North field. I did just a hint of pre-tempo towards the end of this run. I've been feeling better these last two weeks than the two weeks before them.
March 16, 2011 (30 minutes)
South field - the north field was locked. There were some kids have a kid track meet but any time our paths were about to cross they figured out who was boss fast enough.
Last 10 minutes were at a good clip. I felt good enough that I might want to try a real but modest tempo soon. "Real" here simply means there's a measured distance and a stopwatch involved, not that there's some particular standard to attain.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 (30 minutes)
30 minutes on the north field, with three deliberately fast laps at the end. I went pretty hard on those last three laps, because once I started picking up the pace, I figured I might as well push through hard since I'd only be running fast for a few minutes. I'll think of this sort of thing as pre-tempo. By the time my feet, ankles, achilles tendons, knees, IT bands, sore lower back, spasming upper back, sinus infection, and receding hairline finally decide it's okay to train for real, I'll hopefully have enough fitness that on the first tempo run my lungs don't just give up, saying that they never got the memo on this and simply aren't going to participate in heinous abuse.
Then I had a long talk with Julie and did a little weight room stuff.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 (30 minutes, 4x200)
I did a jog on the north field, feeling pretty good. Afterwards, I did a little core, then decided it wouldn't kill me to run faster a little bit on the track. I did 4x200 going 34, 32, 30, 29. None of it felt good, but I guess it really shouldn't considering I haven't done this in a long time. I enjoy the knowledge that I got to use a couple of different gears, even if they were rusty ones.
Gap
I've been running 30-40 minutes most days, but I don't feel like I'm getting very far. My feet semi-complain when I do more, and in general my body doesn't seem to be up for hard training. Still, I feel at least reasonably physically fit - sometimes there's a fast 10-minute segment in there that's keeping just a modicum of fitness around. I'm going to see if I can start stretching out the runs to be a little bit more serious in the next few weeks.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 (40 minutes)
Easy run around the north field. Felt fine, but my ankles are still a little sore.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 (40 minutes)
I've been feeling really up and down lately. My sinus infection still isn't completely gone. My ankles have been a bit sore, I guess from running on trails and streets with Will and Matt.
I really love the social side of running, especially since I'm not in college surrounded by peers any more, but most people don't want to run thirty laps on the infield just for the pleasure of my company while they do so.
All my tutoring was canceled today, so I went to track practice and gave some tips to the javelin throwers. The 40-minute run felt fine. The last 5 were quick, and aside from some soreness in my ankles, nothing complained very much.
Feb 3, 4
Thu 3: stopped after 7 minutes. My right achilles was tender.
Fri 4: stopped after 10 minutes for the same reason. The achilles seemed stronger than yesterday, but I didn't want to push my luck. I did the eccentric calf exercises. In general I have been feeling a bit messed up since being sick last weekend. I still have lingering sinus trouble and am just feeling off. Maybe I'll take this weekend to rest.
Jan 29 - Feb 2
Sat 29 - 40 minutes
Sun 30 - off, sick
Mon 31 - off, sick
Tue 1 - 20 min
Wed 2 - 30 min
Hopefully it's residual from being sick, but I felt tight and sore today, and decided to stop after half an hour. Metabolically I felt fine, but my lower back was very sore while I was sick, and my knees and legs were sore, too. Now that mostly feels better, but I was generally tight, and my right achilles tendon ached some, and the bottom of my left foot had some dull pain.
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