I Can Do Hard Things

I slept 8 hours plus took a one hour nap on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I was still tired and slept in today. Feeling better about life.

My legs feel great after Saturday's 20 miler. Yeah!

47:20....slowwwwwww

5 easy miles on the home TM. Ughhhh....I'm not a fan of the TM.

3x

Walking lunges

Single leg hamstring lift

Squats

Side to side lunges

Push ups

Dips

It's been awhile since I've done weight lifting. It felt much harder than it should've. I can tell that I need to do it...my body is creaky in certain spots. Hopefully I can do it at least once a week until Ogden.

Long stretch and foam roll.

TT: 1:04

I wasn't interested in running in the blizzard outside, so I ran downstairs tonight. I really got into watching Nashville, so my run went by fast.

Jay Johnson had a great post on his blog about spending 15 minutes everyday doing his lunge matrix or GSM. He said that if all runners did that, they would be injured a lot less. I'm a believer.

Once before and once after run:

Dynamic calf stretch

Lunge matrix

Donkey kicks

Plank

Hip swings

Stretch and foam roll

I went to see Dr Rich today. There was edema on the X-ray around the achy part of my shin. It wasn't a stress fracture yet, but the area was stressed out. He put me in a boot to wear when I'm not running. I can resume my training, but if it starts to feel worse, I need to cut back/stop.

Because I've had so many SF, he decided to do a Dexa scan and check my vitamin D, calcium, feritin levels. Waiting to hear the results.

I just need to hang on for 6 weeks.

60 minutes-7.5 miles on the stair mill at the gym.

15 minutes PT

45 min-5.75 miles on stair mill