The dreadful ache in my thighs, residual from Tuesday’s Good Medicine workout, is steadily making its way out, but Thursday’s 1-mile repeats left me with an injury in my soleus that will take a few more days to heal. Because of this, I did not run with the dozen people putting in 15 miles today….
Month: September 2008
Marathon Start Time Posted
Maybe this has been on the marathon’s web site all along, but I just found the following at http://www.pasadenamarathon.org/forms/FAQrev.pdf: Q: What time do the various race-day events start?A: Bike Tour, 6:00 a.m. Marathon & Half Marathon, 6:30 a.m. 5K & Fun Run/Walk, 6:50 a.m. I like the fact that our marathoners and half-marathoners will get…
Marathon Week 14, Day 5
It is supposed to be a CrossFit/Bootcamp day, but my legs are in as much pain as they were yesterday. So my workout: take the whippets on a walk. The small hills at the top of Lake Ave. were a significant challenge. 🙁
Marathon Week 14, Day 4
Despite the fatigue still firmly in my quads, I met Jeff, Jim, and Ted this morning at the middle school to run four one-mile repeats. The stiff legs definitely held me back. Here are my times: 6:33 6:29 Did not finish Did not even start With about 300 meters left in my third mile, I…
Marathon Week 14, Day 3
This is a Rest Day, and I am glad; those med-ball cleans from yesterday have my thighs extremely sore. I went for a couple of miles’ hike this evening in the hope of loosening them up. Maybe it helped, but they are still in bad shape.
Marathon Week 14, Day 2
Today’s “Good Medicine” CrossFit workout at the academy loosened up all the stiffness in my hip from yesterday. Just the wall squats we did for warm-up worked wonders! The assignment: complete as many rounds as possible (AMRAP) in 20 minutes of 10 Med Ball Cleans (M-20lbs, W-16lbs) 10 Push-ups Lawrence and I, working side by…
Marathon Week 14, Day 1
I stayed up late Sunday night and slept in a little this morning. When I got up and headed out to warm up for my 5-mile mid-tempo run, I did not feel quite right–a little bit of stiffness in my left hip. And when I saw how much more traffic is on the streets at…
Marathon Week 13, Day 7
Liz Goodman Logelin Memorial 5k A coworker and friend of a close friend of mine went through “life and death. all in a 27-hour period.”
Marathon Week 13, Day 5
Speed Work: After 10-20 minutes of warm-up, run 800m six times with a maximum of two minutes of recovery between runs. I met Hope and John at Arcadia High School’s track for this one. The football team must have been playing away tonight. Results: 2?57 2:57 2:58 2:56 2:58 2:57 Had it not been for…
Marathon Week 13, Day 4
Team-9–which meets, of course, at 0900 hours–let me join them at the Academy for today’s CrossFit WOD: Fight Gone Bad. This was my third or fourth time at this workout, and I topped my earlier score of 269, posting a 282. Box jumps, as always, were my strong suit; I jumped 40, 40, and 33…