Training Log Archive: DWildfogel

Nine Front-of-House loops: 644, 613, 602, 549, 555, 555, 555, 553, 539. Achilles kept me from going any faster. Combined with the fog and 48 degree temp (not to mention all the leaves on my running path), not a real fun run. I had applied heat to my heel before going out, rode the stationary bike for a few minutes, jogged for a few minutes, but still, I was limping on the first loop. Took a couple of miles to feel somewhat loose, and settled into all those 5:55's to keep my heel from hurting any worse.

The usual weekly accumulation of morning stretching.

Body is still pretty tired and achilles is very sore. Thought about doing exercycle, step-ups, hard walking, etc., but planning for our Christmas trip wound up occupying the whole day (as it has for most of the past week - or is it the past month?!).

Theraband, weights, core, achilles. Nearly full sets of everything as my ribs are feeling much better.

Rancho San Antonio. Hadn't run here in a long time. Since I had an errand down the hill anyway, figured it would be nice as both a change and because it's 15 degrees warmer there than up near home. Ran to the end of Rogues Valley and back. (Remember when I used to do this run in just over 40 mins, but that was with a different body.)

My Achilles really did not want to run today, but since I'd gone all the way to Rancho, I pushed through. Did some extra warm up and stretching, and started very slowly (couldn't really go any faster anyway), but it never got real loose. Still, my overall time was comparable to a run I did here 5 years ago, and I actually did the return part faster today. So, I suppose, all is not lost.

Out: 28:19; Back 23:00 [Out is uphill, especially the last 3/4 of a mile.]

Theraband, core. Will save the weights for another day, partly to see if I can isolate which exercises are hurting my ribs (which actually feel considerably better today).

Front of house loops (8): 6.32, 6.03, 5.57, 5.50, 5.49, 5.42, 5.38, 5.16. Sunny but chilly (45 deg). Achilles was very sore. Warmed up a little extra and started the run very slowly. Though it was OK over the last 10 mins, it never felt good (and was very stiff and tender a couple of hours later).

Due to all the leaves piled onto the margins where I run, wore my old orienteering shoes for traction.

Weights, theraband, core. Pushed a little more than recently because my ribs were feeling considerably better. Alas, a few hours later they were feeling considerably worse. I'll have to be more careful with those exercises for a while longer.