A Belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

I have been busy. Not just running.
On Christmas I ran outside in the afternoon. The road was crowded. 6 miles. Midnight Mass. The choir was wonderful ( my daughter Kelly sang!) Monday snow! snow! snow! After 6.7 miles on Sunday I didn't run for 2 days. Ate a lot. 6.8, 4.4 and 3.0 miles to end the year. My lowest total in 5 years. The sharp pain in my leg comes and goes. I really don't know if I will ever finish another marathon. I qualified for Boston and I'm signed up. I will start, and God willing, I will finish strong! I'm also signed up to run the Vermont City Marathon, my favorite marathon of all. Over the past 15 years I have had my problems and over come them so I am hopeful it will all turn out OK.
It's New Years Eve and I am sitting here hopeful of a great running year in 2011 for all.
I love talking to all the runners I meet at Fleet Feet and I hope all their goals are reached in 2011.

Good Week, Bad Week

Well I have run 36.7 miles so far this week but the last 3 days I have had some pain in my right leg. Each day it has been worse but at least I have not had any pain when running. The past 3 days I have run 5.2 miles, 44:50, 6.2 miles, 53:21 and 5.0 miles 43:34. Fast if you consider the 1st mile is about 9:35-9:55. I have felt good running all week but more pain afterward each day. I have used the Elliptical most days but I usually run out of time. Total: 4.5 miles in 5 days. I hope to run outside on Christmas day. I have had thoughts that this may be my last Boston. I hope not. But the pain is enough to have me thinking these thoughts. I hoped I could run with one of my kids just once; my daughter Tiffany showed signs that it was a possibility but now I not sure.

A Great Day

I ran 13.5 miles today and ran 7 mph for the last 7 miles. Although it was on the treadmill I felt stronger today than I have in awhile. I feel blessed. I hope when I take it outside my right leg will respond and the pain will not get any worse than it is now.

Week in Review

I ran every day since last Monday except Friday, I felt I should take a day off since my right leg has been a little painful at the end of the week. I do a lot to help it and both of my legs are stronger. I find that running slower miles does not always help but my legs are more tired if I try to run faster. Tuesday through Saturday I ran 3, 4, 5, off and 4. So I'm not pushing the miles but I did total 35 for the week. Today I ran 6.8 miles in 1 hour and felt good even at 7.9 mph. All the miles have been on the treadmill since the 5th of December. I am bored but I think it has helped. I probably won't go long outside until next month. Tomorrow I hope to go longer, mixing up my weekend for a change.

A Better Planned Beginning of the Week

After last week and the pain my legs were in I decided to see how running inside Sunday/Monday would be on the legs. Saturday I ran a quick 3.2 on the treadmill followed by 12.8 on Sunday and 6.2 miles today. My legs feel fresh even now 2 hours after running. I feel like it may be a long process to get my right leg back to no pain. I won't run the marathon in January even though I would love to but I will train to run well in Boston and then try to run well in Vermont. I'm hoping my April all the pain in my right leg will be gone. I hope to be able to do some long runs in January, February and March outside because it was boring running for 2 hours on the treadmill yesterday.

Tough Week

My legs hurt on Monday. I'm not sure why but I probably should not be running all my outdoor miles in the light weight trainers. My back was really tight too until today. I wan't doing some of the stretches and exercises which helped, so I did more of them at the gym today and ran less. I ran Monday (6 mi.), Wednesday (4.1 mi.) and today (3.2 mi.). I need to force myself to use the elliptical too so I did 2 miles today. Right now I feel much better than I did on Monday. I also think I over did the outside running which I love, even in the colder weather. I have to force myself to do more treadmill running which I find boring.

Good Week, Good Day Today

I have been busy all week learning more about the products I sell. I had a good week running, mostly inside on the treadmill after the 15 miler last Sunday worn out my right leg. 31.4 miles total for the week with Friday and Saturday off. Today I ran 11.2 miles at 8:29/mi.; I took it easy and felt good. I do feel a twinge of pain now and then in my right knee, not when I am running, but at unpredictable times. I think running a marathon in January may be too soon and Boston may be a smarter goal. I'll get stronger and get use to running in the Adidas Boston, which are wonderful shoes but do stress my calf muscles.