Training Log Archive: itsmartin

Fat Glass 50k

Beer, beer, more beer and pulled pork. Awesome.

This is a five mile loop in Bridle Trails Park that starts and finishes are a SRC member's house. When the gun goes off you drink a beer and then you run a lap. You drink another beer at the end of every lap and your final time is when you finish your last beer.

I got 3rd overall.

Tone of people started way too fast and except for my last lap I was pretty steady. I also seem to be able to drink a beer really quickly compared to all these other runners... I got several compliments on my 'transitions'.

What a fun event.

My right quad held up just fine. In fact, it got better the more I ran. Of course I also got more tired but cool that my injuries don't prevent me from running. I had zero expectations going in so this was a nice surprise.

This 28 year old guy (new SRC member) killed it and won about 40 minutes ahead of me. 2nd place was only about 10 minutes ahead of me.

I forgot to stop my GPS, my actual finishing time was 4:33.

treadmill run

5 min at 8:00
25 min at 7:30
5 min at 7:00
4 min at 6:30
1 min at 6:00

Interestingly my right quad kills doing day-to-day shit but running it's okay? I was pretty sore after I got off the treadmill. This is going to take a lot longer to heal up than I thought. :(

Right quad still feels like someone kicked the hell out of it. Massive charley horse. My right knee is still a little swollen.

walk home from bus stop

elliptical trainer

13 incline, 13 resistance
cadence around 140 to start, mid 150s at the finish
heart rate around low 130s at the finish

Just testing my right knee and hip and they both passed. My knee is still swollen though.

On the upside, my cold is going away.

walk home from bus stop

walk home from bus stop

Right knee is still wicked big. And purple. And stiff.

The cut on my hip seems to be knitting together? Here's hoping, that thing was deep.

What felt like a cold coming on Sunday is a cold now. Rats.

Oh man, my right knee and hip are messed up. :( Turns out I only felt as good as I did during the race after my fall from the adrenaline, etc. Now that I have been sitting around for a while my knee is huge (swollen) and totally bruised.

Not to mention I am quite sore. Not just from running, from all the falling.

It took eight bandages, one of them pretty big (my hip) to cover all the cuts.

I am tired of falling down!