Frustratingly, my leg seems to be fine as long as I'm not serious about training. I ran 30 minutes on Tuesday and 70 on Wednesday and Thursday, but this aggravated the pain in my right hamstring. Right now, I'm thinking I should lay off the running, and just focus on keeping myself fit and healthy while I settle into a new place and job. But I'm also disappointed about my inability to do anything serious.
Monday, July 20, 2009 (70 minutes)
I felt pretty good today. I ran from about 8:30 - 9:40 PM, so it was getting dark, and there was no one around on the field. My hamstring didn't bother me at all, even though the last 10 minutes were around 6:00 pace, and my legs felt strong underneath me.
I like the grass fields here - softer and more consistent than at Caltech. They're all the way across campus, and campus is much larger than at Caltech, but still it's pretty convenient.
July 16 - 19
Thursday 16th: 70 minutes
Friday 17th: 70 minutes
Saturday 18th: 50 minutes
Sunday 19th: off
There's not a lot to say about this running - I just do some laps on one of the fields, never getting below 6:30 pace or so. My hamstring seems to be okay, but not really improving.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 (30 minutes)
I played a solid 90 minutes of frisbee today, which was fun and a nice way to be social with the kids, but not very bright in terms of the hamstring thing. I kept the run short as some sort of stupid compensation. Instead I should just play board games during the day.
Tuesday, July 16, 2009 (70 minutes)
A nice run at night on the rugby field.
Wow, I just described something as "nice". I doubt I can get more generic than that if I try. But at the moment there's nothing much interesting about the runs, since serious training isn't really possible until my hamstring improves.
Monday, July 13, 2009 (70 minutes)
The mild strain in my hamstring still hasn't evaporated completely. Every time I get down under 5:45 or 6:00 pace I start to feel pain there at the top and back of my right leg, where it connects to my butt.
I've been dealing with it by pretty much not dealing with it - running three or four times a week for an hour, and nothing much else. But I ran with JR the other day, whose injury problems are at least an order of magnitude more persistent than mine. He's up to running 16 minutes a day, from a beginning of two. That's alongside his PT and core programs.
Seeing that JR is still set on running competitively, despite not racing on the track in years, gave me a jolt of motivation. So I'm resuming my core training and running as much as I can without aggravating my leg. Let's see how it goes.
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