Christi

May 04, 2024

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Location:

Farmington,NM,USA

Member Since:

Apr 09, 2010

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Ran track and cross country for Utah State. Ran a 4:40 in the 1500. 17:55 in the 5000 m.

2005 Top of utah marathon 3:23

2006 Ogden marathon 3:14:45

2010 Top of Utah marathon 3:03:15

2002 Spanish Fork half 1:28

2011 Moab half 1:26:17

2011 Utah Valley marathon 3:01:07

2011 St George Marathon 2:50:26

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run a couple of half and full marathons. Would love to run a 2:45 marathon.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Marathon olympic trials in the next 4 years

Personal:

Married with three kids

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Saucony Ride 3 Lifetime Miles:						36.00
Saucony Kinvara Lifetime Miles:						33.00
Brooks Lifetime Miles:						25.00

Wed, May 04, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
6.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.25

Yuck.. so after not running for 1 week and 2 days due to a pulled calf muscle I tried running on the mill today. Started out with a .75 walk then stretched really well-then bumped it up to a 10 minute pace for a mile or two-my calf was still tight-stretched some more. At the height of my run I ran between 8-8:30 pace for about a mile with stretching in between. Calf not terrible-but could definitely feel the tightness and the spot where it was pulled last week-not wanting to re-pull it-I kept it easy and didn't push it. (I don't think I could've gone faster without reinjuring it). I am bummed that it is still so injured and bummed that I am supposed to run a marathon in 5 weeks from Saturday! Yikes! I am so sad bc training has been going really well until now. I am just going to RICE and take it easy so I can still run it...hopefully I can be back training full force real soon. My plan was to run under 3 hrs-but that wont happen if I cant train!!! arrrgh

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00	Calories: 0.00

Comments

From runningafterbabies on Wed, May 04, 2011 at 14:45:21 from 71.195.219.247

I honestly think you're going to be ok, but I also know how frustrating and mentally hard it is to be injured.

See if you can get some treatments on it (stem/massage) to help loosen it up, and heat it up with a hot pad before your runs.

Good luck!

From Christi on Wed, May 04, 2011 at 20:43:02 from 174.56.35.183

Thanks for the advice! I'll have to try heat on it. I haven't done that yet!

From Kam on Fri, May 06, 2011 at 19:21:13 from 174.23.120.174

What she said. A sports medicine doc, chiropractor or physical therapist could help you get back quick, with some e-stim, scraping, etc. I hope your plans aren't completely derailed. The week off may be a blessing in disguise to give your body a chance to heal all the little aches and pains you've accumulated over this training cycle. Good luck.

From Christi on Fri, May 06, 2011 at 21:41:32 from 174.56.35.183

Kam-thanks for the advice. I should probably try a physical therapist or something. I did run/walk 3.5 today and it felt better than 2 days ago but I could still only run at a very slow pace-hopefully next week it will be alot better though. Thanks again for the advice.

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