more than a week after half marathon

Still got a sore knee - (behind the knee joint) - no energy to run at all - I have done a total of 9 miles since last sunday - most of it crawling or walking - but the odd mile quite fast...

I don't know when my running mojo will come back, i am like a bruised warrior, etc etc etc i just hate it - wanna get back out there and RUN

my first half marathon!!

HI

It was a great day - i raced against the final 1000 people i think - i didn't even get to see the elites because i took the long way round to the start 'avoiding crouds'

My time was 2:47:03 and i have decided to lose 30 lbs for my full Marathon next year because of this site:

http://www.runningforfitness.org/calc/weighteffect.php


and this site:

http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/mcmillanrunningcalculator.htm

between them i have worked out i can shave about 45 mins off full marathon just
by losing weight
as well as being properly trained for the full thing i would like to give myself the best chance possible of coming in in under 5 hrs.

my calves have not swollen up at all this time and i am now going to losely follow hal higdon's intermediate half marathon plan for Tromso

I am not going to do the Tavy 13 in a month because i would not be properly trained for it what with recovery and taper!!!!

Official Overdoing it

HI,

I have been to a doctor who, 3 days after my last long run, looked at my swollen calves and said: it's lactic acidosis...

Which means over-worked muscles...

He actually checked for shin splints and tendon damage as well - but i don't think I have put the mileage in for shin splints yet - thank goodness - lol - and i'm glad i'm not actually injured...

I have been very scared by how drastically swollen my calves have been getting after a new distance - my first 8, 10 , 11.25 and 12 milers were all followed by this kind of swelling... the doc just said i had been seriously overdoing it - i think i can now run 8 miles without swelling and 10 miles with no pain at all - so i'm not too far off the half marathon.

He asked me how important the half marathon is to me and i said that i had sponsorship already and that it was important to me - i think he was asking - do you want to put yourself through that AGAIN?

I really will hope now that race day will bring new energy not new fears - he has suggested walking only for the next 4 days - so a full week of no running - and more stretching - followed by very limited run - walk - running...

I think i will find that i have to run - walk - run this first half marathon anyway - I really thought i had been following a sensible schedule - but maybe i need to go slower than most with my increases - or maybe i just stepped it up too quickly...

I really promise that i will not find myself following an advanced half marathon plan for my second half marathon - ( i will give the Tavy 13 a miss in 5 weeks time ) - which is not till June.

I think everyone has different limits with their fitness and running and i'm sure i will come up with a few more over time - this is not my limit - it is only the beginnng of long distances...

First 12 miler.... race in 2 weeks!!

Hi, today - i started out rested and ambitious - i tried a moderate cycle route and went the easy way after about a quarter - nice little hilly great detour for the future!

I walked quite a lot - most half miles had some walking - short breaks - but i felt like such a failure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't so much now because it was tough and took a lot of effort ... i stopped quite frequently and ammassed about 20 mins of stoppage time - but the running was 3: 03: something...

I hope my first half will not be much over 3 hrs - i will race it - but i will try to remember the aim is to complete first time and have a time to beat...

under 3 hours would be ideal....

26.5 miles in a week!! I'm amazed!

Ok so now i'm taking a couple of days off - but wow i was not prepared for what i realized after realizing that that is what happens when you move a long run back a day and have 2 long runs 6 days apart instead of 7 days apart

I ran wed 11, then 2.5, 5, and tue 8 in the same week! INFACT i just had to re calculate!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought it was 24 when i started this post!! i'm exhausted !!! lol

8 mile recovery long run

8 mile recovery long run!!! right - so i was slow with 14.48 min miles - right - so i walked a bit.... Wimp or athlete?? lol

This run was only 6 days after my last long run - so i don't think i was fully recovered...

getting on quite well with putting a sports drink in my camelbak but thinking about swapping to gels and water for hm.

Will need to find out if they are supplying anything... 19 days to go!!

19.5 miles this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the first week yet where i have run what has to be the average of the year and really really want to do 1000+++ miles this year

I have a bit of catching up to do having now ran 103.5 this year...

but I am not too worried because i have the plan to double my mileage this year - so no worries about catching up

Did a very easy 5 mile run - probably my least alarming 5 mile run ever - and pretty fast - but i had no garmin on me I think it took 1 hr 4 mins but i gave up looking at my watch after an hour and nearly being there lol

Lovely weather - there was some hazy sunshine ahead of a big gale tomorrow