Yesterday's Run

Went out with Mark, Justin and Drew for a short 3 mile run yesterday on the bike path. Those 3 are tapering for their respective races coming up this weekend so I knew they would be running kinda slow. I was thinking of only going 2 miles, but I told myself if my right shin feels good I will do 3.

Total: 3.1 miles
28:44 min

The whole run felt great! And as of this morning it still feels great!

I signed up for the Cox Road Races 5K in Providence this weekend. I plan on just going out there and having fun and not going for a PR. The company I work for is paying for anyone who wants to run it...Which is awesome!

Bike ride today!

LAter!

Its Official

I finally signed up for one of the Triathlons I will be doing this year.... The Crabman Sprint Tri. I am really excited for this one. I am still up in the air about signing up for the Mystic Sprint Tri. It depends how fast I can recover from this right shin injury and get myself back to normal running by mid May. I did a 2 mile run yesterday with no pain...but I also only ran around a 10 min mile pace. I really wanted to go faster and longer! But I knew I needed to keep it slow and steady. I might go for another 2 mile run tomorrow. Also last night I did the Monday Spin and Swim! That spin class really kicks my butt and to jump in the pool and swim 1300 meters just makes for a good training session. Wish me luck on my run tomorrow!

Mile Run

I went for a run at lunch time yesterday to test out my right shin. I felt a little tightness but no pain. I will have to say I didn't expect to feel pain since it never hurt that bad to begin with. It always just felt like a bruise or something. Anyways, I did a mile and was pretty happy on how it felt. I actually did the mile in 9:34, a little faster then I wanted to, but I didn't once look at my Garmin to check out my pace. I am going for another short run on Saturday.

Friday I hope to get a nice bike ride in. The weather is going to be beautiful!!!

Update and Stuff

Well hopefully I will get a chance to test out my shin and do a short run at lunch time. It doesn't hurt at all while I am walking, only if I touch it and that isn't to bad either. So wish me luck!

On the brighter side, my swimming and biking is coming along great. This extra time I have had to focus on those 2 sports has really made a difference. I just can't wait to get some open water swims in soon. Laps in the pool is getting old. I have been riding my mountain bike for the past few weeks so beginning next week I will start using my road bike. I am waiting on a few things from the bike shop to come in.

Anyways....Happy Wednesday!

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Bike Path Ride

Went for a nice ride on the bike path today. There were tons of people running, walking and riding! I took my camera along and snapped some pics:Saw some turtles enjoying the nice warm sun!



I also ran into Mark and Drew:


13.5 miles total for me. I really need to improve my the bike! This time off from running will give me a chance to get my butt in gear and jump on the bike some more! No word from the Doctor yet.

Good News or Bad News

I am waiting for the Doctor to give me a call. Either he will tell me I have a stress fracture in my right Tibia or don't. I can actually say thinking about this injury for the past few days is keeping me up at night. I will be extremely upset with myself if it is a stress fracture. It would be totally my fault. I strayed away from my training plan and increased my running distance to fast (or at least I think I did). Reading online about other who have had a stress fracture talk about intense pain....well I don't have intense pain. I am just really hoping it is not a fracture. I can deal with shin splints or just anything but a fracture!!!!!
So I guess we will wait until tomorrow to find out. Actually, I hope they can see something because I have been reading that the initial xray normally does not show a fracture....ahhhhhh this is driving me crazy!!!!!

On a brighter note, I did 1500 meters in the pool tonight and I am looking forward to tomorrow's bike ride at lunch!

Later!

Easter Long Run and Monday Swim

AFter Easter dinner I went for my weekend long run. First 10 miler ever!

1 hr 39min

M1 - 9:47
M2 - 10:00
M3 - 9:35
M4 - 9:53
M5 - 10:01
M6 - 9:53
M7 - 10:08
M8 - 10:14
M9 - 9:46
M10 - 9:37

I felt fine the whole run. I had to keep slowing myself down. After the run I thought to myself I could have gone another 5K but would probably walk run the rest of the way. I guess that would be fine with me. Just to finish a half marathon is a great accomplishment! I am still deciding if I want to do the Half or not.

Oh and last night I did 1300 meters in the pool.

Thursday = Track Day and Other Stuff

The guys ran to the URI track today (except for Justin..pffft). It was my first time doing 800s. Here is the break down:

3 x 800 goal pace was @ 4:05 with a 400 recovery
800 - 4:02
400 - 2:26
800 - 4:07
400 - 2:28
800 - 4:05
400 - 2:28

After I was done with my 800s I had some time to kill waiting for the others to finish up so I added another mile to my mileage on the track. Then the run back to work was great. I felt really good.

Totals
7 miles
1 hr 5 mins 50 secs

Recently I have been really happy with my running. All my run training is really paying off. I am a little concerned that I might be extending my runs a little longer then they need to be since I am not really training for distance at the moment. Weekend long runs of 7 and 9 miles seems a bit much. But after last weekend's 9 miler, I feel I could train and get myself ready to at least finish a half marathon. The thought has crossed my mind a lot this week. The only thing I am concerned with is injuring myself going to far to fast. I am going to give it another week and also see how Saturday's 9 mile run goes. If I decide to run the half marathon in May, my goal will be to finish, nothing more. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Today's Bike Ride

Ride on the Bike Path

12 miles

50:49

Average - 14.2 (slow!)

Some of the slower times are due to the strong winds...but I still need a lot of work on the bike!

M1 - 4:38

M2 - 3:57

M3 - 4:01

M4 - 4:05

M5 - 3:37

M6 - 5:40

M7 - 4:43

M8 - 3:47

M9 - 3:43

M10 - 3:50

M11 - 4:27

M12 - 4:11

Sunday Long run

Finally went and did my run to the beach! using Mapmyrun it was 8.55 miles, but I found that to be a little off.

9.38 miles
1hr 31min 51sec
9:47 pace

M1 - 9:28
M2 - 9:48
M3 - 9:32
M4 - 9:41
M5 - 9:57
M6 - 9:31
M7 - 10:02 (started to feel the burn!)
M8 - 10:06
M9 - 10:07
M.38 - 3:36

I would be lying if I told you it didn't hurt after mile 7. My legs are a little sore today.
I will not do spin class tonight, probably just swim.

Happy Opening Day!
GO REDSOX!