Thursday, January 8, 2009

6 mile recovery run??? (47:07)

After 3 days off I finally felt good enough to run this morning. Yes, both of my calves have been extremely sore since the hill workout on Sunday. I think it was the short hill sprints that I did all out and on my toes. Monday and Tuesday I was so sore I hardly had any push off even when walking. I tried to jog to my car in the parking lot and felt like someone was stabbing me in the legs. Wednesday was better but I slept in. So today Andi and I both got in a run. I did an out and back route for 6 miles in 47:07 (avg pace 7:51).


Here is a cool article about a guy who had run over 20 Houston Marathons in a row and needed a knee replacement not from the running but from years of playing tennis. He found a doc in Houston that had a prosthesis he felt could withstand the forces of running. He didn't want to break his streak. Two weeks after his total knee replacement he was able to run a mile, and 6 months later he kept the streak alive completing the Houston Marathon again. He plans on running again this year on January 18th.

3 comments:

Ron said...

My weight loss has started again...My clothes have been really loose and usually right after that is a weight loss. Down 4-6 pounds in the last 2 weeks or so...the plateau was 6 months....strength training is helping a lot I think but mostly I think its the bike..I am riding 4 days a week with hills, sprints, drills, intervals its a lot. dont have any recent pics but I am hoping a huge weight loss is around the corner...

Ron said...

WOW....was in the tri store the other day and I was told about a triathlete that had a horrible humerus fracture that needed replacement...she is still doing full ironmans with a TSR!! wow!

Ron said...

april 19 rage in the sage,,,,,I am probably going to try the olympic distance then....