I just looked at the training calendar and this marathon is creeping up fast! I have taken the last 2 weeks off because my right leg is suffering from a touch of hamstring tendonitis I am told. My last long run was a strong 10 miles, so i am trying to get myself a gameplan that will get me to SF!
Talked it over with coach mike (also my PT) and he's assured me that I don't need to run a 20 mile training run, that if i am up to 16-18 with 3 weeks of rest I will be fine for the marathon. This made me feel much better.. I can add a mile a week for the next 7 weeks and be more than ok. Mentally I'm not worried, i can push myself to endure just about anything. Cardio wise it's not a problem. So, if i can get these damn legs to cooperate I should be all set!! GRRRRRRRRRR!
I am headed to Vegas for a 4 day tradeshow, so running will be limited there.. i tell myself that i could run at like 6am, but the reality of the heat there (even at 6am) might ruin that plan. so tonight I am going to get a nice long run in before I go, then I can do shorter treadmill runs while in vegas.
I still have to fill out my playlist, been slacking on that front as well.. if anyone has any suggestions please send them along!! I have a fan who requested my current playlist (i had posted this before) so here it is:
1. icky thump - the whitestripes
2. invincible - ok go
3. baby fratelli - the fratellis
4. hang me up to dry - cold war kids
5. postal blowfish - albert hammond jr
6. keep the car running - the arcade fire
7. think i'm in love - beck (not me, the singer)
8. sitting in the park - quixotic
9. hard to live in the city - albert hammond jr
10 you know i'm no good - amy winehouse
11. baby blue sedan - modest mouse
12. tango - lady sovereign
13. level - the raconteurs
14. get over it - ok go
15. what ever happened - the strokes
16. the truth - la rocca
17. gone - pearl jam
everyone keep your fingers crossed that i finish this run tonight, and that my lucky #12 is good to me in vegas!!
Friday, August 24, 2007
Saturday, August 11, 2007
i can't believe i am about to say this
yoga just might have magic healing abilities.
i have been in alot of pain the last 2 weeks after my runs. i didn't want to say anything because 1. i thought everyone was probably bored with my injury talk. and 2. i thought if i said it out loud it would make the injury more real. It didn't feel like a stress fracture again, and it was in the 'healthy' leg so i wasn't sooo concerned. but i was afraid that if i kept running when my legs felt this sore I might risk a more serious injury. so, last week i broke down and went to see dr. metzl.
the minute he walked into the room he greeted me with a smile and said 'i am not supposed to be seeing you here!' I explained my pain, he checked my legs and happily informed me that the pain was not bone pain, just muscular. My leg muscles are pretty developed and dense so it's more difficult to properly stretch them. I have to start using the roller stick religiously and I told myself to get back to yoga.
With the summer being so hot i have not been very excited to go work out in an even hotter room for 90 minutes. BUT, today I woke up early and went. My right knee was still killing me when i went down a flight of stairs, and this was a full week after my last run. The class wass brutal, especially since i haven't been there in about 6 weeks. But I must say that now my knee feels almost good!!
I have vowed to get back on the yoga train and go 3x a week until this marathon!! The heat and stretching are just what my dense legs need!
Tomorrow (if i'm not too hungover since it's my birthday weekend) i am hoping to get a nice 6 mile run in before hitting the beach.... cross your fingers.
miles run: 0
minutes spent sweating: 90
i have been in alot of pain the last 2 weeks after my runs. i didn't want to say anything because 1. i thought everyone was probably bored with my injury talk. and 2. i thought if i said it out loud it would make the injury more real. It didn't feel like a stress fracture again, and it was in the 'healthy' leg so i wasn't sooo concerned. but i was afraid that if i kept running when my legs felt this sore I might risk a more serious injury. so, last week i broke down and went to see dr. metzl.
the minute he walked into the room he greeted me with a smile and said 'i am not supposed to be seeing you here!' I explained my pain, he checked my legs and happily informed me that the pain was not bone pain, just muscular. My leg muscles are pretty developed and dense so it's more difficult to properly stretch them. I have to start using the roller stick religiously and I told myself to get back to yoga.
With the summer being so hot i have not been very excited to go work out in an even hotter room for 90 minutes. BUT, today I woke up early and went. My right knee was still killing me when i went down a flight of stairs, and this was a full week after my last run. The class wass brutal, especially since i haven't been there in about 6 weeks. But I must say that now my knee feels almost good!!
I have vowed to get back on the yoga train and go 3x a week until this marathon!! The heat and stretching are just what my dense legs need!
Tomorrow (if i'm not too hungover since it's my birthday weekend) i am hoping to get a nice 6 mile run in before hitting the beach.... cross your fingers.
miles run: 0
minutes spent sweating: 90
Monday, August 6, 2007
Count 'em!
This week I ran my mid-week run across the GW bridge. It was hot hot hot so i had to wait until 9pm so it was a bit cooler. I ran from my apartment up to 178th, across to the bridge. I had never run across a bridge so I was pretty excited. The walkway is narrow and I was kind of stupid and wore all black. Twice I almost go run over by people on bikes.
I hit the Jersey side of the bridge and headed back. On my way back to NYC I passed 3 kids (about 19) running back to Jersey. One stopped and tried to hit on me.. 9pm, in the middle of the hudson, only in NY. :)
This worked out to be a 4.75 mile run, and was really enjoyable. It made me want to run every bridge in Manhattan before October.. we'll see.
Saturday I went for my normal group training session in the park. We had a little clinic on how to approach the rest of our training leading up to the marathon. Then there was a touching speach by a woman who's son is a cancer survivor and one of our fellow trainees.. she herself has survived cancer, and she lost her father when she was young to cancer. She is a strong woman and we were all in tears by the end! Coach Ramon used this to inspire this to run an extra 2 miles!
I was already planning on going for 10 (last long run I had was 8) so this was it. It was hotter than hell and it was only 8am, and the humidity was off the charts. They stressed the need to hydrate along the way and said to just go easy. My legs have been feeling battered, so i took it at a nice slow pace. By mile 7 I was still feeling good and actually thinking i could probably push it to 11 or 12.. but I thought about how mad i'd be at myself if i ended up injured and stuck to my original 10.
Feels good to be in the double digits! And now I'm realizing that as long as I can keep myself healthy until October I can really finish a marathon!
I also found out this week that a teacher from my HS was just diagnosed with lymphoma. There is a high sucess rate with the treatment of his specific kind of cancer, so I am confident he'll be ok.. but i've added him to my list of honorees and keep him in my thoughts during training!
miles run monday: 3
miles run wednesday: 4.5
miles run saturday: 10
I hit the Jersey side of the bridge and headed back. On my way back to NYC I passed 3 kids (about 19) running back to Jersey. One stopped and tried to hit on me.. 9pm, in the middle of the hudson, only in NY. :)
This worked out to be a 4.75 mile run, and was really enjoyable. It made me want to run every bridge in Manhattan before October.. we'll see.
Saturday I went for my normal group training session in the park. We had a little clinic on how to approach the rest of our training leading up to the marathon. Then there was a touching speach by a woman who's son is a cancer survivor and one of our fellow trainees.. she herself has survived cancer, and she lost her father when she was young to cancer. She is a strong woman and we were all in tears by the end! Coach Ramon used this to inspire this to run an extra 2 miles!
I was already planning on going for 10 (last long run I had was 8) so this was it. It was hotter than hell and it was only 8am, and the humidity was off the charts. They stressed the need to hydrate along the way and said to just go easy. My legs have been feeling battered, so i took it at a nice slow pace. By mile 7 I was still feeling good and actually thinking i could probably push it to 11 or 12.. but I thought about how mad i'd be at myself if i ended up injured and stuck to my original 10.
Feels good to be in the double digits! And now I'm realizing that as long as I can keep myself healthy until October I can really finish a marathon!
I also found out this week that a teacher from my HS was just diagnosed with lymphoma. There is a high sucess rate with the treatment of his specific kind of cancer, so I am confident he'll be ok.. but i've added him to my list of honorees and keep him in my thoughts during training!
miles run monday: 3
miles run wednesday: 4.5
miles run saturday: 10
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