dedication, perseverance, self-discipline

In order to save my calf today, I decided to run on the anti-gravity treadmill in the lab at school.  Time was limited so I pushed the pace a little faster than I would have pushed otherwise, but I was at only 20-70% of my normal body weight (average of about 50%), so I figured that I was safe.  I ran in the 5:00-5:15 range for most of the workout.  The effort was definately not easy, but it was also not a 5:00 effort, so I have put it down as MP mileage.  5.3 miles total.

Today was my first run since Saturday where I was completely weight bearing, so I was a little nervous to see if my calf would hold up as I needed to run to school.  My calf held up ok on the way to school, and I made it in 1:07:19 for 8.6 miles.  There were some slight twinges on occasion, but otherwise things were fine.

PM:  I ran home from school as well, because my calf was not complaining during the day.  The calf did not hurt during the run, but just to be safe I had Kimia come and pick me up when I was a little less than 2 miles from home, because I did not want to wait until it started hurting before I stopped running.  Estimated total of 6.8 miles

I ran to school again today.  Felt much better than yesterday, as I felt much more fluid, and I did not feel the little twinges I was feeling yesterday.  I still kept the pace really easy, and I finished 8.6 miles in 1:07:31.

PM:  I ran home from school.  The pace was kept pretty slow again and I finished in around 1:08:00. 

I ran too and from school again, for a total of 17.2 miles.  I also participated in the deep water running study that we are working on right now, which gave me a bit of extra mileage on the treadmill.  Unfortunately, one of the leads went bad on the instrument we use for EMG, so my data was no good for any quantitative analysis.  However, if I ever want to I can always take a glance at it for other personal reasons.

I ran pretty slow for the first half of my run today, as I was pretty tired this morning.  I did speed up some the second half as I was heading downhill, but nothing spectacular.

I ran a long run today, running a tempo of sorts during the first half of my run when I was heading uphill.  I was only averaging in the 6:20's for pace, but as I was going uphill I figure that it was similar to a slow marathon pace for me.  I was planning another shorter, faster tempo during the second half of the run however my calf tightened up some as I was running back downhill, and I kept the pace slow from there to the finish.  1:09:00 for the first half of my run, and 2:22:57 total for what I will estimate as 20.6 miles (I found some mile markers on my way back downhill and realized that I had gone farther than planned, and based on pace I figured that I needed to add .3 each way).