First real week of running

Hello,

Well last week was my first full week back of running and it went ok. I got 20 miles in with nothing more then 5 miles. I did a 5 miler on the road on Tuesday that felt great (still higher then normal HR) and a 4 mile trail run on Friday then went well but my 5.4 miler in the woods on Sunday felt like I was running with 20lb ankle weights.

Last week I picked up my invitational entry for the 110th Boston Marathon from my running club and hand delivered it on the 11th to the BAA office in Hopkinton. I was really shocked to see that the registration closed on the 13th almost 2.5 months ahead of last years closing. I am very fortunate to get the opportunity to run this race for the second year in a row. The entry I have came through my running club so I don't have to commit to raising money for a charity but I am going to still raise money for the Respite Center as I did last year.

So not a bad first week back

get back lost conditioning

Hello,

So I got a 5 mile trail run in on Sunday and the weather was amazing. I ran at an 80% plus HR for an 11 minute pace so I really felt the effect of taking 3 weeks off. I got back out the next day for my lunch time 3 mile run, the HR was still in the 80% range but the pace was down to a 9:30. I am heading out at lunch to check out some new trails and hope to get 5-7 in. I picked up my Invitational BAA entry for the 2010 Boston Marathon so I am pumped to get another chance to run this marathon. I will be working to get my base miles back up to the 25-30 range before I start a 16 week training plan the first week in January. I am also thinking of running the Pineland Farm Trail Challenge (http://www.mainetrackclub.com/general-2.html) next year around Memorial day. I really want to do an Ultra and the thought of an Ultra TRAIL race would be great. Thus I am thinking that I build my miles up for Boston, run it as my last long run before the Ultra and after Boston keep the miles and intensity up to stay ready for the Ultra 4 weeks after.

Well more to come, I will share my idea to keep my training this winter and spring to the woods as much as possible. My desire to cross train this time and focus my training on the time out running versus the miles and make my long runs be LONG SLOW RUNS.

Cheers
Tim

Stress, more stress and now some good news

Hello,

Ok it has been 6 weeks since my last post and though there is no real excuse the reason has been due to the demands of my day job, my son's activities (cub scouts, school and soccer) and a nagging pain in my right shins. So more about the shin, four weeks ago I was having some steady pain in my right shin and an inflamed area about 4 inches up from the ankle. The pain wouldn't go away so I went to see my primary care Doctor who took some pictures and said there was no issue and to just give it some rest. Well two days later I get a call that the head of x-ray thought he saw a possible Tibia Stress Fracture so he wanted me to see and orthopedic specialist. I went to see the doctor and she suggested an MRI to rule out the stress fracture. Fast forward three weeks and I just found out yesterday that there is no stress fracture and I can start pack up running (slowly). That was great news because the idea of a stress fracture was going to really suck especially since this boy is running the 2010 Boston Marathon...

I was fortunate enough to get a number through my running club so I will be back again next year. I am very excited about this opportunity and I will promise to keep everyone up to date on my training progress.

Cheers,
Tim