1/25 - 1/31/10

mon - 4 miles 31:00 TM
tue - 5 miles 37:40 TM
wed - 4 miles 31:00
thu - 0
fri - 6 miles 48:35 BBH, 4 w/Liss and 2 alone
sat - 13 miles 1:31:20 BRBM course
sun - 18.6 miles The Wall 30k, 1:59:14
It felt great to get some running in and start salvaging my boston prep with 11 weeks to go.
Total 51 miles

1/18 - 1/24/10

mon - 0
tue - 0
wed - 0
thu - 0
fri - 0
sat - 0
sun - 4 miles 35:00 Highland park with my lower leg taped tight.
Total 4
Decided to take a full week (actually 8 days off) of rest from running and x-training to let my right leg rest and hope the injury will subside. A fracture seems unlikely at this point since the pain cannot be pinpointed, but what do I know. I will recoup it as if it's medial tibial stress syndrome. The pain is between the ankle bone and bottom of the gastrocnemius muscle along the tibia. This week all I did was heal and toe lifts while seated and ice massage along the inside of my leg. I will try to ease back into some low mileage easy pace and see how it feels while using shin wrap method and heel cups.

1/11 - 1/17/10

mon - 12 miles 74min elliptical
tue - 12 miles (2 mile 18:00 TM + 10 miles 70min ellip)
wed - 3 miles (3 mile 24:30 TM + 10 miles 28min bike)
thu - 6 miles 41:00 ellip
fri - 3 miles 30:00 TM, leg felt especially bad today
sat - rest
sun - rest
Total 36 miles

1/4 - 1/10/10

mon - 12 miles 80min elliptical (still working out the pain in my right shin)
tue - 10 miles 65min elliptical
wed - 12 miles 74min elliptical
thu - 9 miles 58min elliptical
fri - 13 miles 79min elliptical + 20 miles 62min bike
sat - 20 miles 1:56:00 elliptical
sun - 15 miles 1:36:00 elliptical
Total 91 miles elliptical 9hrs28min

12/28/09 - 1/2/10

mon - no run (AM: 20 miles 70min bike--PM: 20 miles 66min bike)
tue - 6 miles (AM: 20 miles 68min bike--PM: 6 miles 31min elliptical)
wed - 15 miles (AM: 5 miles 19min bike + 5 miles 31 min ellip--PM: 10 miles 57min ellip)
thu - no run (AM: 20 miles 74min bike--PM: 20 miles 70min bike)
fri - nothing, new years day 2010
sat - 6 miles (10 miles 32min bike + 6 miles 35min ellip)
sun - 20 miles 120mins elliptical
Total 47 miles

Running in 2009

Recap;
>Total miles; 3,718 (Total of 38% more miles than 2008, averaged just over 10 miles a day)
>Days off due to rest or injury/sick; 34 days
>Injuries; in August I struggled with left leg pain in the shin and sciatic. I was able to recover through chiro help at the Bone & Joint Clinic in Houston. On December 7th, mid-run, my right lower leg and shin began to hurt and still is. Likely to be a stress reaction that I will continue to go easy on by using the elliptical and bike along with some swimming. Also, calf and shin strecthes, strengthening, and flexibility.
>Races; 28 total [race distances; 3 mile (3), 5k (8), 4 mile (1), 5 mile (1), 10k (5), 10 mile (1), Halfs (3), 25k (1), 30k (1), Fulls (2), Duathlons (2)]
>Results; PR's at every distance run except 10 mile. 14 first place finishes. Raced a total of 218 miles in total time of 20hrs15min, average pace 5:35mpm.
>Travel; Ran in LA, TX, MA, OR, WA, NH, RI, KY, NY, Vancouver B.C. and London, England.
>Highs; Mardi Gras Half, Boston, and Cajun Cup (2 weeks after 2:35 in Manchester).
>Lows; summer training and my finish at Club Cross.

12/21 - 12/27/09

mon - no run(AM:15 miles 49min bike--PM:25 miles 71min bike)
tue - 6 miles(AM:10 miles 35min bike+ 1mile barefoot--PM:5 miles 32:00 elliptical)
wed - 4 miles(AM:5 miles 16min bike+ 3mile 18:00 ellip+ 1mile barefoot--PM:20 miles 67min bike)
thu - no run(20 miles 64min bike)
fri - no run
sat - no run
sun - no run, i'm still feeling pain in my lower leg so will continue to x-train next week
Total 10 miles

12/14 - 12/20/09

mon - no run, 20 miles in 67min on bike + 1 km pool swim
tue - no run (AM: 10 miles in 35min bike + 1km swim--PM: 20 miles in 67min bike + 1km swim) leg x-ray today was negative for a stress fracture
wed - 3 miles 21:20 (20 miles in 68min bike + 2 miles 11:20 ellip + 1 mile 9:00 TM)
thu - 1 mile 7:00 TM + 15 miles in 50 min on bike
fri - 8 miles (AM: 20 miles in 58min bike + 5 miles 27:30 elliptical--PM: 20 miles in 58min bike + 3 mile 24:10 TM)
sat - 3 miles (10 miles 30min bike + 2 miles 15:40 TM + 1 mile 7:00)
sun - Ole Man River 1/2 Marathon, 1:12:56, 4th
Total 28 miles

12/7 - 12/13/09

mon - 8 miles 55:15 TM, pain in lower right leg
tue - 14 miles (AM: 4 miles 28:10 TM --PM: 10 miles 59:50 Ellip)
wed - 17 miles (AM: 7 miles 47:20 TM --PM: 10 miles 1:03:00 Ellip)
thu - 7 miles (5 miles 36:10 ellip + 2 miles 13:40 TM)
fri - 0
sat - 11 miles (AM: 3 miles 28:00 on 10k course -- 2 mile w/u, USATF Club Cross 10k 34:02, 228th, team 34th)
sun - 1 mile 7:00 at Lakes, lower right leg started hurting so bailed on the run
Total 58 miles
photo below is from Masterson Station during our warmup

11/30 - 12/6/09

mon - 8 miles 1:00:45 St. Charles Ave
tue - 0, sick
wed - 6 miles 42:35 TM, still sick
thu - 6 miles 41:50 TM, sick
fri - 5 miles 34:45 TM
sat - 20 miles (Baton Rouge Beach 1/2 Marathon, 1:12:34, 1st --- 7+ miles to cheer on Melissa while she ran the full marathon!)
sun - 8 miles 59:40 Highland Road
Total 53 miles