Running against the wind, week of 4/21~

[Veronica]

Do some yoga.

V.

[solobiker]

I went out for a little over 4 miles today. This is the longest run I have done in a few years. My darn hamstrings always seem to tighten right up. Have to focus more of my time on Yoga and stretching. I am not getting any younger

[kelownagirl]

I missed my run on the weekend - just didn't feel up to it. Today, I went for a run at school, 1 k alone, 3 with the kids and another alone. Only took 4 - 1 min walk breaks. Hopefully, next week, I can 15 minutes with 1 min breaks.

[alpinerabbit]

35 min s-l-o-w-j-o-g along the banks of the Danube in Vienna yesterday. Still tip-toeing the line to where my shins are getting worse.
I have a 5.8K relay leg to run on May 17; I´ll do whatever I want that day even if it means another no-run month.

I went back to the hotel room to do hot-cold showers on shins (no dip pool by the sauna); that made them feel real good.

Again, running makes it better before it comes back the next morning - lucky muscle ache is not getting worse, it is just like a transient, deep ache that moves around the shin / tibialis area, sometimes it´s a burning feeling too but it is the muscle itself.. I need another series of trigger pt. massage there, and all the way along my right leg up to the hip.

it´s so weird all these little achy overloaded spots are on my right leg. Leg length, could it have something to do with it? I´m getting paranoid.

[Kimmyt]

I'm so happy. Started increasing by 10% last week and I feel GREAT. Today did almost 3 miles on the dreadmill, and at no point did I feel bad. In fact, my legs felt great. I also got on the bike for the first time yesterday (I know, it's shameful), and no residual pain except for the usual early season butt-adjustments.

So this week its three runs at 2.9 miles and then next week I can do a 5k! Once I get to 3 mile runs I'm very psyched because I can run outside during work. I hate the treadmill, especially in this spring weather when it's warm and balmy and sunny out.

I'm also psyched to ramp up the miles because I've been having a bad body image week, aided by the possibility that my pants I'm wearing today may have shrunk. I feel like I gained weight and feel gross all around, but I don't really think I have, so hopefully it's the pants.

Cross my fingers, anyway.


K.

[teigyr]

I ran almost five miles of hills last night. I felt a bit sluggish but did about the same as I always do time and distance-wise so perhaps it was in my mind?

The strange thing was on the downhills, my HR was dropping faster than I've ever seen it. I guess I won't complain but my max was 11 bpm less than last week and my average was about 20 bpm lower. I'm not sore today so maybe I didn't push it enough.

Kimmyt, you DID was those pants in hot water, didn't you?

[roadie gal]

4 miles on the treadmill again, after an hour's bike on the trainer. It's snowing again so I'm inside.

I've done a the first week of my triathlon training plan without messing up. Yay!