Describe Your Running Today, Part II

40' farewell to spring tour today....bring on the heat and humidity.....i'm ready......i think.....

Sunday: off

Monday: 50' hilly run

Tuesday: 75' easy, lifting

Wednesday: 20' w/u, 5 x 1600m @ 100% vVO2max, 20' c/d

Thursday: 45' recovery run

Friday: off

Saturday: 60' tempo

Keep up the good work, all!

I didn't want to take 2 of the last 3 days off, so I snuck out for 4 this morning. Took a quick shower, then back in the sack. No harm done!

Keep up the good work, all!

33 minutes

...46' with moderate humidity....sluggish at the start, but things improved after the first 10' or so....wondering what i can do for a 5k.....will find out next week....

Medical Update: (not that anyone cares)

After a thorough evaluation it was discovered that I have a leg length discrepancy, a spur on my left achilles tendon on the back of the calcaneus, a badly inflexible left achilles and ankle, a MONSTER case of PF and a stiff left hip.

My right side is fine.

I am looking at 4-6 weeks of not running a step, heavy stretching and ultrasonic therapy. I am biking some and can walk carefully for 30 minutes a day, but was STERNLY warned that any overuse will just aggravate the PF and set me back even further.

WARNING: IF YOU GET AN INJURY DO NOT RUN THROUGH IT.

gonzo wrote:

Medical Update: (not that anyone cares)

After a thorough evaluation it was discovered that I have a leg length discrepancy, a spur on my left achilles tendon on the back of the calcaneus, a badly inflexible left achilles and ankle, a MONSTER case of PF and a stiff left hip.

My right side is fine.

I am looking at 4-6 weeks of not running a step, heavy stretching and ultrasonic therapy. I am biking some and can walk carefully for 30 minutes a day, but was STERNLY warned that any overuse will just aggravate the PF and set me back even further.

WARNING: IF YOU GET AN INJURY DO NOT RUN THROUGH IT.

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Hi Gonzo. Sorry to hear about your running ailments. Hope these sort themselves out soon. I do agree up to a point about running through injuries. i always say, let pain be the guide. If something is not hurting you too, too badly then it's okay to run very lightly.

My story. A hamstring strain has sidelined me for nearly one month, plus this stupid freak tripping incident last week aggravated h-string pull.

more swimming. feeling good, but more swimming.

Best recovery wishes to those down. Just remember: no hurry. Fix it properly. All the swimming is making me feel like i am rebuilding my aerobic engine, as a recent bike expedition showed... (below)

weekend: end of season gathering for kids athletics with families. highlights: a giga relay, 500m x 13 runners x 6 inter-generational teams on a course made with bales of hay as markers. way cool. 2 hrs mtb bike ride on the steepest, stone-ridden descent i have ever done. felt great.

the day before yesterday: 120x25 swim. last 10x50m hard.

yesterday. 40mins swim, one lap hard, one lap slow.

today remains to be seen..."carpe diem" driske would say...and i would add ...and (respectfully) don't let those who have discovered Life before you, limit your will for exploration...

Thanks victoria, bc

Good luck to all the others, especially the over-40's, in their recoveries.

You take your running for granted at times, until you can't anymore.

16 miles on the recumbent bike. Tomorrow's goal is 15 on the MTB.

Tour de France is a week off, I now watch it on Versus with renewed interest.

2 weeks to PF evaluation. I can feel the fire fading away.

Annoying to get older (53), and you younger guys? Women are just as whacky when they get to this age as they are in their 20's and 30's.

Don't try to figure them out.

I lurk, hoping that the glory days of part 1 might return to this thread, but, to no avail. As long as Rundog keeps pulling stunts like that, this thread will remain a waste of bandwidth. Rundog singlehandedly destroyed part 1, and sent a dozen or two top runners packing. But that wasn't enough. Now he has to go to other forums and try to destroy them too. I know some part 1-ers lurk at Skuj's forum, and no matter how many new "names" appear in this thread whenever an incident occurs, the wool is not pulled over our eyes. You even got one of the most famous lady age-group wr-holders dissing you, Rundog. Congratulations.

10 miles on the MTB, but there were thunderstorms in the area so I wimped out on my planned 15 miles.

I'm allergic to lighting.

Running Dogg wrote:

Wednesday-Friday: camping trip, no running

I thought we might see some kind of comment out of you, but then you slide that great big lie in there. Let me guess - no computer either, right?

Gonzo,

Best o f times as you heal and deal with the injury.

The week after grandma's went by fast. Only 1 run, an easy 10K on trails.

One of my buddies is slipping back into alcoholism. He used to finish the race and then drink, but friday night it was on his breath at the starting line.

The man has already 4owi's to his resume, and seems to have all the answers well memorized.

Any words of wisdom? I'm all ears.

Too strange.

1:56 on Rib Mountain.(9.6 miles)2000 feet verticle.

26' easy in prep for holiday racing....i'm a fan of the diamond model, so this is my only lower volume day....of course, tomorrow is a day off....easy goal for friday is sub 24' (3M)....more challenging goal is sub 22:30....i'll let you know....

31 minutes and striders

50' tempo on a very nice day!

Keep up the good work, all!

3km barefoot in the park very slowly.

More swimming. Bike commute.

Many thanks to Wejo and Mods for restoring the thread.

driske come back: systems normal.