Marathon
Well, my right calf is still sore. It doesn’t seem to be getting any better. It hurts at the top of the muscle, below the knee. It is most noticeable when I’m running, but also when I squat down (as to pick up Jillian from the floor). Stretching helps for a bit (maybe 10 minutes), […]
I completed my longest training run before the marathon today. I managed 20.25 miles at 9:41 minutes per mile. Slower than I’d like to run in the marathon, but faster than I had planned today and that included a large number of interruptions. Traffic lights, crosswalks, traffic and even a train slowed me down a […]
Nine weeks ago last Sunday I started training for the Austin Marathon in earnest. I’ve made it this far without any major injuries and with only a few minor ones (sore knees, small muscle pulls). I’m at the halfway point time wise, but still have the majority of my planned training miles to go. I’ve […]
Last Saturday I had a 10 mile run scheduled. I was a little nervous because the week before I had barely completed a 9 mile run. I decided to go down to Lady Bird Lake (Town Lake) and run the trail there with the rest of the runners in Austin. I’d never been before, […]