sports injury

I have developed a sports injury. A bad spot due to overuse and chafing. A runners saddle sore, so to speak. Will spend the next seven days periodically sitting in a sitz bath and I will concentrate on upper body strength as a way to cross train. I had been doing weight lifting with dumb bells as a warm up for running. The plan is to replace the running time with weight training. I'll do a limited number of leg lifts etc.

Ran with the big trucks.

Or at least that's how it seems running on the sidewalks downtown. They are very close to the road. It's kind of scary.
It was a 40 minute run lots of hills and on sidewalk. The temperature was nice. Not too hot.
I have a weird pain in my stomach.
Tomorrow is the long run. Unless I put it off and take a rest day tomorrow then I'll do the 1:20 Friday.

Still following the schedule

But I'm eager to get to the week in the schedule when I am running 30 minutes one day and 60 minutes the next. Which that's next week. I have another 30 minute then 1:20 minutes this week.
Still having no problems. Begining to be good weather for running.

Ran 30 minutes this morning.

I'm thinking about taking two unscheduled days off. I'm sprinting some and doing a very small number of drills. I can feel the muscles in my legs and today I'm tired.

Went to the school track PM

Timed my run at 4 laps 10 minutes. That should be a mile, but I'm going to check. No problems.

Nice cool day for a run.

Ran 30 minutes as scheduled this AM. I ran to a Motion Traxx running mp3 that includes intervals at 150-160-170 BPM rhythm.

Yesterday evening I ran for 10 minutes. I am not much of a heat or late day runner I always feel so tired. But I'm gonna do it. Running still hasn't fatiqued my legs, mind or rest of my body as much as several jobs that I've held. That is how I'm trying to guage "overtraining" with the running. I've known real, continuous overuse. When I worked on my feet for many hours a day I would have trouble getting to sleep at night because my legs were so tired. I also had a tendency to have leg cramps. During that period of time, in despiration, I would listen to relaxation tapes. They worked.

Again, I plan to run 10 minutes this afternoon. If I can only do 5 minutes, I'll do that.

Ran 50 minutes this AM

I was scheduled for 25, but was enjoying the run so much I doubled the
time. I plan to run at least 10 minutes this pm.

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"When in doubt, do nothing!"

Ran this PM

Decided to start doubling today. Added a mile. I was tired and it
was hot. At the end of the run I put a leash on my yorkie, Pookie.
She loved running and her little 4 pounds could almost out run me.

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"When in doubt, do nothing!"

Continuing To Train to Run a Marathon

Today:
Walked 16 minutes
Run time 1:20

I've evaluated recent goals and training.
Two weeks ago I started a schedule to train for a marathon.
The schedule is based on Joe Henderson's book: "Jog, Run, Race".
The schedule is based on time and the times for each run are increased every week. And of course there is a long run included. By week 5 and 6 I'll be up to running 10miles or 2 hours on the long run. I'm looking forward to it. I only just began running over one hour. So my short term goal is to run the 10 mile runs and my long term goal is to run a marathon in 2012. The original point of my training was to simply train to be in good enough shape to run a marathon, but I'm thinking it actually might be do-able and fun to run one. I've only run one race, a 5K in 2009. I may run another race between now and 2012 and I may not, but there is a 10K coming up at a park nearby that might be fun. Too, it is probably a good idea to incorporate a few races into my marathon training schedule. I may run the Victoria Bryant race in December and next years Hart Dam race.

My training plan is to follow the 3 month marathon training schedule and then set up the mile training schedule which is also 3 months. I'll rotate the two types of training. I'll keep the weekly long run in both schedules and over time I'll lengthen the run. It is going to be interesting to see just how much endurance I can build and just how much distance I can train to run.

After my "long day" run I'll drink a protein shake and take a multiple vitamin. I will not increase caloric intake. I weigh 142 pounds and I would like to get down
to 134 pounds so I need to lose 8 pounds. After the winter months, even though I continued to run during that time, my weight got back up to 154 pounds. So it really feels good to get back down to what is actually my ideal weight. To go down 8more pounds may, or may not be a good idea. If I experience any problems I'll eat more.

I want to make a serious effort to take fewer ibuprofen tablets. I have arthritis and chronic headaches. I only take 400mg a day, but I'm afraid I am steady flirting with serious stomach problems because I do take the tablets every day and I have been taking them for years. I am also going to resist the temptation to drink the occasional glass of wine to counter insomnia and depression and leg fatigue. I've noticed that I experience some mild depression and can't sleep- right as the scale shows I've dropped a couple of pounds. There must be some association with the two, but the only possibility I can think of is dehydration or maybe it stresses my body out. So far my legs have not bothered me. My knee still hurts but I am used to it and I'm encouraged to keep up the running with the bad knee because I read that exercising actually increases the synovial fluid in joints.

This is a new blog and I plan to link up my blogs. I would use the original, but I need to post via my mobile and I can only post to this blog at this account.