Toughing it out

So it's been pretty tough staying true to my schedule.. This past week:

Sat: 1 mile + 13lbs pack
Upper body workout

Sun: 3 miles + 13lbs pack
Upper body workout

Mon: 1 mile + 15lbs pack
Upper body workout

Tues: 1 mile + 15lbs pack
15mins bike

Wed: Rest

Thu: Rest

Answer: SMASHED!

Question: How would your doctor describe a toe that goes beyond being fractured?

So, I saw the podiatrist today, and, just my luck.. He's a RUNNER! So, he totally understands when I tell him I really can't stop running :)

He took another X-ray.. count them, that's 3 different x-rays from the same Kaiser hospital, but that's another post... anyways, he looks at my toe and says, "I use the term 'fractured' loosely..."

Oh, well, but his advice, just like all the other doctors, you can't hurt it any more. You can run as long as you can withstand the pain. OUCH.

He did say, if the pain is too much, they can do surgery and take the smashed pieces out..

We'll see.. He's run 10+ marathons and 50Ks and a 50miler! WOW. He totally understands me and says that I can call his office anytime and make an appointment to see him.

AWSOME!

Sugar, YIKES!

So, my favorite snack of all time is Craisins.. It's pretty much dried cranberries that are full of antioxydants and taste oh, so, gooooood...

In the back of my head I knew.. But, after seeing a news report today confirmed it.. It's full of lovely sugar...

Oh well...

10/17/2007 Breakfast

* 8 Ounces Pomegranate juice
* 3 Saltine crackers with SALSA!!
* Glass of soy milk
* small cup of cheerios and soy milk

3MILE!

This is incredible.. though there's still toe pain, I was able to RUN 3 MILES!!!

9:30pace on the treadmill
1.5 incline
water pack
10# weights

With my gear and pack and weights, I cleared 150# to the tune of 152#

I think I should train with a weight pack from now on.  It feels really, really good.

Breakfast: 32 ounces pomegranate juice
Lunch: Carrots + some snacks
Dinner: Rice + 3 pieces of small FRIED tempura shrimp (yes, i know i'm cheating here)

lunch

1/2 bowl of pho and beef (menu item #2 baby!)

cranberries

5 crackers

wow, the simplicity of posting I hope keeps me motivated!

AM HIIT

So I'm trying posting through e-mail just to see how this goes.  Hopefully it works...

This morning, I had my first HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) in a really long time.  About 5 weeks since I was on taper the week prior to the injury...

Man, it was not fun, but hell worth it!

BIKE HIIT

12 min total with 30 second intervals.

On: 154bps
Off: 132bps

That's right on target!

But, I admit, it was TOUGH

I have to get it back at 80 - 85% HRmax when its On.

Lazy Azz today!

So, because I was stupid to jump a 3 foot wall thinking my toe was head, I decided not to do anything today to rest it again. Man, it's really tough to buckle down and let your body heal when you know you could be doing so much. The weather is nice, everything is prime.

Oh, well.

So, I'll write down what I ate today as well:

*Breakfast*

Craisins

*Lunch*

Egg drop soup
Chow mein

*Dinner*

Pork Bola Bola soup
Fried Rice


I'm going to try and do this as a motivational tool.

Maybe when I get my site back up and running, I'll add Google maps tools to document my runs and workouts and races.

Injured again?

Damn.. Toe was feeling really good. I "tested" it out by jumping down about 3ft. Now, the toe is painful again..

Damn..

Online Training Programs from multisports.com

Multi Sport Training program link:

So, I need to figure out a training program for Oceanside. It's going to take a lot of trial and error. I do want to finish, but I do want a decent time. More on that later.

Online Training Programs from multisports.com

Southern CA Races

Some Ultra links for California:

Southern CA Races

http://www.run100s.com/socal/calendar.html

Pacific Crest Trail - San Diego area

Avalon 50M

First Day!

Wow. I've had an injured right pinky toe for the last 5 weeks! It prevented me for training properly for Chicago and because it was still pretty painful 2 weeks ago, it contributed to the decision to miss that marathon.

But, looks like it was a good idea to have missed it:


http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-71007marathon-short-story,0,7788754.story?coll=chi_news_opinion_ugc

Anyways, I just checked out my foot. There's still pain at the front part of the toe and I have it heavily taped. But, I'm pretty freakin' stubborn and I've gained 5 lbs since my injury so I decided to test it.

WOW. 2 MILES!! There's still pain, but it's not as bad as before. It's still a little scary because there's that decision to make, do the cardio or let it heal 100%.

I'm going to do the cardio, but at a really moderate level.

This starts my training for Oceanside 70.3 Ironman in March. That's the Half Ironman of 70.3 miles.

I did good information on my target heart rates:

• Lower end: 128 bps
• Upper end: 164 bps

My schedule is probably going to stay as:

Sunday:

• AM Long Run
• Shoulder work

Monday

• REST

Tuesday

• AM Bike Ride
• PM Swim*
  
• PM Run

Wednesday

• AM Bike Ride
• PM Swim*
• PM Run

Thursday

• AM Bike Ride
• PM Swim*
• PM Run

Friday

• AM Bike Ride
• PM Swim*

Saturday

• AM Long Bike Ride
• AM Swim*