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November 22, 2004
Calf is Much Much Better!
Saturday Afternoon Run!
On Saturday afternoon I ran another 5 miles and felt my calf a little bit. I felt pretty good on the run and enjoyed a break from the field house. I worked as a supervisor in the field house all day on Saturday because there was a basketball tournament going on and they needed extra help. In the evening I had my graduate friends come over to the house where I was house sitting and we had dinner together and did some of our reading in front of the fireplace. The dog at the house rested on my stomach all night long in front of the fireplace. It was very nice.
Busy Sunday!
On Sunday morning I originally planned to do my 25-mile run. However, I had an appointment with a podiatrist sometime between 10-12 and did not think I'd have enough time to get 8 hours of sleep, walk the dog, and complete my run before 10 a.m. I was right. I got to the appointment and had to wait until 11:30 to be seen. The good news is that there is nothing going on with my calf. The doctor quickly identified the strain, a tendon that lies right below the ankle, which is commonly overworked when wearing racing flats. He recommended that I ice and use alleve. I was very happy to discover that nothing major was happening.
After the appointment I only had time for a ten-mile run. I felt great during the run. I ran the Arcadia loop and added on about 2 and a half miles by running the cross-country course first. While I was running on the dirt roads along the cornfield I opened up my stride and really started to feel good. I was happy to be feeling better after so many tentative days of running. When I got back I had to quickly pack up my things to drive to CT to attend my nephew’s induction into the Honor Society. Following the induction we had a birthday party for my other nephew. Apart from the meat concentrated dinner (corn beef and cabbage all cooked together) I had a great time. I am a partial vegetarian, just recently about 7 months ago I started to eat fish again, after not being any type of meet for over 10 years. At the party I had some mashed potatoes and tuna fish. It was a bit plain but the dessert was very good - a chocolate mini cake.
After the party I had to drive back up to MA to get some work done for school.
Monday's Good Day of Training
I had intended to get up at 5 a.m. and run 25 miles but it was so foggy and dark out that I whimped out. I was so aggravated. Instead I slept in and got up at 7 and began a 5-mile run. After the first mile I realized I had an additional assignment due at 9 a.m. for one of my classes that I had not even started. I turned around and sprinted back and got the assignment done before class. After my morning classes I worked at the library and completed a 10-mile run in the afternoon. I ran the cross-country course to start with because I want to run on trails as much as I can to duplicate the 50k championship course in December and then I ran the Northampton bike path loop through Florence. I felt pretty good and tried to get myself to slow down and relax so that I would feel fresh later in the day. I had a meeting at 3 that I had to attend and when that meeting was over I did another 4.5 miles. This week I am trying to do a 100-mile week as my longest training period before the 50k race. I did not want to mention that in my blog until I thought I could complete it. However, after my three runs today I am feeling fine. I took the alleve and had no problems at all with my calf today at all. Tomorrow is going to be my hardest day - I have to get up at 5 to do my 3 hour and 20 minute run. If I can make it past the first hour in the dark I should be fine. I really hope I can report a completion of this run tomorrow. Once I run that, I will have half of my mileage for the week completed.
Posted by mary at November 22, 2004 9:29 PM
Comments
Good luck on this week! And getting up early to run tomorrow! So glad to hear your calf is behaving! Meghan
Posted by: Meghan at November 22, 2004 11:49 PM
wow mar
good job w/all of your runs
how did this morning's three hour run go
i know you can do it
liz
Posted by: liz at November 23, 2004 10:51 AM
Thanks Liz.. the run this morning was good.. apart from my stomach issues.. it really wasn't so bad getting up so early.. thanks for your support and Meghan thanks for your support!
Posted by: Mary at November 23, 2004 10:56 AM