Rosswog Running Blog

This morning, my right foot felt a little bit better after spending the night in the Strasburg Sock.  I woke up at 5:20 am and after doing some stretching I headed out at 6:00 am and jogged 0.65 of a mile over to Big Cottonwood Park to meet up with my friend from the Salt Lake Running Company.  We ran up to Canyon Rim Park and completed one lap around the park before heading up to Skyline High School and the back to Big Cottonwood Park.  The total distance was 11.25 miles at an average pace of 7:26 minutes per mile (one mile of this distance was at marathon pace).  I then jogged seven-tenths of a mile back to home.  My foot held up during the uphill climbing, but during the descents it really started to cramp up (a little painful at times). 

After soaking my foot in ice, it did not feel that bad (i.e., I could walk around on it).  Consequently, in the early evening I laced up my Brooks Cascadia 4s and headed out for a trail run over to Big Cottonwood Park where I completed 3 laps around the park's dirt trail before heading back to home.  The total distance of this run was an even 4.0 miles. 

While watching the Sunday morning news shows, I completed 300 sit-ups and 30 push-ups.

This morning, before reporting to my volunteer committee lunch in with the American Lung Association to help organize their annual Fight for Air Stair Climb, I hit the streets for a morning run.  For this run, I ran up to the University of Utah’s Kingsbury Hall to pick up some tickets for the Spike Lee presentation that is taking place next month.  I took the bus back home to help save the pounding of running downhill on my right foot (however, the little downhill running that I did do, my right foot did not feel that bad), so the total distance of this run was 8.1 miles at an easy pace.

In regards to my non-running workout, I completed 300 sit-ups and 30 push-ups.

Maybe the Strasburg Sock is paying off because I was finally able to get up to marathon pace on the treadmill.  Following work, I ran a total of 4.1 miles on the treadmill with 2.8 miles of this distance at marathon pace.  My right foot did feel a little bit stiff and sore for the first third of a mile, but then it started to feel like normal.  Slow but nevertheless, progress! 

For my daily non-running workout, I completed 300 sit-ups and 30 push-ups.

Following a morning bike ride to work, I hit the treadmill for 2.2 miles at a relatively easy pace (it took about a half of a mile to work the soreness out of my right foot, but it felt good for the last 1.7 miles) before heading off to work.  After work, I returned to the treadmill for a 2.4-mile run at an easy pace before biking home.

In addition to my 31.3-mile bike ride to and from work, I accomplished 300 sit-ups, 30 push-ups, 100 (60, 50, and 40 lbs) curls, and 20 (50 lbs) reverse curls.

For the second consecutive day, I rode to work this morning.  However, I saved my running workout on the treadmill until after work.  With my right foot continuing to feel more and more normal, I was able to knockout 8.2 miles in under an hour (i.e., 59:38--one mile of this distance is at marathon pace).

Besides my 31.2-mile bike ride to and from work, my daily non-running workout consisted of 300 sit-ups, 30 push-ups, 60 (60, 50, and 40 lbs) curls, and 20 (50 lbs) reverse curls.

Following work, I hit the treadmill again.  I just realized it was Monday-Friday treadmill workout for me, which is actually good progress in that I never ran on the Elliptical Machine and my right foot is improving.  With that said, I tweaked my left hamstring, so now I’m facing the possibility of working through another injury.  Anyways, for this workout, I ran 6.3 miles at a relatively easy pace.

In regards to my non-running workout, I completed my typical 300 sit-ups and 30 push-ups before calling it a day.

This Saturday morning, I woke up with a very tight hamstring.  It’s clear that it’s going to take some fight to work my way through this injury in that the motion with my left leg is pretty limited.  As a result, I jogged 3.35 miles down to the Salt Lake Running Company then ran with the group up to Sugar House Park where we completed one outer loop and two inter loops before heading back to the store.  The total distance of this run was 7.7 miles at an easy pace.  After picking up a new pair of Adidas Sequence running shoes (i.e., I believe logging long runs on worn down shoes is part of the reason behind my recent injuries), I jogged the 3.35 miles back to home at an extremely slow pace due to my left hamstring continually locking up.

Lastly, my daily non-running workout consisted of 300 sit-ups and 30 push-ups.