The week after the half

Monday ran 4.5 in the Puma Faas 500. First time in a long time. These are awesome shoes. My pace is always faster when I where these. Very light, not a lot of drop, cushioned, rolls really nice. Only problem with them the tongue moves around too much possibly because of the spongy laces.

Ran Wednesday and Friday and then biked 31 miles, sorta with Jen, on the Cumberland rail trail and beyond.

Stats for the week:

Run: 14 mi

Bike: 31 mi
Walk: 4.5 mi

Yoga: 1:30

Thursday had to take Penelope in for another chest tap - Friday she really was doing well but tonight starting to not eat as much again.

After the Old Sandwich Half Marathon

This weeks stats:
Run: 26.6 mi
Walk: 1 mi
Yoga: 3:00

Most of the 26 was the 1/2 marathon. Jen and I met Scott in Plymouth. They ran "slow" together - like a minute and a half faster per mile than me...

The race course was really nice except for the last few miles on a busy road. The beginning was great and so was the first 5 or so miles on a dirt road. To bad it couldn't be an out and back. I dropped like 25 minutes from the first (and only other) 1/2 I did last October, and did it in 2:07. Oh - they could have had more food that all people can eat (peanut butter and jelly, veggy soup, bread and cheese, etc...)

I really had no stiffness afterwards.

On Tuesday, Penelope was supposed to go to the vet for a cysto to see if she may have an infection causing the Kidney values to he high.  She went into CHF and labored breathing while there and needed a chest tap.  She almost died.

Week before the Old Sandwich Half Marathon

Tried to take it easy this week on the running but still run enough, stretch and roll to keep me ready to run 13.1 miles for the Old Sandwich Half Marathon on Sunday.  Since the calf tear my longest run has only been 10Ks...

This weeks stats turned out to be:
Run: 6.8 mi
Walk: 4 mi
Yoga: 1:30:00

Testing the week before a half...

Was going to try a long run but ended up with too much mileage and did two back to back 5s with a couple of 4's earlier in the week. Also did yoga and outdoor body-weight exercises...

Run: 17.8 mi
Walk: 3 mi
Weights: 50:00
Yoga: 1:30:00

yikes - got to talk about the shoes!

A little lightness (taking a down week)

Since injuring my calf, I have been trying to ramp up to where I left off.  I realized this may not be the best thing since my knee has been aching and it never did before, and my arch has been aching and it never did before...you get the picture.

I am forcing myself to have a 1 light week this week, and to forgo the race today.  The weather was supposed to totally suck (but it was just hot), and my hair is so long it won't stand up (I got a hair cut), etc., etc.  I actually would have liked to hike one of the 48s...Garfield, East Osceola or Liberty and Flume.  Maybe next weekend.

Anyway, I ran a three mile, four mile and 10K this week.  Did about a minute better on the 10K time than two weeks ago and it was way hotter.

Stats for the week:

Run: 13.2 mi

Walk: 4.5 mi

Weights: 20:00

Yoga: 1:30:00

Check out this Cool Laphroaig cartoon video!

Week before a road 10K

This week I went a little up in mileage again by accident (sort of):

Run: 17.4 mi
Walk: 5 mi
Weights: 60

I want to run a marathon in Maine in October. I'd like to do a 50K or more next year. I'll really need to bring my weekly mileage up. I ran Monday, Wednesday, Friday and today and my pace was really slow. I did this somewhat on purpose, but I think the heat/humidity (OK it's only 60 degrees), is already starting to affect me. My goal is a steady 20 miles a week and then move up slowly to a steady 30 miles. Hopefully I'll speed up a bit too so it doesn't take so long...

The little outdoor circuit training is going well and is much more fun than lifting weights - although I do still call it doing "weights"...

I love my old Asics 1150. Yes, I am slower in them, but they are like a comfy Cadillac on a slow scenic ride. I wore them on Wednesday and Friday. Today I wore the Puma Faas 500's. Monday I wore the Adidas Marathon 10's - first time since the calf tear. I really liked wearing them but worried about the calf the whole time.

Going to be doing a road 10K next Saturday. Today I was thinking I should go climb another 4000 footer next Saturday instead...

week 24

This, the final week, is a bust because I'm not getting to run the Wapack today for which I have been training this whole winter (and why I had a stupid calf tear). Anyway, the stats for the week:

Run: 13.8 mi
Bike: 14 mi
Walk: 4.5 mi
Weights: 30:00
Yoga: 1:30:00

Biked again - this time at the Cumberland Rail trail and kept a decent speed going. The runs were much better with my knee wrapped up. Did a 10K at Stater at just over an hour. Am looking forward to doing a real 10K race on the 21st at under an hour.

My arches have been aching a lot. I'm thinking from running without my overly supportive 1150's, and also trying to wear less supportive shoes for work. We will see.