Christi

Ran on the mill again today. Walked .5 to loosen calf then stretched. Ran about 10 minute pace for a while then bumped it up to 7:55 pace for a mile, then bumped to 7:20 pace for a mile, then 6:54 then ran a 3:17 for the last 800. Walked .5 cool down. Making progress slowly but surely. Felt a little better than Saturday but I don't want to push it too hard yet because there is still some pain and tightness. Hopefully I wont lose too much fitness working through this injury.

Got up early this morning to "test" my calf at the track. Walked for .5 then ran slowly for a mile. Stretched then did a 3 mile tempo run. Splits were 6:37, 6:45, and 6:33 with a 1 minute break after two miles to stretch my calf and massage it. I am so bugged my leg is still hurting me a little and I think I am compensating a little with my other leg. I can tell my stride is a "little off" and I have to constantly concentrate on my stride so that I don't hurt it again. Yes-it feels so much better than a week ago but I want to be 100% so I can get back into my regular training and its not close to 100%. It is still nagging at me and I am so frustrated because I don't have time to waste since the marathon is 4 weeks from Saturday. I was holding back today bc of the leg and it was so frustrating.

woohoo!  Today was a much better day than Wednesday. My calf was feeling quite a bit better. Still not 100% but alot better. I did my run on the mill today. (seems to feel better on the mill) Anyway I walked .5 then stretched. Then I ran a 9-10 minute pace for .5. Then I picked up to an 8 minute pace for 4 miles, then 7:48 pace for 3 miles then 7:42 for 2.75 then the last .75 was at 7:30 pace. I probably jumped off about 3 or 4 times for a real quick stretch. My times are alot slower than normal but I did do 10.5 of straight running! (minus a couple quick stretches) woohoo! There is hope and I am making progress...