Training Log Archive: Sandy

Started a yoga class at school; first time I've ever tried a real class and not just working out of a book. Nice stretches and several poses that worked my arms. Can't bend my knees very far so have to modify a few considerably.

C • Hmm, still 113. I didn't offer... 2

Couldn't figure out why my arms were so sore today until I remembered a doozy of a fall I took yesterday when I caught my foot under some barbed wire and went sprawling. No damage, but obviously my arms must have taken my weight.

OK race. Sloppy in several spots but always knew where I had to be once I decided I wasn't where I wanted to be. Totally ran out of juice at the end though.

Event: CNYO A meet
 

CNYO - middle distance. One bad control (#2) and one leg where I hesitated a lot despite having a huge catching feature (#4) but good after that.

Got tangled up in some sort of flora on the way to #2 and came out of some junk with huge pricker pods matted in my hair. Luckily some folks helped me get them out at the finish. Painful!

CNYO sprint. Not a very good race. Lost time on several controls - just wasn't really into it for some reason. But had fun anyway.

:)

C • Hot damn. Nice work. Now you j... 3

TNT - Clem, Dasha, Eric
Very easy running with Dasha around the soccer fields at the high school since there was a football game on the track. Knees were fine so I'm sticking with the theory that it was my shoes. Didn't want to push anything though.

TNT - with Jim and Bob...sort of...

A totally screwed up workout but I'm bummed enough that I'm counting the whole time I was out of the house...

Ran down to the drive and knees were painful but they often are when I start since it's downhill and on asphalt for a short time. Planned on a slowish 5 miles but within the first half mile I was in severe pain - shooting stabs from both knees. Although sometimes it's very short-lived, this time it was getting worse. I had to stop and convinced Jim and Bob to go on without me. Tried to jog - hurt too much. Walked a bit, tried again, and realized it wasn't getting better so turned around and headed home. Noticed that on the slight uphill, no pain. Kept trying to jog a bit, but after 5 strides back came the pain. Got to the bottom of the hill and decided to try running up it. No pain! So I did 4 hill repeats ( http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=446144 ) but had to walk slowly back down each time. Splits were 1:38, 2:40, 1:35, 2:32, 1:32, 2:46, 1:26. Then jogged all the way home. Have been icing since I got back.

I think the problem was the shoes I wore today, but it could be from not wearing my brace all day Sunday, or any of a dozen other things.

C • oh no, hope this is a strange fluke 3