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Time to be honest. I have no chance to get ready for Berlin Marathon this year. So I'm going to retreat from that. Call me a coward or whatever but my legs are giving extremely hard time now.
Getting back on the road (for real) hasn't never before been this hard/complex. This morning, however, I ran slightly better than a week ago - 4x3min.´2min. (@ 5.55-5.35 pace) - but currently I'm not able to walk. So running max. 20 mpw is not enough for anything. Tomorrow I will spend some time w/ my buddy Trek.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXj7-55xHn0
Morning: ez 6.2 miler with sweetie. Didn't hurt so much.
Afternoon: 6.2 miler (6.30/mile) + gym by myself with someone else's hamstrings. Hurt little more than in the morning. In addition, I almost got hit by a car - twice. Again if you have an extra pair of not-out-worn hamstrings suitable for distance running, please let me know.
Today was a blast. First, I almost missed the weekly race / hard workout that promised to run with Mark. We have two clocks on the wall, and the one which shows the present time seems to be stuck. So instead of warm-up run, I drove down to Longfellow ES. I'm willing, but I'm not going to use that as an excuse for disasterous run. But even as a training run today's 10k sucked pretty badly. Oh well, you gotta start somewhere, right? Mark PRed on that course which means that he's on the right track for Phoenix and Boston.
After this exhausting aging experience I found myself on bike. The weather was so nice that there was no chance to skip that opportunity. Now we are ready to pack them for their long trip to Finland.
Weekly mileage was 65.
Tuesday is just about to turn into Wednesday. Time is flying. Today I had time only for one run, since I have been revising one article to be submitted to the final round asap. The run itself was so painful experience that it was pretty easy to neglect its second counterpart in the evening. Tomorrow I will have to spend some extra hours on beltway, but I'll do my best in order to hurry to HCC for another group run. But Thursday is always better, right?
After couple easy days I chose to continue with an easy day. Sweetie and I ran 6.2 miler (51.20) and then I continued with some exercises in order to get this aging body in some order. It's tough work with uncertain outcomes... Oh, if anybody knows any time machines available with reasonable price, please let me know.No. It's just talk. After missing 3-4 years of the "active years" due injuries I just gotta be happy with current circumstances no matter the amount of pain involved. Running Times magazine had a good article on aging. I think that it's the first time when I have paid any attention to this subject. Am I too late? Fortunately, the brain hurting thingy is more work- than running-related...The afternoon jog (5 miles, ~6.57/mile) felt much better than the one in the morning. I even started to invent new Finnish XC Series purely because I envy XC's popularity here.
The fall is usually the easiest season in training. All the work and races are done and there is only recreational running in your schedule. But when you are a recreational runner, what you are supposed to do? I don't know, but I'm learning. In any case, it's maybe better not to pay too much attention to this kind of details, and just enjoy running as such. Today's morning shake out (5 miles) was just that, a pleasure fulfilled with familiar pain. And I'm still smiling.
I got back from Chicago in time Tuesday. AOM meeting was again an interesting event. Yesterday we ran an easy 4+ miler and in the evening I met guys on trail. I think that I PRed on both hills (Mt. Slayer and Nasty). However, during the last couple miles both calves were really sore, and later in the evening I was barely able to use my right leg. That's bad news because it has been my main support while running due to the problems with left achilles. So, the next run will be interesting...
This morning included a core workout. In addition to that, I'll run something easy later, since we decided to run 10k at the Dewey Beach on Saturday. It will be interesting to see how damaged I am currently. More interesting fact is that WCs are around the corner. Already on Saturday we will know who is the Nr. 1 woman of 10000m for the next two years.
Alan Webb moves to Oregon, the number of scientific articles is still growing fast, Paula Abdul left the building, and interest rates decline. But every Thursday I feel the same - tired, sore and filled with some kind of pain which is probably related to aging. Today I enjoyed these feelings for 7.5 miles (7.05/mile).
Due to different schedule on the next weekend and my forthcoming trip to Flagstaff (AZ), we did a long run already today. We started at 6.00 AM and ran the Bagel course backwards from 16 to mile one (by skipping Centennial loop). However, we only ran 14+ miles, but every single stride was pure pain and agony. Where is that feeling that hit me yesterday??? This sucks! After the morning run weekly mileage was 52 which compensates the general annoying feeling. Hhhmmmm... am I doing this for the mileage or races? If for mileage, then I should get back on the road. Right at this very moment. I'll pass it. Wussyyyyyyy. YEAH!
Back to hurting mode. I was extremely capable of feeling Sunday's bowling (?) and yesterday's tempos in my sorry ass legs. But I crawled through 6 miles (6.54/mile) and felt every single stride.In the evening I repeated the morning, but w/ less pain (6 miles @ 7.00 pace).
Ok. I felt great on Wednesday and yesterday but that was then. This morning was something completely different. Only 5 miles (8.15/mile). Lower abdomen is really out of control, and now it is really painful to run. Not in a good sense that is. But I hope that it is only temporary... On Sunday it is time for 5k. The goal is undefined. To finish, that's a start.
