Tues. Feb. 8: Ran 4 quarter-mile sprints, with a quarter-mile walk in between each. My times were: Lap 1: 1:08; Lap 2: 1:10; Lap 3: 1:18; Lap 4: 1:19. I slightly improved my times from two weeks ago. Still a painful endeavor. Still unenjoyable. It definitely makes the other runs feel like walks in the park! My legs feel pretty good today. They feel somewhat fatigued, but not sore. My knees are no longer tender, and I did not feel any issue with them while sprinting or walking.
Wed. Feb. 9: Ran approx. 3.1 miles over the noon hour today in 26:01. Felt fairly good. My legs seemed to fatigue fairly quickly, and I had the side ache issue again. Otherwise, a good run.
Thurs. Feb. 10: power hiked up a rather steep hill (took just over 2 minutes to reach the top), and ran back down the hill in order to practice both hiking up at incline and running at decline. Legs felt good. Total of about 25 minutes spent exercising. Played 45 mins. of racquetball after work.
Friday Feb. 11: Off day. Calves are sore--either from the power hiking or the racquetball or, more likely, a combination of both.
Sat. Feb. 12: Ran the same route as Feb. 5--just over 10 miles. Took approx. 1:50. Felt great. Used two bottles, each with 1.5 scoops of HEED. Also took two pills (30 minutes prior to running) from a company my mother-in-law is in sales for. They are supposed to help your blood better absorb oxygen. I will report further on them if they are at all valuable. Afterwards I took to scoops of Recoverite in about 10 ounces of water. I also, for the first time, took an "ice bath." WOW! Was that painful. I wanted to scream. I got in the tub, and could only stay in for one minute. I then got out, stood looking at the tub of freezing water for about another minute, then got the courage to sit back in the tub. I stayed for 9 minutes this time. So, a total of 10 minutes. My legs felt good on Sunday, only my calves had a bit of soreness. My joints are not sore, though, which is a change--as last Sunday, after my long run on Feb. 5, my knees were fairly tender. So, I plan on sticking with the ice baths--for now anyways!
Sat. Feb. 12: Ran the same route as Feb. 5--just over 10 miles. Took approx. 1:50. Felt great. Used two bottles, each with 1.5 scoops of HEED. Also took two pills (30 minutes prior to running) from a company my mother-in-law is in sales for. They are supposed to help your blood better absorb oxygen. I will report further on them if they are at all valuable. Afterwards I took to scoops of Recoverite in about 10 ounces of water. I also, for the first time, took an "ice bath." WOW! Was that painful. I wanted to scream. I got in the tub, and could only stay in for one minute. I then got out, stood looking at the tub of freezing water for about another minute, then got the courage to sit back in the tub. I stayed for 9 minutes this time. So, a total of 10 minutes. My legs felt good on Sunday, only my calves had a bit of soreness. My joints are not sore, though, which is a change--as last Sunday, after my long run on Feb. 5, my knees were fairly tender. So, I plan on sticking with the ice baths--for now anyways!
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