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December 29, 2006
Week of December 25th
Monday- rest (feeling totally exhausted, running-wise)
Tuesday- 1. 45 minutes with 1.5 miles at 6:40 pace on the dreadmill; 2 core
Wednesday- rest (leg hurts, see below)
Thursday- 1. 1 hour flat and easy, dreadmilling in Mexico; 2. core
Friday- rest from running; 1. 1 hour spinning on the trainer; 2. CrossFit; 3. yoga 45 minutes; 4. core
Saturday- rest from running; 1. 1 hour spinning on the trainer; 2. lifting; 3. yoga 45 minutes; 4. core
Sunday- 3:15 hill snowshoe long run, Snow Pass Trail, Glen Creek Trail, and Bunsen Peak Trail loop
I decided to call Monday a rest day as I was just plain dead to the world, running-wise. Then Tuesday, I felt all better again, so I hopped back on the dreadmilll. In the middle of the workout, my leg began to hurt, so I called it quits right away. My leg continued to hurt on Wednesday, aching mostly, so I took another rest day. My leg felt fine running on Thursday, but ached somewhat afterwards.
The pain seems to be soft tissue stuff, I think where a part of my calf attaches near my knee. I think the pain is coming from running so much flat, hard, unvaried stuff this week. I'm going to take the rest of this week very, very easy until that pain is gone. I was planning a rest week this week in any case, just not quite as restful as this week is developing into. I'm not going to sweat it too much at this point, so long as I heal!
As of Saturday, my leg is feeling much, much better. The yoga is making all the difference, I think. I really need to stick to doing yoga when I'm away from home, as yoga continues to solve the little issues that my body throws at me through this training process. I'm planning a low-impact snowshoe run for Sunday, to ring out 2006 most appropriately. It will be a good test for my leg.
My leg felt pretty good on Sunday's snowshoe run. I'm feeling much more confident that it's going to be okay. Note to self: It's not good to run a few dozen miles on a running surface that one's body isn't accustomed to running on. I learned my lesson and hopefully next week's training won't be hindered by this issue.
Posted by Meghan at December 29, 2006 3:48 AM
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Hope you get rested up and recovered! Treat those legs right!
Posted by: Beth at December 29, 2006 11:20 AM
Hey Meghan, nice to see u back, take care. The hypothesis "running so much flat, hard, unvaried stuff" sounds likely. Walk, get back to nature, you'll be ok in no time :) Yesterday I ran 12K on the dunes-and-maritime-pines-lined Feniglia beach on the outskirts of Rome, no wind, no clouds (almost like springtime!)... it was better than physiotherapy... Happy New Year, corrado
Posted by: corrado giambalvo at December 30, 2006 5:50 AM