2/22 - 2/28/10

mon - 10 miles 69:25, 6x10 sec. hills @ 5:20mpm, TM (new shoes today, Nike Avants)
tue - 8 miles 52:30 TM, 3x1 mile @ 5:20 w/3min rest
wed - 8 miles 59:15 TM
thu - 7 miles 50:10 TM
fri - 10 miles 77:30 TM
sat - 4 miles 35:00 BBH
sun - 19 miles (Mardi Gras Half, 1:12:34, 20th, 3 miles w/u + 3 c/d w/E & Liss)
Total 66 miles

2/15 - 2/21/10

mon - 9 miles 63:55 TM
tue - 10 miles 64:55, 5 x 2k @5:55mpm w/3:00 rest @ 7mpm
wed - 9 miles 63:15 TM
thu - 5 miles 38:15 TM
fri - 10 miles 67:35 Beau Chene
sat - 17 miles 1:51:00 (7 @ 6:45mpm + 10 @ 6:20mpm)
sun - 10 miles 78:20 Beau Chene (3 w/ Liss)
Total 70 miles

2/8 - 2/14/10

mon - 5 miles 37:40 TM
tue - 8 miles 58:00 TM
wed - 6 miles 43:40 TM
thu - 6 miles 45:00 TM
fri - 4 miles 28:25 TM
sat - 9 miles 60:00 Lakes / BRBM7-10
sun - 17 miles 1:51:00 (BRBM 87 min + 4 mile lake 23:50)
Total 55 miles

2/1 - 2/7/10

mon - 0
tue -2 miles 16:00 TM
wed - 5 miles 36:50 TM
thu - 3 miles 22:30 TM
fri - 2 miles 17:30 BBH
sat - 4.5 miles 34:25 lakes
sun - 4.5 miles 35:00 lakes
Total 21 miles

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.