Another good week of re-habbing! Wow, I am so glad that I decided to do this rehabbing and taking the month of December off. I feel like it is going really well! I have also been doing a great deal of research this week to try and get more information on my injury. I have learned a few more stretches for the lower adductor and have been utilizing them pretty frequently. I really would like to go for a run just to see how the adductor is feeling, but I have chosen to just wait. I can't wait till Thursday to hit the pavement for the first time in a month.
There is nothing to report this week by way of actual training. I had hoped to go for a ride on Saturday, but got carried away working in the garage with the wife. By the time we finished, it was dark. This week, I will continue to rehab and do some physical therapy. I will probably do a SPIN class on Monday/Wednesday this week. My plan is to start running this week, but ease my way into it as opposed to going hard like I did earlier when I was released to run.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!
Hope everyone has a Safe and Happy New Year!
LJ
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
December 15-December 21
Well,
Another week of REST and then some more REST! I have really enjoyed the REST and my lower adductor is definitely feeling better. On Saturday, I decided to forget about waiting till January and started to go for a run. As soon as I started, it began to rain and that was my clue that I should probably not be running and hence, no run. As bad as I wanted to run, it was probably the best thing to do.
I was able to get in a SPIN class on Wednesday and that was great! I will be out of school for the next couple of weeks, so I am going to probably take a couple of SPIN classes to try to get some good training in. Hopefully, I will not be too tempted to go for a run this week seeing that I will have a good bit of free time. Of course, now that I am out of school, my lovely wife has several projects around the house that I need to work on, ugh!
I forgot all about the good news that I was supposed to be sharing. A few weeks ago, my wife took me to dinner on a Saturday evening and she wanted to give me an early Christmas gift! What was the gift? Well, she let me know that I am going to be a daddy! Yep, you got it, she is pregnant and we are going to have our first child! Wow, I am so excited, I wish I had the words to express it!
Oh well, that's the news and I am wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday!
LJ
Another week of REST and then some more REST! I have really enjoyed the REST and my lower adductor is definitely feeling better. On Saturday, I decided to forget about waiting till January and started to go for a run. As soon as I started, it began to rain and that was my clue that I should probably not be running and hence, no run. As bad as I wanted to run, it was probably the best thing to do.
I was able to get in a SPIN class on Wednesday and that was great! I will be out of school for the next couple of weeks, so I am going to probably take a couple of SPIN classes to try to get some good training in. Hopefully, I will not be too tempted to go for a run this week seeing that I will have a good bit of free time. Of course, now that I am out of school, my lovely wife has several projects around the house that I need to work on, ugh!
I forgot all about the good news that I was supposed to be sharing. A few weeks ago, my wife took me to dinner on a Saturday evening and she wanted to give me an early Christmas gift! What was the gift? Well, she let me know that I am going to be a daddy! Yep, you got it, she is pregnant and we are going to have our first child! Wow, I am so excited, I wish I had the words to express it!
Oh well, that's the news and I am wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday!
LJ
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
December 8-December 14
A good week of rehabbing! Wow, I should have been doing these things a month ago. It has been hard this week not running. As it has only been a week, the results have been surprising. After this week, I am certain to be running strong come January. There is not much to present this week, but the fact that I am feeling pretty excited about the rehabbing!
Here are this week's results:
Monday: REST
Tuesday: REST
Wednesday: SPIN
Thursday: REST
Friday: REST
Saturday: 22 mi(bike)/1:18:51/Whew!! It was cold, too cold to be riding a bike. That being said, I was very happy with how well I felt!
Sunday: REST
Weekly Miles: 22 mi(bike)
I have been spinning on Wednesday's to try not to lose any of my cardio strength. I normally stay in the class for 30 minutes, but this week I was able to stay a little longer, about 40 minutes or so. The class is actually an hour, but I don't really have the time to stay for the full hour. As you can see, I was able to get a bike ride in this week. Man, it was cold, but nevertheless, a great ride. Hope everyone had a great week of training and HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all!
LJ
Here are this week's results:
Monday: REST
Tuesday: REST
Wednesday: SPIN
Thursday: REST
Friday: REST
Saturday: 22 mi(bike)/1:18:51/Whew!! It was cold, too cold to be riding a bike. That being said, I was very happy with how well I felt!
Sunday: REST
Weekly Miles: 22 mi(bike)
I have been spinning on Wednesday's to try not to lose any of my cardio strength. I normally stay in the class for 30 minutes, but this week I was able to stay a little longer, about 40 minutes or so. The class is actually an hour, but I don't really have the time to stay for the full hour. As you can see, I was able to get a bike ride in this week. Man, it was cold, but nevertheless, a great ride. Hope everyone had a great week of training and HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all!
LJ
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
December 1-December 7
This week has not been the best by any means, at least when it comes to running. It has definitely been a GREAT week in other ways that I am not at liberty to share right now, but I will be updating you next week with that news. At any rate, I am sad to say that I have decided to stop running for the rest of the month of December. I definitely think that I could run more if I wanted to, but I feel like I need to rest my lower adductor more and just give it some time to heal and to concentrate on some more physical therapy. It seems like I started back a little too soon and started training to hard earlier than I was instructed. That being said, I am still happy about the running that I was able to get in. I just think that if I spend a bit more time getting over this tendinitis, it will help me in the long run. My goal is to still run in the Country Music Marathon in April 2009. My GPS was broken this week so therefore, all of my runs were without any times. I just ran to be running, which was a very good thing. I need to do this more often so my focus is not on time when running. This way I can take my focus off of how fast/slow I am running.
Here are this week's results:
Monday: REST
Tuesday: 5 mi/Wow, very, very cold morning run. It was my first run after the ATL Half-Marathon.
Wednesday: 5 mi/Nice, very comfortable run, did not try to push it or anything.
Thursday: REST
Friday: REST
Saturday: REST
Sunday: REST
Weekly Miles: 10 mi(run)
Although I will not be running this week, I am planning to take SPIN class on Wednesday and do a lot of physical therapy. I am a little frustrated, but at the same time excited about the rest that I will get and the PT. One good thing is that I am no where near where I was when I went to the doctor. In other words, the pain is not bad at all, but it has not gone away and this is what bothers me the most. Hope every one is getting excited about the holidays!! KEEP RUNNING!!
LJ
PS Look for exciting news next week!
Here are this week's results:
Monday: REST
Tuesday: 5 mi/Wow, very, very cold morning run. It was my first run after the ATL Half-Marathon.
Wednesday: 5 mi/Nice, very comfortable run, did not try to push it or anything.
Thursday: REST
Friday: REST
Saturday: REST
Sunday: REST
Weekly Miles: 10 mi(run)
Although I will not be running this week, I am planning to take SPIN class on Wednesday and do a lot of physical therapy. I am a little frustrated, but at the same time excited about the rest that I will get and the PT. One good thing is that I am no where near where I was when I went to the doctor. In other words, the pain is not bad at all, but it has not gone away and this is what bothers me the most. Hope every one is getting excited about the holidays!! KEEP RUNNING!!
LJ
PS Look for exciting news next week!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
November 24-November 30
Well, another good week of training. It was definitely a low-key week for me. I rested most of the week and had a good race on Thursday to celebrate Thanksgiving! It was nice to be able to finally run a race with my brother. Well, at least we ran the first 4 miles together till he decided to leave me. Fortunately, I was able to catch up with him the last mile or so and we were able to finish together! That was totally cool and we took a nice photo at the finish!
Monday: REST
Tuesday: 6.2 mi/53:35/Nice, easy run. I tried to take it easy and to relax. Felt really good.
Wednesday: REST
Thursday: 13.1 mi/1:48:36/Atlanta Half Marathon/Whew! Great race, my lower adductor started to bother me. That being said, I still had a decent race! I got to run with my brother.
Friday: REST
Saturday: REST
Sunday: REST
Weekly Miles: 19.3 mi(run)
Definitely a good week! It was nice to be with family on Thursday. My wife and I had 2 of my brothers and their families over and my mom! We ate and ate and ate some more! It felt good eating that food trying to replenish all of those calories from the race. I hope everyone had a nice, restful thanksgiving! Back to training this week!
LJ
Monday: REST
Tuesday: 6.2 mi/53:35/Nice, easy run. I tried to take it easy and to relax. Felt really good.
Wednesday: REST
Thursday: 13.1 mi/1:48:36/Atlanta Half Marathon/Whew! Great race, my lower adductor started to bother me. That being said, I still had a decent race! I got to run with my brother.
Friday: REST
Saturday: REST
Sunday: REST
Weekly Miles: 19.3 mi(run)
Definitely a good week! It was nice to be with family on Thursday. My wife and I had 2 of my brothers and their families over and my mom! We ate and ate and ate some more! It felt good eating that food trying to replenish all of those calories from the race. I hope everyone had a nice, restful thanksgiving! Back to training this week!
LJ
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
November 17-November 23
This week wasn't so bad. I had some really good runs this week with some speed added toward the end of the week. I am noticing that my body is feeling a bit fatigued as I run any kind of distance. It seems once I get to about the 10-11 mile mark, my body starts to ache. I am sure this is due to the fact that I could not run for a little over a month due to my injury. That being said, I felt much better on my Saturday run than the previous week's long run.
Here are this week's results:
Monday: REST
Tuesday: 6.1 mi/51:37/Enjoyed running in the a.m. Man, it was freezing cold, coldest run yet. As usual, it was extremely windy coming back in. Nice, comfortable, run!
Wednesday: SPIN
Thursday: 6.5 mi/53:11/Great run, felt well-rested and ran pretty hard!
Friday: REST
Saturday: 14.6 mi/2:09:47/Nice run. Same route basically as last week, I just added a little more. I felt much better coming in than last week. I did feel tired, but managed to finish strong.
Sunday: REST
Weekly Miles: 27.2 mi(run)
I feel pretty confident that I will do just fine in the Atlanta Half Marathon this week. The training is over for the most part as I take it easy this week. I am not expecting any great time or a PR by any means. The goal is just to finish and to not re-injure myself. If I can do that, I will be totally happy! As Thanksgiving Day nears, I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and that everyone eats a lot of turkey! Hey, you deserve it if you have been putting in the miles. This is one of my favorite holidays as I can't wait to gobble up some turkey and eat all day! No better feeling than eating and stuffing your face knowing that you will run it off the next day or two. I am so grateful and thankful for my wife, my family, my friends, my health, my job and Christ! These are just a few, what are you thankful for today?
Be safe and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
LJ
Here are this week's results:
Monday: REST
Tuesday: 6.1 mi/51:37/Enjoyed running in the a.m. Man, it was freezing cold, coldest run yet. As usual, it was extremely windy coming back in. Nice, comfortable, run!
Wednesday: SPIN
Thursday: 6.5 mi/53:11/Great run, felt well-rested and ran pretty hard!
Friday: REST
Saturday: 14.6 mi/2:09:47/Nice run. Same route basically as last week, I just added a little more. I felt much better coming in than last week. I did feel tired, but managed to finish strong.
Sunday: REST
Weekly Miles: 27.2 mi(run)
I feel pretty confident that I will do just fine in the Atlanta Half Marathon this week. The training is over for the most part as I take it easy this week. I am not expecting any great time or a PR by any means. The goal is just to finish and to not re-injure myself. If I can do that, I will be totally happy! As Thanksgiving Day nears, I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and that everyone eats a lot of turkey! Hey, you deserve it if you have been putting in the miles. This is one of my favorite holidays as I can't wait to gobble up some turkey and eat all day! No better feeling than eating and stuffing your face knowing that you will run it off the next day or two. I am so grateful and thankful for my wife, my family, my friends, my health, my job and Christ! These are just a few, what are you thankful for today?
Be safe and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
LJ
Monday, November 10, 2008
November 10-November 16
Two great weeks in a row and that's with a missed run! I am a bit disappointed in missing one of my runs, but I decided to go have fun instead of train(probably not the wisest). I have made worse decisions. I will say that my good run on Saturday pretty much washed away any bad thoughts that I had about missing a run.
Here are this week's results:
**Please visit the MotionBased link to see more information about each of my runs this week!**
Monday: 5 mi/42:04/Very cold this morning and I was under-dressed. Still a very good run with a good strong finish!
Tuesday: 4.8 mi/40:01/Comfortable run with some good speed throughout the run. Had some rolling hills that I really liked.
Wednesday: REST
Thursday: REST
Friday: REST
Saturday: 14.2 mi/2:07:06/Good run till I came back in. I struggled a bit, but finished strong. The wind coming back was extremely brutal!
Sunday: REST (yard work, if you call that rest)
Weekly Miles: 24 mi(run)
I feel pretty good and confident after my 14 miler on Saturday. I did feel pretty bad afterwards, not in a bad way. My body was just a bit sore and probably because I am still adjusting to doing longer runs again. The longer run really felt great and I am sure that I would have felt ten times better had it not been so windy. The funny thing is, I ran the same route for the last two weeks and both times coming back it was extremely windy. Of course, I added some distance this week to make it a longer run. I will probably do another 14 miler or so this week and then take it easy till the ATL Half. I am looking forward to running with my brother (BJ). He had to ruin my 14 miler by sending me a text to let me know that he had just completed a 17 miler. Here I am thinking I had done something!
Happy running to all this week!
LJ
Here are this week's results:
**Please visit the MotionBased link to see more information about each of my runs this week!**
Monday: 5 mi/42:04/Very cold this morning and I was under-dressed. Still a very good run with a good strong finish!
Tuesday: 4.8 mi/40:01/Comfortable run with some good speed throughout the run. Had some rolling hills that I really liked.
Wednesday: REST
Thursday: REST
Friday: REST
Saturday: 14.2 mi/2:07:06/Good run till I came back in. I struggled a bit, but finished strong. The wind coming back was extremely brutal!
Sunday: REST (yard work, if you call that rest)
Weekly Miles: 24 mi(run)
I feel pretty good and confident after my 14 miler on Saturday. I did feel pretty bad afterwards, not in a bad way. My body was just a bit sore and probably because I am still adjusting to doing longer runs again. The longer run really felt great and I am sure that I would have felt ten times better had it not been so windy. The funny thing is, I ran the same route for the last two weeks and both times coming back it was extremely windy. Of course, I added some distance this week to make it a longer run. I will probably do another 14 miler or so this week and then take it easy till the ATL Half. I am looking forward to running with my brother (BJ). He had to ruin my 14 miler by sending me a text to let me know that he had just completed a 17 miler. Here I am thinking I had done something!
Happy running to all this week!
LJ
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