I'll give it about a week and see what happens, I'm hearing good reviews about it anyway.  I tried out the new Nimbus 9's today, loved them. 

I'm planning on doing some mile repeats at speed tomorrow. 

11 total miles today.  Got out a little earlier then normal, which was good because I ended up doing a little speed.

Did a pretty good warm up and then 1 mile @ speed in 5:59.  I know it wasn't very fast, but I haven't done speed for awhile besides the Summer games 10k last Friday, so I was a little sluggish. 

Did a few more miles @ speed, each one natrually got a little faster mile two @ 5:44 and mile three @ 5:27.  I didn't want to over do it, so I stopped at three. I'll probably add another mile to the speed next week. 

My seven year old daughter plans on doing the Bryce Canyon 5k again this year and was bugging me to train with her, so we went out and did 1 mile.  She might end up being a good little runner one of these days. 

Another day miles day.  I felt a little tired and slow from the speed I did yesterday, but overall a good run. 

Worked late last night.  I spent about 4 hours helping someone that was stuck.  Crazy guy went off road, in the sand, without four wheel drive.  I almost had him out, but he didn't know how to drive when being towed.  I ended up getting stuck myself and then we both worked on my vehicle for awhile.  We must have collected every piece of sagebrush with in a 1/4 mile just the build up a road enough to get some traction.  Between using the high lift jake, killing all the sage brush in sight to make a road and shoveling with our hands, we both finally made it out.  I was so dehydated by the time we were done and of coarse it was dark.   All I could think about the whole time was how it was going to effect my run in the morning. 

I was so tired this morning I didn't run.  I'm going to go out this afternoon in the heat of the day, I'm sure I'll suffer for sleeping in. 

Did a 10 miler this afternoon, it was way too hot!!!!  I carried water with me and there was a little wind, so I didn't pass out and die.  Now I know why I run in the morning.  I feel bad for all those crazy runners in St. George, now thats hot. 

2 easy miles, almost didn't do any. 

10 easy miles today for the birthday boy.  31 Years old, man it stinks to get older!!  I used to welcome birthday's.  Last year was pretty rough turning 30, they had me on suicide watch for the day and had to take away my weapon.  Turning 31 isn't as bad as turning 30.  I keep telling myslef that I'm in the prime of my life.  I feel like I'm in pretty good shape and I weigh less then I did when I graduated high school. 

As I was running my 10 miler this morning I thought, "wow, how many people in my graduating high school class can say that after 12 years from graduating, that they are still in shape, feel good and are keeping off the pounds."  That thought made me feel a little better about myself.  Birthadays are tough for me. 

I bought some pretty light racing shoes from Steve for my birthday, so that made me feel a little better as well.  Maybe I'll try them out tomorrow with a little speed work.   

10 easy miles.  I felt pretty sluggish after all the cake, ice cream and Mountain Dew that I had for my birthday yesterday.   I was going to do speed this morning, but I wasn't feeling like I would have got the most out of the work out, so I'll do it tomorrow instead.

10 total miles today.  A pretty good day for speed.  Started a little earlier to beat the heat.  I ran on my new Saucony Type A shoes.  They are a lot lighter and  are going to be my racing shoes in the future.  I've never had a pair of  racing shoes, I've always raced in my trianing shoes, whice are probably too heavy.  These Saucony Type A's are light, I felt like I was running bare foot.  I've never ran in anything so light.  I thought I had better try them out before my first race in them, I was impressed.

Did some speed today, mile repeats @ speed.

Mile 1 @ 5:41

Mile 2 @ 5:31

Mile 3 @ 5:22

Mile 4 @ 5:16

Pretty good work out. The first three were pretty easy.  The last one I was getting kind of tired and didn't think I was going to be able to do a sub 5:30 mile.  I think I was mentally tired, but my body was more then able.   I maintained a decent pace and worked to maintain it and was suprised to see that it was my fastest mile.   

10 easy miles this morning.  Didn't get started until 8:30am, way to hot.  I'll have to get an earlier start tomorrow, I'm planning on doing at least 14. 

I was pretty tired on my run this morning.  It could have been the heat or yesterdays speed that took all the enery from me.  I felt pretty slow and sluggish.

14 miles this morning.  I was proud of myself, I actually got up at 5:00 a.m, it was nice to get done with my long run before it even got hot.  Felt pretty good throught the run.  Ended up doing some marathon pace miles inbetween and towards the end.  I averaged 7:07, not bad, but not really good either. 

I feel good and should be in good shape to pick things up a little next week.  The achilles tendon hasn't bothered my all week.  I haven't even felt it, which is a good thing.