Boston Training - Week 4

Sunday 12.26.10

• Run: 10 miles

Monday 12.27.10

• Recumbent Bicycle: 30 minutes
• Elliptical: 30 minutes
• Strength: Core & Lower Body Workout: 45 minutes

Tuesday 12.28.10

• Run: 9 miles

Wednesday 12.29.10

• Yoga: 90 minutes

Thursday 12.30.10

• Run: Speedworkout: 8 miles
• 2 mi warm-up
• 1 mile @ 7:01
• 400 m jog
• 1 mile @ 6:51
• 400 m jog
• 1 mile @ 6:53
• 400 m jog
• 1 mile @ 6:37
• 2 mi cool-down

Friday 12.31.10

• Recumbant bike: 30 minutes
• Strength: Core & Lower Body Workout: 45 minutes
• Deep Water Running: 45 minutes

Saturday 1.1.11

• Run: 9 miles

Sunday 1.2.11

Run: 0.75 mile run, 0.75 mile walk back home. FML. Okay, so I have some pain in the top of both of my feet. I have experienced this before, I think the last time was back in HS when I wore shoes that weren’t the most comfortable for an entire day, only to wake up the next morning with my feet slightly swollen and in a whole lotta pain, causing me to not be able to run for a week or so. This is a very similar situation. On Friday after my workout, I didn’t stretch very much and I quickly got dressed and put on some cute, yet probably definitely too small for me shoes. And wore them ALL day. And it was raining, and I didn’t want to get the bottom of my jeans wet, so while out and about shopping, I decided to walk on my tip-toes. Why I didn’t choose to roll up my pants, and to wear shoes that fit better, is beyond me. A temporary lapse in judgement.

So, Saturday my feet were hurting on my run, and I just sucked it up and pushed through. I sat on my behind the rest of the day and iced and stretched like crazy, in addition to popping a few Aleves and drinking lots of H20. I woke up this morning pain-free! WOO HOO! Until about 4 minutes into my long run. around 6 minutes into the run I decided to scrap it and walk back home. Though depressing, this is a huge victory for me! I realized that I would rather take a little time off now, than injure myself more severely and not get to run Boston at all. This has also caused me to reevaluate my goals…

The bottom line is I want to go to Boston, run and finish the race and have a damn good time doing so! Will it be wonderful to PR and run sub-3:20? Absolutely! Will I still have a freaking fantastic time if I finish in 4 hours or more? Hell yes! It is Boston and I have worked too hard to get there. Boston is the reward, and I am going to do whatever I need to make sure I get to lace up on April 18th and get to have a great experience. This may be the only Boston I will ever run, and I can always chase down 3:20 in other races.

After I googled my face off about my particular foot pain, and Sports Med docs in my area, I put on my bathing suit and headed to the gym. I got a 1 hour deep water run in. When I got home I stretched and foam rolled like it was my j-o-b and I iced both my feet. I plan on taking a few days or so off from road-running, and will focus on doing some deep water running, maybe throw in a few extra rest days, and track down a Doc to make sure the situation isn’t worse than my own personal diagnosis.

This leads me to my goals for 2011:

• I do not want to take things for granted: my health, running pain-free, time spent with friends, family, etc. Life is too short, and nothing is guaranteed. I want to do a better job of living in the moment and appreciating all I have and to stop focusing on what I don’t.

• Stop being so hard on myself. It is okay to take a day or 5 off of working out. I am not going to all of a sudden lose all of my fitness, or gain a bazillion pounds if I don’t log some miles or do X number of strength training sessions.

• I will NOT do P90X. I started doing P90X last year, and I had intentions of doing the entire 90 day program. But honestly, I hated it. It wasn’t enjoyable. I did pick-up a few exercises I enjoy and have added to my strength-training routine. But this program doesn’t line up with my goals. Peace out Tony.

• Double my savings account. The hubs and I live rather comfortably, but we could do even better of a job with saving extra money. We see becoming homeowners in our future (2 year plan) and we want to go on a big vacation somewhere abroad.

I’m sure I will add more things to the list as the year goes on, but that’s what I have in my mind today.

Cheers to another year lived and to a fabulous 2011!

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