After 1/9/2010 - I am taking a year off from marathon length distances and focusing on building up my base speed on half marathons and shorter distances.
2010 Speed Goals:
Build up my base speed on training runs to 10 MM miles or better
Half Marathon - break 2:05 (9.5 MM avg)
10K Goal 1 - break 1:00 (9.67 MM avg)
10K Goal 2 - break 55 minutes (8.87 MM avg)
5K Goal 1 - break 26.35 minutes
5K Goal 2 - break 25 minutes
Long-Term Running Goals:
Long Term Goals:
Complete a 100 Mile race
Complete a 100 K race
Break 12 hours in a 50 mile race
Run all portions of the Wasatch 100 course
Break 5 hours in a marathon
Break 4.5 hours in a marathon
Qualify for and run Boston
Personal:
I need to figure out something inspiring or funny to write here. For now - I'll let the suspense build.
For further unexciting information on my life, check out my blog: Adventures in Running
The right knee is really bothering me today. I taped it up with corban and that almost makes it hurt more, but I think I need to take it easy for a few days. I will try and get some swimming in on Monday and Tuesday and do my weight training and hope a few days off (with some dog walking thrown in) and anti-inflammatories will let it heal quickly.
The right knee is still pretty sore on the inside of the knee when I try to straighten it fully. I am going to do an upper body workout tonight and a little walking, but nothing to blog about.
I have a doctor's appointment for tomorrow afternoon just to make sure that I am letting the leg heal correctly. With two marathons and a 50 miler in the next 6 weeks, I can't push the leg and have it recover in time.
My plan right now is to not swim or run until I go on vacation on Thursday morning. Then, lots of hiking on vacation and maybe some gentle running.
I do want to do some pushup and core/abs work every day while on vacation.
Exciting - we have tickets to Wicked on Sunday night!
My right knee has been hurting me since the Park City
Marathon.That worries me a little bit
for 2 reasons:1) my right knee is my ‘good’
knee (the left one is the one that always is injured) and 2) I have never had a
knee injury on the inside (not under the knee cap) of the knee before.
I tried to take it easy while running last week (ok – most of
the time I tried), but it just seemed to get worse and last Saturday’s run on
the trails pushed me over the line.Sunday morning I woke up to a very sore knee and it had waked me up off
and on during the night when I straightened the leg.I took Sunday and Monday off from any leg
workouts, put a neoprene brace on the knee, started anti-inflammatories (thank
heavens for Vitamin I) and did some icing.I also scheduled an appointment with a Sports Medicine doctor.
Today the knee was feeling somewhat better, I could go up
and down stairs without too much pain.Signs the knee is healing.
This afternoon I met Dr. Jamie Longe.It is always nice to have a doctor that
actually appears to understand the stresses of marathon running and training
and doesn’t automatically tell you to not do what caused the injury.
Diagnosis:Tendonitis
in the hamstring attachment, Bursitis, and a pinched Meniscus.The Meniscus is the concerning factor.If it starts swelling or the pain gets worse,
then we have to consider a torn Meniscus.
Treatment:Anti-inflammatories 3x a day.Topical anti-inflammatory ointment 4x a day.Ice for 20 minutes after working out and
before bedtime.Stretching after running
– he gave me 3 variations of a quadriceps stretch and 3 variations of a
hamstring stretch to do.Running is ok.
I just need to be careful and not run on trails for a while and not do
exercises that cause that knee to have to pivot quickly. Brace it as needed for
support.
That being said – with the doctor’s permission – I am going
to go for a run.
PM - 1 mile warmup walk with dog. 3 miles running to and back from Gold's Gym (body was not very happy with me). 1 hour hard back, core, biceps. 1 mile cooldown with dog.
