Learning from my injury

The more I talk to experienced runners and do my reading, the more I see how wrong I was training. I was not allowing my body to rest correctly. I was putting in the miles, but my pace was all off. I didnt have too much of a range of pace between my hill runs to my tempos to my long run. They all were too similar and my body just got overloaded and over worked. As soon as this knee gets better I will make sure my long runs are at least a minute slower than marathon pace and that my tempos are actually tempos and my hill runs are actually hill runs. It was only a matter of time before my body gave out and luckily it did with 80 days left to the marathon which gives me enough time to recover and get healthy then get back out on the road correctly and finish this program and get to the starting line healthy and ready to finish.

Leg update 2.0

Got some bad and some good news. Was told by my chiropractor who is a close friend of the family and also a runner that I need to take off another week from running. Not what I wanted to hear but at least I know I can still run just need more time to recover. For now I am doing 2 adays in the gym doing an hour on the bike in the morning and an hour on the elliptical after work.

Leg update

Ran a 4 miler yesterday on the track to see how the leg felt. I was pain free until 3 miles then felt some discomfort. I stopped a couple times to stretch which helped a lot. I am looking forward to running again tonight on a longer run of up to 8 miles and seeing how the leg reacts. Might need to take some walk breaks to help recover and get this leg back. I am waking up early every morning and rolling and stretching my leg, as well as stretching before the run and after. Let's hope this doesnt stop me from my marathon in May. I think the trip to london is a perfect time so it gives my leg some rest. Ill still run when I can but short miles and just to keep my base.

Bad wheel

Well after my 15.5 miler last Sunday, my knee really started to hurt during the run, and as soon as I stopped the pain was intense and almost made it hard to walk. I went to a ortho yesterday and was told it was either an inflamed IT band which is normal for runners or its a lateral meniscus problem. I dont want to spend 500 for an MRI right now, so ill roll the crap out of it with my roller, stretch a lot more, ice every day and take ibuprofen daily no matter what. I will also change my shorter runs with cross training and focus my energy on my longer runs. blah..

Been a while

Been a while since my last post.

Training is going well. I am running well and fast. Had a 10K race in the blizzard last weekend and missed my PR by 11 seconds in the wind and snow..so Ill take that as a win.

I embark on the longest run of my life tomorrow..16 miles..and to add insult..or adventure..next weekend I will be going 1 mile longer.

I am looking forward to the flower city half marathon where I can hopefully have a good race and beat my previous half marathon time set at the rochester half last sept where I had my first race and fell in love with running.

On the sad note my IT band on my left knee has been aching. I now have to do more stretching and icing. I have to take care of this 30 year old body better haha.