Happy New Year everyone. I ran with the run with Greg group yesterday. It was supposed to be a recovery, short, run since I ran on New Years Eve. Well, the run ended up being just short of 8 miles.
Since this is supposed to be a comeback from an injury that lasted 18 months I should watch out and take it easy coming back. The reason for the injury in the first place was over doing the running. I was just eager to get out and get a start on the new year. Besides, my wife, Alexia, also ran and I can't pass up any chane to run with her. The pace was supposed to be slow but somehow it was picked up. Oh well! I'll have to control myself and not over do the running.
Today, 010208 is a rest day for sure.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Monday, December 31, 2007
Last run of 07.
I've been reading others' blogs over the last couple of days and I'm inspired. I had to get one last run before the year ended.
A 6 miler nice and slow. Happy New Year.
A 6 miler nice and slow. Happy New Year.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
12302007-same 3.5 mile loop as on the 28th
Today I ran the same loop as a couple of days ago. I've been pleasantly surprised at my pace during these runs. I am hoping to do a half marathon in April and plan to do it in 1:45. From the pace I've been able to hold I should be able to accomplish my goal.
During the year and a half off of running I took up riding my bike and spinning. Spinning is indoor cycling done in a group setting to music. The instructor designs a profile, sort of the terrain that will be ridden during class. The cadence, rate at which the pedals are turned, changes depending on the resistance added to the flywheel. I really enjoyed doing the spinning thing. An instructor training program was being offered for the first time at UCSD, through the recreation department, and I decided to enroll. I became an instructor and that along with riding my bike helped me to stay in shape. I've learned that a cadence of 90 revolutions per minute is ideal.
These posts, to me, seem like rambling. I mentioned the spinning because I think that the 90 rpm cadence has helped my running. I was not expecting to come back to running and be able to maintain a pace any faster than a 9-930/m pace. At this point I feel that I am in a better position at the beginning of my marathon training cycle than I was 4 years ago. I hope that by writing it down it will become reality :-)
During the year and a half off of running I took up riding my bike and spinning. Spinning is indoor cycling done in a group setting to music. The instructor designs a profile, sort of the terrain that will be ridden during class. The cadence, rate at which the pedals are turned, changes depending on the resistance added to the flywheel. I really enjoyed doing the spinning thing. An instructor training program was being offered for the first time at UCSD, through the recreation department, and I decided to enroll. I became an instructor and that along with riding my bike helped me to stay in shape. I've learned that a cadence of 90 revolutions per minute is ideal.
These posts, to me, seem like rambling. I mentioned the spinning because I think that the 90 rpm cadence has helped my running. I was not expecting to come back to running and be able to maintain a pace any faster than a 9-930/m pace. At this point I feel that I am in a better position at the beginning of my marathon training cycle than I was 4 years ago. I hope that by writing it down it will become reality :-)
Saturday, December 29, 2007
12292007-Old, 06, Sue Krenn 15K pics
After about a year of being injured I'd still go out and try to support the club and friends that were training for the RnR 07 marathon. Here are some pics of a 15K race, it takes place around March.
Friday, December 28, 2007
12282007-3.5 mile loop, Fanuel Park
Today's route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1515363. There is a Monday night running group that meets at Crown Point at 6 pm. this group has been going strong for over 3 years now. I love the out and back run that they do. It starts at Crown Point Shores (about 1/4 mile before the mile marker on today's route) . Over the past year and a half I haven't been able to meet and run with the group since I've been sort of injured. My marathon training leading up to the 06 Rock-n-Roll Marathon left me injured after the last long run, a 22 miler. I had been having plantar fascitis problems before that long run, blah blah blah. I'll finish that story another day.
Anyway, I haven't run more than 7 miles in over a year and a half. i've run exactly 7 miles once in that year and a half period. After deciding not to run the 06 RnR, I couldn't have done it anyway :-(, I started to ride my bike more than ever before. I also started to take more spinning classes than usual.
Blah blah blah.....I've rambled on haven't I?! today was a good 3.5 mile run. My wife, Alexia, and daughter, Micaela, and myself went for a nice run. I love running with my wife and daughter.
Hopefully in future entries I'll be more organized on what I want to say and I'll keep the entry confined on just that day's run. I'm just excited to get back into a training schedule. I want to remind myself of all of the wrong things done in the past. I also want to write about the good things that came about due to the injury.
Anyway, I haven't run more than 7 miles in over a year and a half. i've run exactly 7 miles once in that year and a half period. After deciding not to run the 06 RnR, I couldn't have done it anyway :-(, I started to ride my bike more than ever before. I also started to take more spinning classes than usual.
Blah blah blah.....I've rambled on haven't I?! today was a good 3.5 mile run. My wife, Alexia, and daughter, Micaela, and myself went for a nice run. I love running with my wife and daughter.
Hopefully in future entries I'll be more organized on what I want to say and I'll keep the entry confined on just that day's run. I'm just excited to get back into a training schedule. I want to remind myself of all of the wrong things done in the past. I also want to write about the good things that came about due to the injury.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
12/27/2007
This marks the beginning of my pre-official start of my training for the marathon in June of '08.
I haven't quite decided if I will run the marathon but I have decided to train for it. My goal for now
is to see how I do at the La Jolla Half Marathon in April and then decide from there.
Today's route : http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1514406
I haven't quite decided if I will run the marathon but I have decided to train for it. My goal for now
is to see how I do at the La Jolla Half Marathon in April and then decide from there.
Today's route : http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1514406
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