Pool Running is Fun

15 minutes outside

sick this morning.  Too much partying on New Years

still sick.  Have fever

still sick, but no fever.  20 minutes of jogging outside.

1 hr. of pool running.

20 min running.  I have no Idea how far I am going. I'm working back up to an hour of easy running everyday.

AM: 1 hr. pool running 

PM: 20 minutes running + standard core routine, PT

AM: 1 hr. pool running

PM: off.  Need a day for my weak achilles complex to heal.

AM: 1 hr. pool running

PM: 25 minutes on treadmill....getting faster and going longer! Standard core routine + achilles PT

22 min treadmill running. Core routine, Achilles PT

As with all my posts, I really have no idea how far I'm going.  I got up to 7.5 on the treadmill for 10 minutes of my run today so I am now able to go much faster than the 30 second bursts of 5.3 I started at.

By the way, standard core routine involves a minute plank, 45 sec side planks on each side, another minute plank, oblique work, 30 push-ups, and supermans all in one routine. I usually do the ab machine a bit as well.

Achilles PT involves weighted flat ground calf raises, right leg-balancing, and some light lunges.  Nothing too complicated but these things are really helping my leg get stronger.

AM:  1 he. Pool run

Not sure how far i went but it's probably a little further than 3 miles but I am going to be purposefully conservative in my estimates until I switch back to recording my runs by miles.  I won't do this until I can hit an hour easy everyday so until then, estimates will suffice.

I went out for 30 minutes in the rain and I was just fine.  My ankle was slightly sore but not my achilles, it is the top of my foot that's tired and sore.  I'm assuming this is because it hasn't had to work in a real running motion for 5 months.  Even a million calf raises can not prepare everything in my ankle for running.

Anyway I went to the pool for an hour afterwards.  I was very tired after that.  Sore and tired...going to be a long road back.  Getting used to being sore is a good start.

30 minutes again.  Nice day.  Ankle complex was tighter than yesterday.  I have to push it though as long as I don't feel any of the bad kind of pain, which I am not.  Luckily after a few days of running and a day off, my ankle feels extremely better.  Almost like it needs to rest more often than the rest of my body since it is so weak from sitting idle for so long.  Hopefully it catches up.

AM:  Too lazy to get up this morning to make it to the pool :(  I really should have gone.

PM:  30 minute run outside during lunch. Standard Ab routine, PT. It's really odd to run part of a route when the last time you ran that route was 6 months ago.  A lot of things change.

My ankle complex was tired and sore.  Probably going to not run tomorrow. 

AM: 1 hr. pool run

PM: 30 min quick RPM stationary bike + Standard core routine + PT

AM: 1 hr. pool run

PM: 23 minute run outside.  A beautiful day but I am very tired and sore from all of the increase in running and PT I've been doing on top of pool running. Considering not going to the pool tomorrow morning.

AM:  No pool run. Felt great to sleep in for a day. Slep from 9:30-6:45!

PM: ran outside. Did not have a watch. ran 3.4 miles. Standard Core Routine + PT.  Up to holding the heaviest barbell in my hand while doing calf raises...I thought I was being too agressive with it lately but the more I push my ankle the stronger it gets.  No pain at injury point but still some soreness/weakness from inactivity.

AM: 1 hr. pool run

PM:  off.  I need to cut my lunch break short so I can leave work a little early due to plans. Not only that I wouldn't be running anyway since I'm going to attempt 35-40 minutes tomorrow morning and I want to stick to just five days a week of running for the next few weeks.  Of course I will be trying to push the time higher as my weak ankle will allow until I can get to an hour each day.

tired today. i had a mid-day party to go to and drank plenty of beer.  You know how that goes so I didn't end up running or going to the pool

I literally wiped the dust off my GPS. The last run I had stored in there was from July 29, the day I f^&$#d up my achilles. Anyway I wanted to see how fast my easy pace really was.  As it turnsout it's right where it needs to be.  i hit exactly 8 min miles for my first 40 minute run! No problem with my calf complex. All of the PT and strengthening combined with he rest day yesterday yielded some big progress for the achilles.   To top it all off I went and pool ran for an hour.  Extremely tired but satisfied.

sore this morning but it's beautiful outside so I went for a run and made it 40 minutes again! After 20 min. my ankle loosened up and I forgot about it. Went to the pool again...now I'm really tired. Such a beautiful spring-like day outside. It's 53. Ironically enough we have a winter storm warning and the high on Wednesday is 18.

40 min easy + standard core routine.

Woke up this morning and everything is cancelled. A snow storm followed by an arctic blast is on its way and everything gets cancelled around here in the DC area....I find it to be quite humorous, having grown up in NW Ohio but hey, a free day.  

I wasn't going to run today but changed my mind..leg is holding up but my legs overall are tired from the running + pool running the last two days.

AM: pool closed. work a mess. Had to work from FB and thus could not do any lunch break work.

PM: 1 hr. hard pool run after work. It's extremely cold with snow and ice outside.

AM: 1 hr. pool run

PM: Standard Core routine + some more ab work + Ankle PT. 20 minutes of stationary. tired. Probably has something to do with lat evening followed my early morning pool run.

AM: 1 hr pool run.

PM: late for work today since metro made me miss the shuttle. Sat out in 7 degree temps for a half hour waiting for the next one.  Needless to say I can't take my full lunch break today.

First day at 50 minutes. About 8 min pace. Constantly dodging ice sucked. About 20 degrees with 7 wind chill. I was in full winter gear which is rare around here. Looking to hit my first hour run next weekend. Happy to be running.

First goal on my way back completed. I made it an hour running at an easy pace this morning (about 8 min pace)! No problems just need to get my achilles complex stronger and more flexible. Looking forward to spring.

AM:  1 hr. pool run

PM: ran three miles on the treadmill.  Wasn't going to run but everything felt fine and I didn't want to do the bike.  Picked it up toward the end. Even with a warm-up mile I ran it in about 23:30. Standard Core routine and PT.

AM: none

PM: 4 mile treadmill, pick up toward the end. Felt just fine. Standard core routine, a good stretch, some PT

I was very tired this morning for some reason. Probably the hour run the other day.  The impact forces and muscle movement of running cannot be replicated by any other activity, no matter how much pool running and stationary/eliptical you do. I'm experiencing this first hand. For instance, I ramped the treadmill up to a pace that felt really fast but I was hardly breathing...my legs need to catch up to me lungs/heart. Basically I need to run more (leg permitting). Interestingly enough the more I push the better it feels.

AM:  drug my ass out of bed this morning at 5:15 as usual when going to the pool.  It was very cold (10 degrees) and it had snowed  .5-1 inch.  I walked all the way there only to see that the pool was closed due to snow and cold. Ridiculous. I was pissed. This would never have happened back home in Ohio...then again we'd have to drive 30 miles for the nearest public indoor pool. Anyway I didn't pool run.

PM:  lunch break was a work break so I went to the gym, ran a quick three miles and did some ab, PT, and upper body lifts.

AM: 1 hr. pool run

PM: 20 min bike. Standard core routine, PT, some lifitng.

AM: Nothing. Tired. gonna run this afternoon

PM: 6 miles easy at lunch. Some ankle PT

what a beautiful day! mid 40s and all that crappy snow is melting. I can actually smell the air and having my face exposed doesn't sting. My ankle feels good and I have no doubt that I'll be able to make it 1 hr. 10 min. tomorrow.