Hope To Run Again Before End Of The Year

Came back from the beach/wedding trip today. No workouts the last two days, but did spend a lot of time fighting/playing in the ocean waves. The family had great fun.

elliptical - 20:00

AirDyne - 6.2 miles - 19:56

I was able to squeeze in a workout today after court and before I leave for Maryland. Did another non-traditional triathlon of sorts. Wanted to do about 20 minutes of each. Swam first, then elliptical, and last was the Airdyne.

Swim - 1100 yards - 19:54

Elliptical - 20:00

AirDyne - 5.8 miles - 20:00

That's right it is no mistake, those are running miles, NOT crosstraining miles. I was out of town and really did not want to walk on the treadmill in the hotel's tiny fitness room. As a matter of fact I did not feel like walking at all. So I ran!

My warm up consisted of taking the stairs down from the 5th floor and walking in the parking lot until the Garmin found the satellites. I had stayed here once in May 2006 decided to run the same route I had before. Back then I ran a 23:34 for 3.06 miles. I had only been running for about 4 months at the time. And today I had not run in over 4 months. The first mile was downhill and I felt good. Second mile was uphill and I was tiring. The last mile was uphill and my legs started to tire, but my cardio was real good. So I ended up with an 8:13 avg. which I was happy with. Cooled down with a five minute walk in the parking lot, then it was back to the stairs up to the 5th floor.

Run - 3.06 - 25:09

am & all day - My legs are so sore. My quads hurt when I walk downhill or down stairs. They almost hurt just to touch them. I really cannot tell if there is any twinges or pain in the area of my stress fracture. I do not think there is. But my muscles are so sore it could be masking it. But my gut feeling is there was no harm done in this one run. But I will still wait at least until October 1st before deciding to begin running on a regular basis again.

pm - Sat in class for 6 hours, then rode in a car for 4 more. My legs were really stiff and sore when I got home. I decided to go for a quick ride before my family came home. Rode pretty hard and my legs were hurting. But I wanted to get home to see my wife and kids after missing them for 2 days.

Bike - 11.4 - 37:28

Quads still very sore, even more than yesterday. My wife says I am walking like an old man.

Went to the pool. Legs hurt some during freestyle and felt terrible on breaststroke. Swam a mile then went to the elliptical. I was fully prepared to skip this if my legs hurt. But I was very surprised that I could barely tell my legs were sore. So I set it on a low resistance and a flat course and "ran" for 30 minutes. Hopefully this soreness will not last but another day.

Swim - 1.02 - 33:46

Elliptical - 30 min.

Soreness a lot better today.  Only hurt when walking down stairs or downhill, even on the slightest grade.  But it was definitley better in the pool than yesterday.  Especially on breaststroke.

Same workout as yesterday.

Swim - 1.02 mile - 32:09

Elliptical - 30 min.

Next 2 days, with my work schedule, will be bike rides.

Well ran out of time to ride my bike. After the Sun went down just did not want to ride in the dark on a Saturday night. So I ran again. Most of the soreness is gone now. I ran 2 miles at what I would call a conversational pace. Legs hurt a little on the downhill. I still do not think I can feel anything with my stress fracture. But before I knew what it was I thought something was wrong with my quad. Maybe I will run 2 miles twice a week for awhile to see for sure. I will just take my running week by week.

2 miles - 8:48/8:24 - 17:12 (8:36 avg.)