"A Hefty Hunk Of Steamin Junk"

It was another nice mourning, pretty warm compared to what we have had so far this year. I was trying to do some speed work today but it wasn't that great, I just couldn't get my legs going. My splits went as follows; 8:14, 8:08, 8:30 with a mild hill in it,  then an 8:10, 7:44, 8:17, and then finished up with a 7:53. I usually like to have 3 miles at marathon goal pace which is around 7:30 range, but I just couldn't get my legs going. Total time was 57:03 with an average pace of  8:08, with a quarter mile cool down. I will try again on Wednesday for another speed day to see if I can get my time down a little bit, I don't know I still might be a little sick from last week I still don't feel 100%. Hopefully I will get stronger as the week goes along, I also did 40 minutes of upper body weight training.

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I did a recovery run today, and on my last mile I injured my right calf. It felt like It was cramping up on me, it is very sore. My splits went as follows; 8:29, 8:24, 8:30, 8:17, 8:28, 8:53 with a slight hill, 9:22 this is when my calf cramped up on me and it really slowed me down. Average pace was 8:38 which is about a minute off my Marathon goal pace which is okay, total time 1:00:33. I will have to see how well my calf recovers for tomorrows run, hopefully it will,  it is pretty sore.

I also did a little core training, very light though.

No milage today I have a strained calf and I cannot run.

I was only able to go 5.12 miles today,  my calf is still bothering me. Very painful. I went real slow, just a mild jogged. Total time was 47:48 and my splits went as follows; 8:40, 9:11, 9:50, 9:37, 9:19, .12 in 1:07. I also did 20 minutes on the eliptical glider and 35 minutes of lower body strength training and core training.

I will see how my calf feels tomorrow and go from there, this is very disappointing. I hate having these knid of set backs it really brings me down.

No running today. My calf is still bad so I did 60 minutes of strength training upper body only and core strength training, I also included some major stretching in that 60 minutes, mainly my calfs and hamsrtings and quads. I will see how my calf is doing in the mourning to see if  I can make it go. This is very dissappointing, I am glad I am not trianing for something or then I would be really depressed.

I decided to try out my calf to see how it would handle things if I ran, I took it mile by mile with a max of 6 miles. It was sore throughout the run but I was able to complete it and my splits were alright. They went as follows; 8:07, 8:11, 8:02, 8:05, 7:51, 8:01 for a total of 48:24 my average pace was 8:03 which was really surprising. I will take Sunday off as usual and hopefully I will be able to do my regular 7 mile run on Monday with minimal pain and go from there.

I also did 30 minutes of lower body weight training, and I also did some calf stretching to help strengthen the calfs for the future so I can stay away from these nagging injury's.

See ya Monday.