Ha-zam! I’m just about over that minor re-injury. About time! Because we were worried about my hip, we cut out all hard work last week. I managed 51.5 miles during the week, all easy. With each day the hip got stronger, so that’s a great sign. I ended the week with a 16 miler —…
A 24 second improvement over last week. Yeah! Still not quick, but guess I can’t complain since I’ve only been back running for 4 weeks. It was a lot harder than the last 5k — my legs are a little dead. Last week was 30 miles with 2 days off. This week was 40, with…
Time goes by too quickly. Amazing. I’m nearly a month back into “training” (the first week of training being just 11 miles). This is the first week that my running has felt easier. My tempo workout on Tuesday was slightly faster than last week, but felt a lot better. My lungs felt stronger and my…
As part of the 3 months that I had to reflect on my injury, my training, and what I needed to change for the next time around. There’s a great guy at work that keeps up on my running that I’d talk to periodically throughout the injury. He had asked me before, but began to…
Not shabby for having run 15 times in the last 3 months! And won a Birkie entry — guess I’ll be skiing again this winter 🙂
Wa-hoo! Long run of the week tonight, through the cemetery. There is no flat in Red Wing — even the cemetery, which I consider “flat” here is continually rolling small hills. No wonder I felt so strong this spring after training on this stuff! My legs are really chaffed, but all in all, it went…