Victory for Victims 10k

Event home:

http://www.abuse-assaultservices.org/victory.html

Looks like Shu and I will be doing a "fun" run 10k, then run with Sara in the kid's 1k.

We're going to try to do a modified fartlek:

Mile	Pace
1	9:00
2	8:30
3	7:30
4	9:00
5	7:30
6	9:00

Days after the first...

Whew! Who know running 54 miles would be tough! But, just like riding a horse, gotta back at it as soon as possible. No time to rest, resumed HIIT training on the bike this AM and ran a "welcome back" 4miler at 10min/mile pace. But, to be fair, that included the stops to let the trucks at JPL go by and the stops at the stop light. Still, it was slow.

Legs felt good. There are issues though, the top of my foot is painful. I believe the culprit was the lacing I did on the 2140's I ran with during the first half of the 54. I tied them too tight at the top. Putting on the K15's there's more cushion that having a little tight makes no difference. I had to make sure the tongue was on straight, though.

So, lesson learned, added to those already learned from previous races about shoes:

* Always use your race shoes and not a pair of cheapies purchased the night before from Big5

* The middle of my shoe should be a little tight. This prevents blisters at the middle of the foot, but not too tight to prevent swelling of the foot.

* The top of the shoe must be tied a little loose to prevent chaffing or bruising

* Make sure the tongue of the shoe is on straight.

* Use your race shoes!

* Kayano's seem to be the best for me because of the cushioning. Will need to research more since my natural gaite produces supplination and not pronation.

More upper body

Max incline on my treadmill is only 10% but at 4mph, it's quite a workout. Tried it last night, and I have mixed feelings. I think it's a great workout for 30 to 40 mins at 4mph, walking and running some. But, with the injury, I'm not sure if it's a good idea. Will try the bike tonight and see.

This morning did:

Chin-ups

Max: 15

Reps: 2x 10

Might be ready for max 16, but on 15 the last 2 were with body contortion (cheating?) . 1 - 12 were still, straight body with slow down movement.

Need to keep doing leg lifts for core workout.

Pull-up day

Well, not really.

3x 10 pull-up

3x 10 chin-up

15 max chin-up

Maybe get some cardio in?

Tomorrow, have to start incline workout. 30mins at max incline on treadmill, walking.

First run in a couple weeks!

WooHoo! I got my first run in since doing a very painful 10 miler in Griffith Park 2 weeks ago. This time we decided on doing a quick 14 mile loop at Lake -> Echo Mountain -> Backside road -> Inspiration Point -> back down.

Uphill was great with minimum pain. Felt really good! Downhill, however, was a different story. I was pretty timid going downhill, and I really could not go fast on the rocky parts of the single track. Even the switchbacks were a little difficult. Any lateral movements were an exercise in pain management. I also had to remember to keep my step up high because being even a little lazy has caused me shooting pain in my ankle.

The best analogy I can make is that it felt like it was an annoying little chijuajua constantly biting my heel. At time he'd get a lucky shot in and pain would shoot up my leg.

After much discussion, it seems I'm going to back down on the Twin Peaks 50 miler and concentrate on 50/40 + 26.2.. And now it seems we're going to add Old Goat's 50 to that list! Boy, March is going to be one heck of a month.. but you only turn 40 once :)

Week 4 of Injury

So, it's been about 4 weeks since I injured my achilles tendon on January 3.

I injured it running through a single track trail and stepping over a stone. It was supposed to be my first 40 miler, but that goal ended at mile 21. I then had to hobble 5 miles to get to a campsite that I hoped would allow me to use my cell phone. Those 5 miles were torturous, to say the least.

Anyways, it's been 4 weeks and I still do not have full range of motion on the ankle. I can move it, slowly, but my fast twitch muscles there starts shooting pain through my foot and leg.

I've got 2 weeks to recover for my first 50 miler. Not sure if I'm going to even do it now.

Oh, well. At least I can work on upper body.

Today (and not yet done)

Chin ups: 15 (max)

Pull ups: 2 sets of 10x

Will continue doing 10x pull ups and chin ups.

Injury sucks.

And 3 years later......

WOAH.. just found out that I had a blog! haha.. after a 3 year absence hopefully I'll start posting again.

Right now, I'm in the middle of training for a 50 miler coming up in February. Well, to clarify, I *should* be in step back mode since it's coming up in a couple weeks. Big problem, I've got an achilles tendon issue and it's been going on for the past few weeks. I'll expand later on that..

But, hopefully, it'll be OK. I'm seriously considering a DNF to prevent further injury. Maybe a DNS should be what I'm looking at!