Psalm 91:1 NKJV He who dwells in the secret place

No running.   Rest.

I actually ran 8.34 miles today at an overall 7:17 pace in 1 hour with no pain.  Although, the wind was terrible and it was snowing and it was icy, and I fell twice.  Both my knees were scraped up and one was bleeding, and they are very sore right now.  One of them I know is going to be black and blue.  The temperature was 10 degrees with the wind blowing at 10 to 15 mph.  Considering the wind chill factor in today's morning run it made it -2.  Good thing I'm off work today to let the knees rest.

Good news is my foot never hurt the whole time, and it feels good after the run.   I have another acupuncture appointment today at 3:45pm.  I believe it helped my foot on the first treatment.

I really should have ran at the gym today instead of outside.  It was really a bad move on my part.  I really hate treadmills though.

This morning it was icy and it was snowing a bit again which made it another fun morning run.  Although the temperature was warmer than yesterday at 18 degrees so that made the run more pleasant.   I ran 8.5 miles in 1:03.  My knees were a little sore on the run, but that was to do with the cuts on the knees from the fall yesterday.  Although,  my Abductor muscle really hurt in the run this morning.  When I fell for the second time yesterday I did the splits, and I felt something uncomfortable near the groin area when I got back up.

My foot doesn't feel too bad this morning, but it's not 100% either after the run.  I still need to be careful coming back.  I might not run tomorrow.

 I'm seriously considering not running any races this year.  I don't know if I want to be gone so many weekends without my family again.  If I do run any marathons I will only do two this year.

I believe God's trying to tell me to cut back on my running and focus in other areas in my life that I've neglected.

Lunch

I did 300 sit-ups and 100 push-ups.  I've really increased my sit-ups and push-up lately, but I still have spaghetti arms and not a very toned belly.

I decided to run at the gym today, because the wind was blowing up to 30 mph and very slick.  I didn't want to risk falling on an already injured body.  I ran 6.23 miles in 41 mintues on the treadmill at Gold's Gym.  My left inner thigh muscle right next to the groin is really sore, along with my left knee which had sharp pains in it during the run.  I believe the knee is just from soreness from the fall on Monday.  My body is definitely responding that maybe I shouldn't run at all anymore.   No problem I have a positive attitude and there's other things in life as far as fitness goods that I can do if I have to take a break from running. 

I did do 1 mile at a 5:40 pace then over 2 minutes at a 4:56 pace.  This probably wasn't the best on the knee or thigh, but I figured if I get worse so what and it might be God's way of shutting me down.

It was a warm morning at 43 degrees with a 16 mph wind.  I was warm by the second mile, because I really over-dressed.  That's okay the more I sweat the more calories burned.  I ran 8.32 miles at an overall 7:29 pace in 1:02.  I felt crappy on the whole run.  My  abductor/groin/thigh whatever hurt (I know where it hurts but not really the root of the problem yet).  My knee had sharp pains at times (which was do to the fall on Monday, because it hurts right on the cuts and bruises).  My foot really didn't hurt, but it's still not a 100% either, it does have some dull pain to the touch.

My body just didn't want to run even with 9 hours of sleep the last two nights.  I did rub some MYO MED on my inner thigh last night.  My body is basically falling apart limb by limb :-).  That's okay it will work itself out and you have to have patience and a good attitude. 

I don't need to race to make me happy.  I just like staying fit, and I can do other exercises if I can't run.  Life is too short to worry about falling behind in your training or not being ready for a race.  I'll we need to do each day when we wake up is give our thoughts and desires to the Lord and the day will come out okay.     I would rather have the Lord be the first thought in the day than running.  I can't take my accomplishments with me, but I can take God's word everywhere.

 I probably won't run Saturday or Sunday to give the body some needed rest.  It's just to broken down to train.  But like I said that's okay.  Time/patience has it's way of bringing success back.

 Lunch

 Sit-ups and Push-ups. 

The temperature this morning was around 25 - 28 degrees and there was some wind but not bad.  I didn't have a lot of time this morning to run because of early morning work meetings.  I didn't really want to run a lot anyway with the way my body has felt so I ran 6.2 miles in 43 minutes. Splits (7:29, 6:55, 6:55,6:54,6:52,7:03) .  I was still sore on the knee and groin but not as bad.  My thigh was really sore after the run though.  I'm still contributing all this to the fall on Monday on the ice. I fell really hard so I know soreness was going to come from that.

Foot hasn't been an issue at all.  I ran a route around Yellowstone St. and down Poleline St. and back down Mckinley Ave.  I only ran by feel and nothing else, not really trying to push any sort of pace.  

My plans for tomorrow, I have no plan.  I haven't decision if I want to run or not.  If I do run it will be a short run.  I really don't feel like doing any long runs right now.

Lunch:

Push-ups and Sit-ups same routine that I've done every lunch hour.  Plus I did mor sit-ups and push-ups at 5pm.  I will do another set before bed.

This morning I decided that I would run.  Where I didn't know if I was going to or not.the night before because of soreness.  I ran 10.22 miles at an overall 7:04 pace in 1:12, and all just by feel.  This is the first 10 mile run in probably three weeks and it felt good.  My thighs are still a little sore after the run, but my groin and knee didn't experience any pain whatsoever.  That was exciting and great progress for becoming injury free.  I'm still sore in areas where I shouldn't be, but that's okay, I'll just be patient.  It's a mystery where I experience pain and then it just goes away without really knowing what caused it.  The temperature was 26 degrees with some wind this morning when I started at 8am.   

After that I did a lot of heavy lifting at our daycare where my wife bought some huge cabinet's and more play equipment.  It took us three hours to do what we needed to get done at the daycare.

I will not run tomorrow.  I want my body to get some rest to start a fresh week.

Evening:

I ran another 4.71 miles at an overall  7:15 pace tonight.  I decided to run again just to get over 50 miles for the week.  Nothing special just a nice relaxing run thinking about what this year is going to bring for my family and me.