Training Log Archive: loribuckley

The run was decent. I haven’t been feeling well for a few days and it just finally got me down and 2 hrs seemed like a lot this week. My plan was to try some new things to help me mentally focus. The only thing I could get out of the parking using was a new pair of shoes. After a mile, I switched the insoles with those in a spare pair and that seemed to help. By the end of the run, they were working pretty good and should be a good option for the race. Even with this drama, I ran the trail in the same time as always.

I’ve been tired, cold and I have a very specific type of rash. Hopefully it will be better in a week to 10 days. Also I’ve figured out how to tape my ankles to keep the pain down. I’ll keep alternating days w and w/o tape so they don’t get too weak.

Hope all is well with you.

About the same time as other 5ks. This was a fairly flat race; just a couple of hills. This time I was able to keep it more consistent. I can’t tell if I achieved a negative split. I forgot to stop my watch. It was close. I’m not sure why the time was as long. My pace was almost always 10:40 to 11:05. There were a few times I slowed because of the crowd but it didn’t seem that often.
For the most part this felt hard but good.

This was a decent run. The hill walk irritated my foot. At about the half way mark, I dropped the incline to 6%. Any higher than hurt my foot.

Upper body, core and rolling out legs. I did some ankle stretches and then taped my left ankle for tomorrow’s run.

This was a decent run. You didn’t list the amount of time between each interval. I went with 2 min. The first interval was a bit slower @ 11:20. The remainder were at 11:10. I struggled a bit w the last one and slowed it down by 5 sec for about 30 seconds and then finished. My calf started to cramp a bit during the cool down.
I took the tape off my foot for the rest of the day and it was generally ok.

Core and legs
This particular routine always makes some of leg muscles cramp. After the routine, I spent 10 minutes rolling them out. I left a small amount of my ankle taped but plan on removing after tomorrow’s run.

Slow easy run. I taped my foot and it seemed to make a difference. I did some walking, sprints and regular running on both up and downhills.
I took the tape off at home and it still has tender spots. I’ll keep working through it until I get it done right.