Training Log Archive: maprunner

Possum Trot cancelled the local meet today due to low temps. I admit that I would not want to be working at the meet, but the competition would have been fun. And cold weather doesn't bother me. (About 10 years ago, pre-Web site, PTOC called Mike and I to tell us a meet had been cancelled. The forcast was for single digit temps, and an ice storm. We were the only people they called, because they thought we were the only people who would still have shown up!)

So I dressed up and headed out to PNS. Walked a few minutes to warm up, stretched my calf, and started jogging. The calf/tendon felt fine. I did two loops on the bottom and two loops up the hill. I was a little overdressed (no shorts in winter a la Valerie for me). I wore heavy gloves; I should have worn my lightweight liners. I kept taking them off and putting them back on, so I alternated between hot hands and freezing hands (it was 10-12 degrees).

At one point I was distracted by animal tracks in the light dusting of snow, and I stumbled and bashed my knee. Now I have a nice bump, and I can tell this will develop into one of those really colorful bruises.

But I was very pleased with the way I moved today. The leg felt fine, and I was able to jog for long stretches at a time. Could I be attaining a tiny bit of fitness?????

Leg felt OK, but decided to ice it afterwards just in case.

Decided to bounce instead of run through the woods, since my calf/achilles was stiff all day. Bouncing felt fine; no strain on the leg at all. And it's fun to bounce while watching the Olympics. It helped me to forget about my stressful day at work.

I planned to walk/jog on the trails at Wyandotte, but I forgot my O shoes. Since the trails were either frozen with a dusting of snow, or thawed mud slicks, I had to change my plan. So I jogged/walked around the fields.

My right leg still hurts. Is it my calf? or achilles? I've never had a sports injury (because I've never trained :) I didn't try to jog until I had warmed up, and the leg felt fine at first. My when I tried to jog up a slight incline, I felt it again. It doesn't hurt; it's just noticably not normal.

So, home to RICE the leg a little bit, before we head into Lawrence to celebrate MIke's b-day with his folks.