Running in Life's Slow Lane

No miles today as I logged 17 hours in the lab. By the time I left the lab at 11pm there was no energy to spend on a workout.

Got to bed around 12:30am and the alarm went off at 5:00am. That is just not enough sleep for an old man.

stretches
0.71 mi in 8:08 (11:27/mi)
walk for 2:00
0.40 mi in 5:00 (12:30/mi) *left calf became painful
walk and stretch
0.76 mi in 10:01 (13:10/mi)
walk for 2:00
0.75 mi in 10:05 (13:27/mi)
walk for 2:00
0.75 mi in 10:02 (13:23/mi)
stretches

I don't know what I have done or what I am continuing to do to aggravate my left calf so much. Today it seemed okay during the first run but as I walked it stiffened considerably and I could only do about half of a leg before I had to stop and hobble to a nearby tree for more stretching. My whole goal in breaking my runs into these intervals was to help add some distance to my workouts but with the calf aches I have had to finish short each time.

Some sleep would definitely help and a somewhat less stressful environment could not hurt.

Location: Chesapeake, Va

Asics Gel-1120:  342.08
 

Much more sleep. Ready to get to a better schedule in a few days.

1 mi in 12:20 (stopped at 5:00 to stretch)
walk 2 minutes
1 mi in 12:38
walk 2 minutes
1 mi in 12:39 (really got into a groove here)
walk 2 minutes
1 mi in 12:50
walked to car

First day in a week or so that my calves weren't the key focus of my workout. Glad to get a full 4 miles in today and look forward to keeping this as my workout standard for a few weeks.

Location: Chesapeake, Va

Off to Orlando, Florida tomorrow ...

No miles today as I flew from Norfolk to Orlando. The plane rides gave me a great chance to nap and begin catching up on the sleep I lost in the last few days.

Exciting to see that everyone on the "team" posted runs on Tuesday.

Something has got to give!

The calves were very tight today feeling as though there were knots in each leg. Left more so than the right. I only made it about 1.75 miles (with breaks too often) before I gave up and walked for quite a long stretch. Finally after feeling the tightness wane at around 30 minutes into the workout I started doing intervals of jogging and walking without too much discomfort.

This is driving me nuts!

Tomorrow I will make a point of doing some very gentle calf stretches throughout the day. I'm also going to look for a multivitamin with an eye towards something to help with the muscles but I have to be careful because salts might up my blood pressure.

Oh well. I got *some* distance covered and burned a few calories.

Location: Orlando, Fl

Slowly catching up on my sleep, finally!

Okay, today's run was done without a GPS in hopes that I would just divorce myself from any concern other than just chewing up time.

Walked to the start of my route.
Jogged for 13:36.
Walked.
Jogged for 5:07.
Walked
Jogged for 9:33.
Walked
Jogged for 9:37.
Walked back to hotel.

Not too bad tonight. Calves were definitely tight and stinging (like they were overworked?) at the end of the first interval. After the 5:07 interval everything seemed much better and the third interval felt pretty good. I would have liked running further in the last interval but I was out of gas by then.

Course: Research Run

Location: Orlando, Fl - 94F, 60% Humidity

Note: When I am running and exploring, I *must* remember that when I am finished with the workout and extremely tired I should be near my hotel.

0.57 mile walk to start point
1.0 mile in 13:07.8
walk
1.0 mile in 13:02.6
walk
1.0 mile in 12:46.1 (calves are not hurting!)
walk
0.5  mile in 6:48.6 (legs are dead)

Definitely excited about this morning's workout. Getting through a mile has been a big hurdle lately. The first mile had plenty of calf tightness while the second was notably less. I completely forgot about the calves until near the end of the third mile when I realized they were not bothering me at all. I had hoped to go one more mile but noticed around the 0.25 mile mark that my legs were getting loose and didn't go farther than the 0.5 mile mark to avoid possible injury.

The big killer was all the miles I then had to walk to get back to the hotel. I just got carried away enjoying the fact that I was actually running miles today and let myself explore a bit too far afield.

And I found a mole cricket! There is a long story behind why seeing my first live mole cricket is a noteworthy event. Perhaps I will put it in my memoirs some day.

Location: Orlando freakishly-hot-and horribly-humid-with-way-too-bright-sun Florida.