Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Friday, March 21, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Oh, no!
I’m going to be out and walking again this morning. I’m on a roll now and I have a new spreadsheet to help me keep track of my progress. I wish I didn’t need to be motivated by Excel; it would be great if it just came naturally. If I would wake up in the morning and really want to get out in the cold and do 10 miles! But… that doesn’t happen; I actually limp; moaning and groaning, feeling the pain and hoping that it’s raining too hard to go out. Or too foggy. Or too sunny.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Now that's fast!
I have finished a good 5.75 mile practice session in the park and I did it in 78 minutes; a 13.56 minute/mile average. Not the fastest, but certainly good enough for early training. And I did it without a lot of the pain that I’ve been experiencing lately. I have self diagnosed the problem as piriformis syndrome. “Some physicians believe that piriformis syndrome is the name given to hip/buttock pain that cannot be otherwise diagnosed.” Well, that’s sufficiently vague! And it sounds like I need a second or third opinion.
My problem with these kinds of sports injuries is the fact that most doctors (And physical therapists) have little or no knowledge of the dynamics of racewalking. It’s not running. And it’s not walking.
I did find a good racewalking site for exercise and stretching instruction and stretching is something that I usually skip, I better not. Also on the site are the results of the Olympic trials last month. That’s a 50K race and the winner did it in 4 hours and 13 minutes. Equivalent miles; 50K = 31.06856 miles. Or 8.14 minute/miles for the entire 31 miles!
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Friday, March 07, 2008
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Train!
My plans for the day include the usual walk/run in the park. I must keep training if I want to be able to do the
But after this marathon; what then? Right now I’m used to the fact that I will be doing the race by myself and it’s simply the goal of doing 6 marathons in my life that keeps me at it. Maybe I shouldn’t worry about it and just see what happens.
