"A Hefty Hunk Of Steamin Junk"

Late PM workout. 50 Minutes on the elliptical, 10 minute warm up and then I did the fast track with resistance up to 7 for 30 minutes and the a 10 minute cool down. After the elliptical I did my usual upper body weight training and then some push-ups. I went to the PT this morning and he worked my calf over pretty good, it felt pretty good on  the elliptical tonight so maybe thats a good sign. I almost have the Christmas lights up and ready to go I have a few more things to get out and then I need to hook everything, which is the hard thing.

See ya tomorrow.

I was able to get up and get out the door by 6:30 this morning and oh what a glorious feeling! I ran out to the T in the road and then back to the house, average pace was 8:50 with my total time being 30:10 and my average HR at 150, a little high for that pace but I'll take it. My calf felt good on the way out but on the inward half it started to stiffen up pretty good but I didn't have to stop so that is a plus. I then jumped on the elliptical for a 10 minute warm up and then I ran the contenders course with resistance up to 5, which is 20 minutes, and then I finished up with another 10 minutes to cool down for a total of 40 minutes. I then did my lower body weight training and then I called it a morning, a pretty good workout and I was feeling it towards the end. My plan is to get at least an hour of training split between the elliptical and running, I would rather have the bulk of it be running but I don't think my calf will let me do it as of yet so I'll take what I can get and then go from there. Today I was able to get 70 minutes total so I'm on the right track!;)

See ya tomorrow.

Late PM workout. 2.10 out on the road and then the rest on the elliptical, moderate pace up to 5 on the resistance, good workout. Average pace for the run was 8:42 with the HR average at 147.

Later.

Nothing today,  I was just to busy.

I'm hoping for a better tomorrow.

Late night workout. Early morning PT appointment A-stym on the calf, hurt so good, and then the PT wants me to continue on the same workout that I've been doing. Next week he said I can bump my mileage to 2 and half miles and then in a month he wants to see me, just slow and easy building up and if the calf starts to hurt then stop and do the elliptical. Workout; 2.10 miles out on the road and then 42 minutes on the elliptical, average pace for the run was 8:39 with the HR average at 153 total time was 18:22. It was nice out I was able to run in shorts but I think that is going to end tomorrow as the cold and snow is coming in for a few days. After the workout I did my upper body weight training and then some push-ups, my calf felt pretty good on the run just a little niggle of pain and stiffness it was no bother on the elliptical which is a nice change.

See ya tomorrow.

I decided to sleep in this morning for the simple reason we had nothing going on and I couldn't see getting up and running in the dark, so I was out the door around 9am and ran out towards the T in the road out past the stake center. This was the first run in a long time where I didn't have any pain and I felt really good, I was even able to do some sub 7:30 strides towards the end of the run with no calf pain, I actually felt like a runner again! My average pace was 8:27 with my HR average at 150, Pretty high for that pace but I'm still trying to get my lungs back, my legs felt really good though. After the run I jumped on the elliptical for 40 minutes with resistance up to 5 and then a 10 minute cool down, calf felt good there to so this is a really good sign. I'm still going to keep the distance between 2 and 3 miles and just build back up nice and slow, but today is a good day and I'm feeling good about the future. 

I will be finishing putting the last of my Christmas lights up today and I will probably fire them up tonight for a little bit just to give them a test run, should be fun!

See ya on Monday.