The calf is finally starting to come around. Saturday I was able to run for an hour on the trails. I could feel it and I was waiting for it to flare up like it did during the 10K - but it never got worse.
Sunday I decided to see if “warming up” on the bike would help, so I rode for 90 minutes and followed that up with a 4 mile run. The calf was almost a non-issue after that. Now I’m not sure if that’s because it’s getting better or because the bike loosened it up.
Last night on the treadmill answers that question. The calf is getting better as I managed 7 pain-free miles.
As much as I’d like to watch the USA Women’s 10 Mile Championship with Kara Goucher and Katie McGregor and then sit along the Parkway with a big cup of coffee in my hand and watch the marathon, I’m still planning on TCM. So that leaves me with just under 4 weeks until the race. At the end of the season, I usually take a week or so off before running again. From experience I’ve learned that after that week off it takes about 3 weeks until I start feeling really good. Maybe this injury will be a blessing and I’ll be ready to roll just in time for October 5th.
Quote of the day;
“We are pleased to welcome Kara to a highly competitive field on October 5.” - Virginia Brophy Achman, in a press release announcing that Kara Goucher will be running the USA Women’s 10 Mile Championship in the Twin Cities
2 comments:
Your in great shape, don't forget that. You have time to really pull it together. My thought process was always that I was a little more rested, so get some hard runs to tie it together over the next month.
In 2004 I had:
April = 141 miles
May = 187 miles
June = 63 miles and 7 bike and 3 ellyptical workouts
July = 148 miles and 14 bike workouts
August = 300 miles
September:
9/1 12.0 (7:03)
9/2 6.2 (7:59)
9/3 3.5 (8:34)
9/4 19.3 w/ 20k (6:07)
9/5 16.0 (7:42)
9/6 8.2 (8:01)
9/7 5.0 (7:41) AM
10.5 w/ 6 x 800m
(2:35,37,33,34,33,29)
9/8 13.1 (7:40)
9/9 OFF
9/10 5.5 (8:21)
9/11 6.6 w/ 5k (5:25)
9/12 20.0 (6:44)
9/13 5.0 (7:42)
9/14 10.0 w/ 6 x 4:00 w/ 2:00 rest
9/15 OFF
9/16 8.0 (7:30)
9/17 5.6 (8:02)
9/18 10.0 w/ 8k (5:48)
9/19 17.3 (7:38)
9/20 OFF
9/21 5.0 (8:00)
9/22 5.0 (8:24)
9/23 5.0 (7:17) w/ 6 strides
9/24 3.3 (7:40)
9/25 8.2 w/ 8k (5:35)
9/26 11.3 (7:48)
9/27 OFF
9/28 4.0 (7:50)
9/29 6.0 w/ 2.0 (6:05)
9/30 OFF
10/1 4.1 (7:56) w/ 5 strides
10/2 2.0 (8:00)
10/3 A windy Lakefront in 2:46:52
A decent amount of sub thon pace worked for me. A few back to back hard workouts with ample recovery. Hopefully you can find something in there.
Double
YOU HAVE BEEN REDEEMED!
Oct. 5th will dawn cool and clear.
You will run 6:40 pace all day and not tire.
Your marathon ambitions will be fufilled.
Mark
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