Starting to feel a little better.
I am starting to cut back my weekly miles [taper] for the Burning River.
The good news is my race gear for Western States is still packed I was to bummed out to unpack it.
I have been going to active release therapy, yoga and a lot of stretching.
Monday:
8 Miles a.m.
Run Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 8 Miles
Tuesday: NO SPEED
8 Miles a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Run Downtown Cleveland & Solon.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Wednesday:
8 Mile a.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 8 Miles
Thursday: NO TEMPO
8 Mile a.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 8 Miles
Friday:
8 Mile a.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 8 Miles
Saturday:
12 Mile a.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 12 Miles
Sunday: 12 Miles in Solon.
Ended up running the 12 mile loop 10 minuets faster than last week.
Day Total: 12 Miles
Week Total: 72 Miles
Monday, July 28, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Training Week July 14 - 20
I am trying to run through pain for two more weeks.
Ice and advil every evening.
My training mile are 9 min pace instead of the usual 7.
Can seem to shake the issues out.
If I am to run the Burning River to would be a miracle to finish well.
Monday:
8 Miles a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Both runs Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Tuesday: NO TRACK
8 Miles a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Run Downtown Cleveland & Solon.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Wednesday:
8 Mile a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Thursday: NO TEMPO
8 Mile a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Friday:
8 Mile a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Saturday:
Watched the Buckeye 50K
Day Total: 0 Miles
Sunday: 12 Miles in Solon.
Ended up running the 12 mile loop slower than I ran the 15 mile loop with Kam.
Day Total: 12 Miles
Week Total: 92 Miles
Ice and advil every evening.
My training mile are 9 min pace instead of the usual 7.
Can seem to shake the issues out.
If I am to run the Burning River to would be a miracle to finish well.
Monday:
8 Miles a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Both runs Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Tuesday: NO TRACK
8 Miles a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Run Downtown Cleveland & Solon.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Wednesday:
8 Mile a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Thursday: NO TEMPO
8 Mile a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Friday:
8 Mile a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Saturday:
Watched the Buckeye 50K
Day Total: 0 Miles
Sunday: 12 Miles in Solon.
Ended up running the 12 mile loop slower than I ran the 15 mile loop with Kam.
Day Total: 12 Miles
Week Total: 92 Miles
Monday, July 14, 2008
Training Week July 7 - July 13
I thought I was on the road to recovery.
I re-aggravated my upper hip/hamstring area again.
Hurts all the time, sleep, sitting, walking or running.
Feels like it's a nerve problem as well as muscular.
I've been having this pain since 2000, but it' is at it's all time worse right now.
Every step of every race I have run since 2000 hurts.
I think that is why I seem to be so strong in ultra's. You can only hurt so much!!!!!!!
I pretty bummed. Confidence is not high when you can't train the way you want to.
I pray I get better soon. I need to run.
Monday:
8 Miles a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Both runs Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Tuesday: NO TRACK
8 Miles a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Run Downtown Cleveland & Solon.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Wednesday:
8 Mile a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Thursday: NO TEMPO
8 Mile a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Friday:
8 Mile a.m.
Off Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Saturday:
Easy Run
10 Miles a.m. - Run in the [Cuyahoga Valley National Park]
Turned out to be bad, tripped on tree root. Messed up Hamstring.
Day Total: 10 Miles
Sunday: Injured
Day Total: Zero Miles
Week Total: 90 Miles
I re-aggravated my upper hip/hamstring area again.
Hurts all the time, sleep, sitting, walking or running.
Feels like it's a nerve problem as well as muscular.
I've been having this pain since 2000, but it' is at it's all time worse right now.
Every step of every race I have run since 2000 hurts.
I think that is why I seem to be so strong in ultra's. You can only hurt so much!!!!!!!
I pretty bummed. Confidence is not high when you can't train the way you want to.
I pray I get better soon. I need to run.
Monday:
8 Miles a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Both runs Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Tuesday: NO TRACK
8 Miles a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Run Downtown Cleveland & Solon.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Wednesday:
8 Mile a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Thursday: NO TEMPO
8 Mile a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Friday:
8 Mile a.m.
Off Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Saturday:
Easy Run
10 Miles a.m. - Run in the [Cuyahoga Valley National Park]
Turned out to be bad, tripped on tree root. Messed up Hamstring.
Day Total: 10 Miles
Sunday: Injured
Day Total: Zero Miles
Week Total: 90 Miles
Training Week June 30 - July 6
Monday:
8 Miles a.m.
Off p.m.
Day Total: 8 Miles
Tuesday:
8 Miles a.m. Downtown Cleveland.
Track Workout: Solon Track
4 Miles p.m. Warm-up on the track followed by 4 x 100m stride outs.
3 x 1 Mile with 400m recovery.
5:30, 5:30, 5:30, felt bad, hamstrings/hip started to really hurt.
1 Mile Cool-down.
Day Total: 17 Miles
Wednesday:
8 Mile a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Easy don't feel right.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Thursday:
10 Mile a.m. Tempo run at 6 min pace. Felt like hamstring was getting tighter as I ran.
Got out 5 Miles and the body shut thing down.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 10 Miles
Friday:
Pissed because I could not run the local big 5K with all the speedy college runners.
Day Total: Zero Miles
Saturday:
Day Total: Zero Miles
Sunday:
Day Total: Zero Miless
Week Total: 51 Miles
8 Miles a.m.
Off p.m.
Day Total: 8 Miles
Tuesday:
8 Miles a.m. Downtown Cleveland.
Track Workout: Solon Track
4 Miles p.m. Warm-up on the track followed by 4 x 100m stride outs.
3 x 1 Mile with 400m recovery.
5:30, 5:30, 5:30, felt bad, hamstrings/hip started to really hurt.
1 Mile Cool-down.
Day Total: 17 Miles
Wednesday:
8 Mile a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Easy don't feel right.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Thursday:
10 Mile a.m. Tempo run at 6 min pace. Felt like hamstring was getting tighter as I ran.
Got out 5 Miles and the body shut thing down.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 10 Miles
Friday:
Pissed because I could not run the local big 5K with all the speedy college runners.
Day Total: Zero Miles
Saturday:
Day Total: Zero Miles
Sunday:
Day Total: Zero Miless
Week Total: 51 Miles
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Best Tunes of 2008 So Far
Below is a list of the indie and alternative tunes I am listing to right now.
Song: No Lucifer, Band: British Sea Power
Song: Waving Flags, Band: British Sea Power
Song: Archangel, Band: Burial
Song: West Coast, Band: Coconut Records
Song: Viva la Vida, Band: Coldplay
Song: The Rat, Band: Dead Confederate
Song: Heavy Heartt, Band: Ghostland Observatory
Song: Dancin' On My Grave, Band: Ghostland Observatory
Song: Hallelujah, Band: The Helio Sequence
Song: Don't Dance, Band: Hot Chip
Song: Tomorrow, Band: Ladytron
Song: Mr. Pitiful, Band: Matt Costa
Song: Time to Pretend, Band: MGMT
Song: Electric Feel, Band: MGMT
Song: Ending Of An Era, Band: Midnight Juggernauts
Song: Shadows, Band: Midnight Juggernauts
Song: Dystopia (Turkish Prison Mix), Band: Midnight Juggernauts
Song: Leader, Band: Phantom Planet
Song: Good to Sea, Band: Pinback
Song: The Rip, Band: Portishead
Song: Machine Gun, Band: Portishead
Song: L.E.S. Artistes, Band: Santogold
Song: Hang Them All, Band: Tapes 'n Tapes
Song: Oxford Comma, Band: Vampire Weekend
Song: A-Punk, Band: Vampire Weekend
Song: Forever, Band: Walter Meego
Song: Keyhole, Band: Walter Meego
Song: No Lucifer, Band: British Sea Power
Song: Waving Flags, Band: British Sea Power
Song: Archangel, Band: Burial
Song: West Coast, Band: Coconut Records
Song: Viva la Vida, Band: Coldplay
Song: The Rat, Band: Dead Confederate
Song: Heavy Heartt, Band: Ghostland Observatory
Song: Dancin' On My Grave, Band: Ghostland Observatory
Song: Hallelujah, Band: The Helio Sequence
Song: Don't Dance, Band: Hot Chip
Song: Tomorrow, Band: Ladytron
Song: Mr. Pitiful, Band: Matt Costa
Song: Time to Pretend, Band: MGMT
Song: Electric Feel, Band: MGMT
Song: Ending Of An Era, Band: Midnight Juggernauts
Song: Shadows, Band: Midnight Juggernauts
Song: Dystopia (Turkish Prison Mix), Band: Midnight Juggernauts
Song: Leader, Band: Phantom Planet
Song: Good to Sea, Band: Pinback
Song: The Rip, Band: Portishead
Song: Machine Gun, Band: Portishead
Song: L.E.S. Artistes, Band: Santogold
Song: Hang Them All, Band: Tapes 'n Tapes
Song: Oxford Comma, Band: Vampire Weekend
Song: A-Punk, Band: Vampire Weekend
Song: Forever, Band: Walter Meego
Song: Keyhole, Band: Walter Meego
Taper Week & Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run: June 23 - 29
Monday:
8 Miles a.m. from Tahoe City with Steve & Wayne
Off p.m.
Day Total: 8 Miles
Tuesday:
Off a.m.
Off p.m.
Day Total: 0 Miles
Wednesday:
Off a.m.
Off p.m.
Day Total: 0 Miles
WESTERN STATES CANCELLED.
BEER.
Thursday:
15 Mile a.m.
Started off the day trying to Hammer to the top of Squaw Valley to vent.
48 min.
Day Total: 15 Miles
Friday:
15 Mile a.m.
Day two of being pissed. Ran to the top of Squal Valley again then continued down the Western States Trail.
Day Total: 15 Miles
Saturday:
15 Mile a.m.
Ran to the top of Squal Valley as hard as I could go.
Walked about 5 yards 30 min in.
Ran the rest of the way until I hit the scramble behind the lift chair.
Hit the top in 46 min. Hammered down. Hamstring/Hit hurt toward the end.
Day Total: 15 Miles
Sunday:
15 Mile a.m. in Auburn with Stan & Chrissy Fergusen and Frank Ives.
Day Total: 15 Miles
Week Total: 65 Miles
8 Miles a.m. from Tahoe City with Steve & Wayne
Off p.m.
Day Total: 8 Miles
Tuesday:
Off a.m.
Off p.m.
Day Total: 0 Miles
Wednesday:
Off a.m.
Off p.m.
Day Total: 0 Miles
WESTERN STATES CANCELLED.
BEER.
Thursday:
15 Mile a.m.
Started off the day trying to Hammer to the top of Squaw Valley to vent.
48 min.
Day Total: 15 Miles
Friday:
15 Mile a.m.
Day two of being pissed. Ran to the top of Squal Valley again then continued down the Western States Trail.
Day Total: 15 Miles
Saturday:
15 Mile a.m.
Ran to the top of Squal Valley as hard as I could go.
Walked about 5 yards 30 min in.
Ran the rest of the way until I hit the scramble behind the lift chair.
Hit the top in 46 min. Hammered down. Hamstring/Hit hurt toward the end.
Day Total: 15 Miles
Sunday:
15 Mile a.m. in Auburn with Stan & Chrissy Fergusen and Frank Ives.
Day Total: 15 Miles
Week Total: 65 Miles
Training Week June 16 - June 22
Monday:
My Birthday: 38, starting to feel old and NO I did NOT run 38 miles on my birthday.
8 Miles a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Both runs Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Tuesday:
8 Miles a.m. Downtown Cleveland.
Track Workout: Solon Track
4 Miles p.m. Warm-up on the track followed by 4 x 100m stride outs.
3 x 1 Mile with 400m recovery.
5:25, 5:25, 5:27, felt bad, started to rain and my hamstrings/hip started to really hurt.
4 Mile Cool-down.
Day Total: 20 Miles
Wednesday:
8 Mile a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Thursday:
10 Mile a.m. Tempo run at 6 min pace. Felt the heat.
8 Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 18 Miles
Friday:
8 Mile a.m.
Off Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 8 Miles
Saturday:
Off a.m. Travel [Flew into Sacramento]
12 Miles p.m.
Ran on the Western States Trail. Hitting Michigan Bluff area then around the finish.
Day Total: 12 Miles
Sunday:
Slept in my car. Woke up to fires in the Forest Hill area.
Stopped and looked at an overview and it did not look good.
5 Miles a.m.
8 Miles p.m. in Reno with Wayne & Steve.
Day Total: 13 Miles
Week Total: 103 Miles
My Birthday: 38, starting to feel old and NO I did NOT run 38 miles on my birthday.
8 Miles a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Both runs Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Tuesday:
8 Miles a.m. Downtown Cleveland.
Track Workout: Solon Track
4 Miles p.m. Warm-up on the track followed by 4 x 100m stride outs.
3 x 1 Mile with 400m recovery.
5:25, 5:25, 5:27, felt bad, started to rain and my hamstrings/hip started to really hurt.
4 Mile Cool-down.
Day Total: 20 Miles
Wednesday:
8 Mile a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles
Thursday:
10 Mile a.m. Tempo run at 6 min pace. Felt the heat.
8 Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 18 Miles
Friday:
8 Mile a.m.
Off Miles p.m.
Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 8 Miles
Saturday:
Off a.m. Travel [Flew into Sacramento]
12 Miles p.m.
Ran on the Western States Trail. Hitting Michigan Bluff area then around the finish.
Day Total: 12 Miles
Sunday:
Slept in my car. Woke up to fires in the Forest Hill area.
Stopped and looked at an overview and it did not look good.
5 Miles a.m.
8 Miles p.m. in Reno with Wayne & Steve.
Day Total: 13 Miles
Week Total: 103 Miles
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