High-Octane

Well, I couldn't decide if I should run 5 or 15 miles so I just went out and ran 16.15 Ha ha...

Also, I couldn't decide how fast to run so I just decided to run marathon pace for as long as it felt comfortable. Come to find out I could do it for the entire distance. I was actually trying to keep my HR below 150 as a guideline. When I finished it felt like I had just run 3/4 of a marathon...wait a minute, I guess I did. Actually, I flet pretty good throughout the run except for at mile 10 my knee acted as if it were going to lock up with the sharp pains and all. I kept running and after about a half mile the sharp pain stopped. After the run, throughout the day, my knee has stayed a little sore. We'll see what it's like tomorrow.

Here's the details:

5/15/2011
Mile	Time	Heart Rate	HR %
1	8:05:00	131	65%	From Home, Around Smallville to Staples, Down River Road, To Chruch
2	8:03:00	146	75%
3	8:04:00	149	77%
4	7:36:00	146	75%
5	8:13:00	151	78%
6	8:06:00	151	78%
7	7:45:00	148	76%
8	7:57:00	149	77%
9	8:02:00	148	76%
10	8:03:00	149	77%
11	8:08:00	147	76%
12	7:50:00	151	78%
13	8:04:00	149	77%
14	7:52:00	151	78%
15	8:00:00	151	78%
16	7:53:00	153	80%
16.15	1:09:00	158	83%
Total	128:50:00	149	77%
Pace	7:58:38	55 Deg.	Low Humidity

 Matthew 22:21

"...Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”"

I decided to do something different today so I went to the Gym with the intention to run a few fast miles. My legs were a little tired from yesterday so I only ran two fast miles out of 6 on the treadmill. I set it at 1% to simulate a road run. I had originally hoped to run 3 fast miles. As usual my knee hurt worse on the slow miles.

I realized that I now need some new shoes. I blew part of the sole off of my Mizuno Wave Riders. The roads I run on around my house are "chipped rock" so it is very rough and I'm sure hard on the soles. I probably don't help the wear on my shoes running like a three legged wildebeest.

5/16/2011
Mile	Time	HR	HR %
1	8:30:00	129	63%	Gym Treadmill
2	6:00:00	156	82%
3	9:00:00	141	72%
4	8:30:00	139	70%
5	6:00:00	160	85%
6	9:00:00	143	85%
6.1	Cool-Down
Total	47:00:00	145	76%
Pace	7:50:00	1% Incline

1 Samuel 7:11-13 

¹¹ The men of Israel rushed out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, slaughtering them along the way to a point below Beth Kar.  ¹² Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.” ¹³ So the Philistines were subdued and they stopped invading Israel’s territory. Throughout Samuel’s lifetime, the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines.

 

This was supposed to be an easy long(er) day but for some reason it was hard/painful. First, when I run at 8:45 to 9:00 pace, I feel "clunky". There doesn't seem to be a rythem to my running. Second, I seemed to be stiff, my knee was tight, my left ankle had some weird needle like pains on the top of my foot and the ball of my left foot was sore.....Ahhhhhh....!

Okay...now I feel better. I decided to do a long (well long for me) low heart rate run keeping my HR at 140. Due to the hills on this run it was difficult since some of the hills are fairly long and others are steep. Overall I did pretty good. The weather was GREAT and the moon was full so the early part of the run was pretty cool....!

JG sent me information on a marathon in Logan UT that is right before the BQ regestration date. It looks like a great chance for me to qualify for Boston so I'm thinking very serious about going to it. If anyone know about it or has any suggestions I'm all ears (wait a minute, maybe that's why I can't run very fast...my ears catch too much wind :( )

5/17/2011
Mile	Time	Heart Rate	HR %
1	8:44:00	129	63%	Ran the Big Loop + Out Lonely Road for an Extra Mile (Trying to Maintain 140 HR)
2	8:50:00	139	70%
3	8:36:00	141	72%
4	8:44:00	143	73%
5	8:40:00	138	70%
6	8:45:00	136	68%
7	8:47:00	136	68%
8	8:46:00	137	69%
9	8:33:00	141	72%
10	8:52:00	141	72%
11	8:18:00	141	72%
12	8:44:00	140	71%
Total	104:19:00	139	70%
Pace	8:41:35	55 Deg.	Low Humidity

Matthew 11:15

No run today. I didn't get home until 12:00 pm so I decided to sleep in a little. Besides that my left foot is acting up with a sorness on the top (there's actually a bruise). The ball of my foot is a little swolen and the middle toe feels like I sprained it. I need to go and get some new shoes too, the sole on one of my Mizunos is pealing up :-(

 Hopefully I will be back running tomorrow.

Matthew 4:6

“If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’ ”

In a hurry today so it's a short report. I decided to take it easy another day and let my foot heal a little more (it's much better). Went to the gym and ran the elipitical for 2 miles and lifted weights (uppper body and legs). All is good.....!

Proverbs 13:21

"Trouble pursues the sinner, but the righteous are rewarded with good things."

No run today....I still have something weird going on with my foot. There seems to be a slight throbbing pain that comes and goes and actually seems to move around in my foot. It almost feels like a cramp at some times. The ball if my foot is still a little puffy feeling.... It's all unusual....don't really know how to explain it completly. I could probably run by have decided to give it a little rest.

Matthew 11:28

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."