Running For Trevor

No pup this morning so I just ran out around my neighborhood.  The weather is almost too good to be true.  I wished I were wearing shorts.  The 25mph headwind on the other hand was not so fun. :) 

Worked bicpes & core and did my 100 pushups.

8.25 miles on the treadmill.  I kept the incline at 1.5-2% and felt better than I have in a long time this morning.  My right shin is still bothering me with any increased speed.  I may have to bring back the ice baths.  brrrrr!

30 minutes weights.  worked chest and shoulders. 

8.5 miles on the treadmill.  I was going to just run easy today due to the shin pain I have been having but after a long slow warm-up I felt really good and decided to give the workout a try.  I iced all night last night and foam rolled so I felt fresh and ready to go.  4x1 mile repeats at 10k pace.  I made sure to be smart and promised myself I would stop at the first sign of any pain. 6:54, 6:49, 6:45, 6:58.  Started to feel a slight bit of pain in the shin/calve area during the last repeat so I slowed it down.  Overall I felt really great.

Foam rolled afterwards and slapped on the compression sleeves. 

PM:  2.5 miles nice and easy

weights, planks and 100 pushups

7.25 miles nice and easy.  I can still feel the shin/calve and it is definitely in the tibula area.  It is not really painful just there and gets progressively more apparent the longer or harder I run.  I don't think it is anything serious but it is enough for me to skip any hard paced workouts for the rest of the week.  Maybe I'll even resort to cross-training for a day...... 

5 miles at 8:00 minute pace.  I pushed the emergency stop button as soon as I started to feel the slightest pain in my right leg.  I would normally run through something like this but I am trying to be smart.  I am also planning to do my LR tomorrow so I saw no sense in pushing myself today.

Jumped on the elliptical and finally ran a sub-20 5k!!!!!!!!!  Woo hoo! 19:15!  Kept the resistance at 9 and finished with a puddle of sweat.  I tried to take a picture to confirm this but I was moving so fast all I ended up with was a big blur.  By this point everyone in the gym was starring at me so you will just have to take my word.

I think I could maybe beat Andrea in a 5k on the elliptical. ha ha we should totally line up a treadmill next to an elliptical and race it out. :)

PM:  2.25 miles with the pup.  So nice out!!!

I wanted to get me LR done today.  I am headed up to a bball game in North SLC tonight and know I wont get home until close to midnight so I decided it would make sense to just get it done so I'm not worried about it tomorrow.  I have never ran more than 12-13 miles on the treadmill but chose the treadmill for 3 reasons.

1.  I don't like running outside in the dark alone.

2.  I didn't want my leg to start bothering me halfway through and be stuck 6-8 miles from my house.  I am stubburn and know I would have kept running.

3.  It made sense to run on a soft flat surface since my shin has been bothering.

That said it went surprising well.  I'm not sure if it was the IB profin 800 I took before the run or wearing my compression sleeves but my shin/calve hardly seemed to bother me which was a major relief.  I kept the pace fairly consistent and ended with 16 miles in 2:06.  I was definitely tiring out towards the end and have lots of work to do when it comes to endurance.  Endurance is definitely my weakness but it felt good today to keep my pace consistent.  I took a gel at mile 9 and kept the incline at 1% the entire run.

And I now have the weather report memorized for the next 3 days as well as everything going on with the political debate.  Two straight hours of watching the news was a little much. :)

Planned on running outside around the lake in Saratoga Springs where my parents live but I totally wussed out when I woke up to pooring rain and 30mpw.

Went to the golds in AF and ran 8.25 on the treadmill in 64 minutes.  I ran semi fast simply because I wanted to get the heck out of there.  It was like 356 degrees and there was nothing good on TV.  I'm pretty sure I sweated off at least 20lbs.  So glad I decided to get my LR done on Friday because I was definitely not feeling it today.

Did my 100 pushups after running.