Category: Training
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Boston Marathon Training 2014
Thursday night I finally sat down and updated my Boston Marathon Training work sheet. I was doing okay with the training ramp up until my treadmill/knee incident on January 19th. My goal miles for January were 122.3 but I only managed 81.09. A lot of those miles were on the treadmill so I could avoid…
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First Run in 24 Days!
Getting back to racing after an injury takes patience.
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Road to Boston Continues
My Road to Boston continues I had my second appointment with my physical therapist and she said I could start running again! She had me run on the treadmill for about 10 minutes and I didn’t have any pain. While I was running and walking at various speeds she checked my cadence and my arm…
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Improve your form and avoid injury
Check out this article from Runner’s World titled “Fully Fit”. (broken link – sorry) This 2011 article By Sarah Lorge Butler describes a series of whole body strengthening exercises that she learned from Olympic coach John Cook. There are a lot of exercises here and most can be done without equipment. In the article Sarah…
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Time on my hands
Instead of time on my feet, I now have time on my hands Due to my knee issue, I’ve been advised not to run for the next 7-10 days. I’ve managed to catch up on all of my DVR’d Colbert Report shows and we are making a dent in the backlog of John Stewart’s The…
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Janathon Day 15
Janathon Continues My running is spotty but my writing is consistent. Well, the writing may be spotty as well. Tuesday night I went to my gym and ran on the treadmill. It was raining out and I have brand new Brooks Adrenaline shoes. I didn’t want to mess them up on the first run; maybe…