08.11.08

Okay, so if it didn’t kill me…

Posted in Jog, Run at 6:35 pm by renaemd · Digg! this story! Digg! this story.

…does that mean that it made me stronger?

Learning from the mistake of my last workout, I started earlier, and told myself that it was to be an easy pace and that is okay. I don’t know when in my life going a little over 2.5 miles became just an easy little workout, but it has, which is crazy and wonderful all at the same time…

It still hurt, and it sucked, which worried me enough that I just walked after finishing two of the running intervals. (BTW - LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the podrunner intervals workout - go download it now!)

My concern is this isn’t that “it hurts so good” hurt - I like that kind of hurt, where you are sore from building muscle. This is different - like, huh, I wonder if I keep going if my leg muscle is going to detatch itself from my body and beat me with itself, because right now, it is hard to walk and it seems very angry.

All I know is, it better get in gear - I have 13.1 miles to kick butt on coming up.

Workout:

  • Type: Run
  • Date: 08/11/2008
  • Time: 18:35:00
  • Total Time: 00:44:04.00
  • Calories: 436
  • Distance: 2.64 miles
  • Average Pace: 16:42.79/mile
  • Max Pace: 12:00/mile

5 Comments

  1. malia said,

    08.12.08 at 1:35 pm

    More free advice from the endless fount: don’t continue trying to train on that. If it hurt like that 2 workouts in a row, you have a pulled muscle. You’ll have better chances of getting through 13.1 if you put your leg up on the coffee table right now and leave it there until race morning.

  2. renaemd said,

    08.12.08 at 1:41 pm

    Do you think walking on it (exercise walking, not just daily walking) will mess it up more? Won’t I lose my fitness level? What is to become of our fearless heroine?

  3. malia said,

    08.12.08 at 1:44 pm

    I think staying completely off it to the extent possible for at least a week is going to get you a lot further than trying to keep going in terms of finishing the race. You will lose a little bit of your fitness, however you will not have a pulled muscle trying to do a half marathon. You could do some other activity to keep your aerobic fitness up, like swimming or cycling (only if it doesn’t hurt).

  4. Joy said,

    08.13.08 at 10:57 pm

    Hi Renae! You definitely need to give your body a rest, at least for this week. You went out last Thursday, did 6.7, went out 3 days later in an attempt to do 10, and then ran the next day in pain. I did a similar thing last season and had to sit out for three weeks. The doctor told me that your body is like a car - if you sense engine trouble, you pull over and stop driving. Or in this case, stop running! You might be able to get in some light runs next week if things have recovered completely, but just be very careful since you should be tapering off.

  5. malia said,

    08.22.08 at 10:58 am

    How’s it feeling this week? I got a little calf pull too. Overdid it this week between my accidental extra miles and a speed workout last night. Now I have to take a week off too. :(