Barb T.

More details later when I bring my GARMIN with me! AP 10:31.  Splits:  11:00, 10:33, 11:07, 9:58, 10:04

Well, I made it 12.1 miles today.  Wanted to get in some distance.  Took walk breaks this morning.  Ran for 4 minutes and walked for 45 seconds.  Started running around 7:30 this morning.  The weather is around 80 degrees with 85% humidity.  Last half hour it got rather warm.  AP was 11:05.  Splits:  11:09, 10:50, 11:26, 10:50, 10:43, 10:49, 11:13, 11:16, 11:10, 11:12, 10:51, 10:19

Took the day off today as my heel is really bothering me.  So, I'm trying to nurse that back into shape and at the same time try to figure out what might be the problem.  Conclusions thus far:  need to change my orthotics (this is grave) or I'm having Plantar fasciitis issues.  Found some exercises on the internet, so we shall see how things go.

Well, my heel is doing much better this morning.  This past summer my brother-in-law gave me a DVD on Chi Running.  Haven't taken the time to look at it until yesterday!  Well, I liked it.  I'm committing this week to focusing on incorporating Chi running technique.  I ran 3.24 miles this morning nice and easy focusing on keeping my spine in line and I actually felt pretty good!  I did notice that my heal wasn't hitting like it usually does and it's not hurting!  We'll see how the rest of the week goes.  AP 10:42  Splits:  11:07, 10:41, 10:22, 10:30 (.24)

nice easy run this morning.  Focused again on keeping my spine in line and just slightly leaning forward to get my momentum going.  Heel feels good.  Friend had some heel gel inserts that she's not going to use, so I gave it a go and it felt pretty good.

 AP  10:15

Splits:  10:46, 9:49, 10:02, 10:00

Attempted some 'double dutch' jump roping with the girls yesterday afternoon and the first landing on my heal skyrocketed my pain level through the sky.  Needless to say, I'm not going to run on my heel at least until Monday.  This thing needs to heal before I start seriously training for the next marathon.

Well, I have done no physical exercise today.  Feels good to rest.  Looks like it will be a calm Friday.  Maybe some rain this afternoon.  Maybe some pool time with the kids (ha...maybe I'll do some running in the pool!)  Tonight...Monk and some home made pizza!

Well, ran for about an hour and a half in the pool yesterday afternoon.  It was pretty fun.  I was actually a bit tired after wards.  My heel was hurting a bit last night, so maybe all the foot movement irritated it a bit.  Feeling OK today.  Once in a while is a bit painful if I step on it wrong.  Still hoping to start running again on Monday.

It felt good to get out again and run a bit.  Too it easy.  Still some pain, but trying to ice and stretch and nurse it along.

10:03, 10:01, 10:12, walked last .25

Nice and easy run this morning. Some heel pain but manageable.

AP: 10:40

10:46, 10:43, 10:32, 10:34 (.27)

Did 27 minutes of stairs this morning followed by a mile of jogging.  Heel is bothering me a bit.  Also tired as I didn't sleep well last night.

Was a decent run this morning. Stretched out my calf muscles well and that seemed to help the heel.  Don't know my splits yet as I left my Garmin at home.  My heel is bothering me now, but I'm icing away.  I'm guessing that injuries in your older years just take longer to heal.  Ugh.  I'll get there.

AP 9:29  9:50, 9:17, 9:26, 9:21

Well, no more running this week...Having an 11th birthday party today followed by a sleep over.  I'm certain I will be in no condition to run on Saturday!  Till Monday....

Nice and easy run today.  Went 5 miles.  AP 11:22

11:22, 10:31, 10:29, 10:25, 10:36

Nice run this morning.  My heel is feeling better.  Registration for the 2011 Boston closed within 24 hours.  I started trying to register about 2 hours after registration opened and we were having horrible internet problems here in the office (not an unusual event as our bandwidth is quite minimal).  But I tarried on....2 hours later I finally got the application sent off.  Now I'm just waiting verification of my time.  OK...I'm excited.

 Here is today's workout info:  AP 10:29

11:18, 10:26, 10:06, 10:07, 10:26

well I just put my who workout in and lost the whole thing.  I will try again tomorrow...maybe.  If not have a good weekend!

well, let's try again....

warm up  .51 (11:02)

laps of 5 minutes run around MP and then .25 miles of easy:  .55 (9:10)/.25 (11:30), .52 (9:37)/.25 (12:09), .52 (9:33)/.25 (13:41), .53 (9:27)/.25 (12:41), .53 (9:31)/.25 (12:57), wd .39 (11:56)

Easy run today as I plan to go 11 tomorrow.  AP 10:39

10:46, 10:32, 10:37

My goal this morning was to go the distance and just take it easy as I've been very tired lately.  I felt pretty good actually towards the end.  My heel bothered me a bit but not too badly.  Still need to give it a good icing.  Had an amazing downpour for about 30 minutes so got a bit soggy.  It was nice.

AP: 11:55

11:49, 12:12, 11:18, 11:32, 11:23, 12:22, 11:36, 12:57, 11:30, 11:47, 10:21

Day of rest did me good.  My heel felt better today.  Felt a very minimal amount of pain after about 1.3 miles.  So how long does it take to heel when you get old?  Here are my splits:

10:35, 10:36, 10:29, 10:11, 10:13, 9:53, 10:00

Had an interval work out day.  w/u 1.5 miles (10:53)

8 intervals of .25 miles slight faster than MP and .5 miles of recovery

1- .25 (8:51)  .50 (10:14), 2- .25 (8:37)  .50 (10:33), 3- .25 (8:51)  .50 (11:29), 4- .25 (8:53)  .50 (10:58), 5- .25 (8:46)  .50 (11:35), 6- .25 (8:39)  .50 (15:19...water break and...), 7- .25 (8:44)  .50 (11:55), 8- .25 (8:33)  .35 (12:10)

Had fun this morning as my oldest daughter (11) ran with me for the first 3 miles.  That was fun.  Many times I work at getting her to talk about what's going on in her life and it's just not easy sometimes to pull it out.  She was a non-stop chatter box for the whole 3 miles!  It was fun.

11:27, 11:02, 11:14, 10:08, 10:27

Nice easy run today.  A bit humid as I perspired a lot.  Not unusual to loose 3 to 4 pounds on a 7 mile run.  That's with drinking along the way too.  Here are the splits:  AP 10:23  10:56, 10:12, 10:35, 10:16, 10:22, 10:12, 10:05

easy run.  AP 10:40

11:26, 11:16, 10:25, 10:08, 10:06

Well, had a tough work out today.  w.u for 1.52 miles then did 5 laps of 1 mile hard and 5 minutes of walking then a w.d. .83 miles.

mile 1:  8:41, mile 2: 7:43, mile 3:  8:13, mile 4:  8:23, mile 5:  8:15

Boy, I was pretty tired after this work out.  I need to do more fast work outs.  According to Jeff Galloway's prediction of marathon fitness, the 7:43 mile says that I could do a 4:22 marathon at the moment.  I suppose that's not so bad, but I'm shooting for a sub-4 hour marathon.