Clydesdale Runner

Sorry for the lack of response - as always with me and running - I am on the injured list. Funny how I can go forever weightlifting and never get injured - and only 2 months back into running and I have an injury. It started out as a little shin split, but I feel has progressed beyond to possibly a stress fracture - I have not ran since Friday, been doing the RICE treatment and will go with that for awhile longer -- in the mean time my mind is set to getting back into a 5 day weight routine and fitting running into that.

It'll work - because I'll make it work - RunStrong & PumpHard!

Man - was sore from yesterday's chest workout, especially when I had to do the wide pullups and stretched the chest. It was a great workout, hit 10 reps on almost everything and made them go pretty slow. The workout went pretty quick as most weights are light right now - just trying to get back into the flow.

Did my Obliques tonight - 80 reps with 3 different exercises. I will hit the Abs M&Th and Obliques Tu&Fri and workup to 100 reps and eventually beyond that.

I went to see April the massage therapist tonight (before the workout) for my right shin - this was not a massage, don't get me wrong - there was nothing "pleasureable" about it! It was pain mostly the entire time as she was taking knots out of my muscles that I never knew existed! But, I must admit, afterwards my leg felt incredibly light, the pain appeared to be gone from that area and so I will try to run again tomorrow morning, lightly, just to test it and see how I feel!

Pump Hard friends!

Well...I started out my run this morning cautiously, as was unsure of the shin. Throughout the run there were moments where I could tell there was something still there and also times where I felt perfectly normal. April did say that it's usually the 2nd day that most people feel normal again. I didn't feel the sharp pain at all, there was no tender feeling to the touch at all - and with the amount of knots that she kept discoverying it was amazing that I was even running at all!!

Time for the 3M today was 25:26 (8:24, 8:31, 8:31) nice and easy and relaxing. I will take tomorrow off again just to let things recover properly and then hit it again on Friday. Looks like our man Steve is once again right! You're the best buddy!

RunStrong friends!

AFTERNOON WEIGHTS:

Wasn't sure how the workout would go with running this morning and having to do this in the afternoon vs the evening - however, it went really well.

Didn't have any issues really - the squats/seated calf raise combo went well; followed by the leg extn, calf raise, leg curls combo; followed by the stiff legged deads, close stance squats combo. The last was a good push as you can imagine the hams & guads just being blasted. I kept all sets at 3 and reps at 10, weight was light as I will be working up to them again!

I will normally (on Wednesday that is) run in the mornings and do this leg workout in the evenings and then rest from running on Thursday. So we'll try it and see how it goes!

PumpHard and StayStrong everyone!

PM Weights:

Sweet Arm's workout -- totally blasted everything, which is just fantastic!

Started with my Ez Bar curls, Tri Pressdowns, Wrist curls combo - followed by Preacher curls, close grip B Press, Reverse wrist curls combo - then Incline DB Alt curls, dips combo and finally finishing with Incline DB Tri extensions and DB Hammer curls! Again, each is 3 sets with at least 10 reps - weight light for now.

Am still quite sore from previous days - first week is always like that. Tried to do my Abs, but couldn't get too far as the pain from the soreness was quite intense and I had to back off - but I'll be back hammering at it soon!

What a great way to start the day! I wasn't too sore from Wednesday's Leg workout - but sore enough. I stretched out a lot last night and I really think that helped this morning. I couldn't believe how "light" I felt this morning. The pace was incredibly relaxing and easy and it was pretty quick for me - I had absolutely zero pain anywhere and am again, amazed, at how much better I feel.

Time for the 4M was 32:35 (8:08avg) which broke down to 8:39, 8:12, 7:39 and 8:03. You know how the mind keeps playing games after coming back from an injury - it keeps searching the area of the injury to see if you are experienceing any pain - crazy, but it didn't find any and I had this great run -- plus I was just rested and ready to hit the pavement again.

RunStrong Friends!

This was a pretty good run - wanted 6M, but had to settle for 5M because I pushed harder at the begining than I should had.

Weather was great at 46.2avg with a high of 48.2 during the run. My heart rate hit 172 around the turn-around point which still says it is in zone 3 - I think I have my maximum heart rate wrong and will have to check into that.

Time was 40:35 for an 8:06avg. Miles were 8:06, 7:50, 7:52 (then turn-around) and realized I need to slow, 8:32 and 8:13 - the funny part was after the 4th mile my body was just going right back into that previous pace - but I stopped at 5M anyway.

The afternoon time, the warm weather, the healthly legs, the rest - all combined for the results of this run.

RunStrong friends!