Week of August 29, 2011

Lunes, 29 Agosto, 2011 – 11am: 30’ core session with 5’00 plank. Felt pretty good.

2pm: 3M easy with Mr. C around 8’00 pace and then quicker solo 9M. Felt a lot better than yesterday. Much smoother and more energy. Probably still dealing with lingering fever yesterday. Total 12M in 1’24’10.

9pm: 4M++ shakeout from Chetwynd after moving in the last of my stuff. A bit stiffer in the back/hip, but still better than it has been. Hope to be moving back to normal. Total 34’08 for 4M++.

Martes, 30 Agosto, 2011 – AM: Still feeling a bit sick, stiff. Just rest.

2PM: Light core to warm up the back. 20’ total.

3pm: Terrible workout. Warm-up 4M solo and then with the guys. Afterwards, ran weird 6M loop on bike path around Arlington. Ran first 800m in ~2’40 and it felt super hard. Got dropped going up the hill around spy pond and came through 2M+ in 11’40 (5’44 pace from map). Running solo by then and just ran moderate for a couple miles. Guys caught up to me on the way back and I ran the last two miles back a bit harder, not sure of pace. Pretty awful overall. Cooldown back to campus and around. Total 13M.

Miercoles, 31 Agosto, 2011 – AM: Back stiff, but better than yesterday. Played it safe and no double today. Did nice long core session in the late morning, though. Felt solid.

4pm: After a nice meeting with the coaches and then Connor and then a nice introductory meeting with everyone (new frosh included), we headed out for our first run as a whole team. I ran with Brosh, Jerzy, and Dan on Long Res which got lost and turned into far (fire?) tower. Hip/back felt really good except on rocky footing on the longer downhills. Bunch of downed trees from the storm. Brosh and I ran longer, going back around C-Loop to tack on another few miles. Everyone was gone when we got back, so I ran back to chet with a few laps around the field to round up. Total was ~15M in 1’45’26.

Jueves, 1 Septiembre, 2011 – 10am: Back better this morning but still stiff. Woke up at 8, breakfast, and then stretched/rolled before a very easy 5M shakeout on Lakes/C-Loop. Felt pretty stiff at first. Stopped to stretch at bridge and felt better after.

3pm: Team abs – pretty easy but painful on the hard track. Lots of scraped up backs.

3:30pm: Ran with Jerzy, Matt, Sam, and some freshmen. Two bridges back through prospect hill with just Jerzy. Felt better again. Hip/back didn’t bug me at all during run. Some bad #2 cramps at the end, stopped in Anderson. Tried to do a couple strides but those felt pretty painful so didn’t push it today. Getting back worked on tomorrow, feeling cautiously optimistic. Total 10M+ in 73’10.

Viernes, 2 Septiembre, 2011 – 10am: Back better than yesterday, again. Jogged down to track and then ran an easy 30 minutes with Connor, Jerzy, and Brosh barefoot on the grass. Felt nice to be on the grass. Total 5M+ in 42’00

12pm: Appointment with Sam Peck (http://www.soarbody.com/) in Somerville. Great guy, very knowledgeable and helpful. Really dug deep into my legs and back, pretty sore afterwards.

3pm: Easy run on Mid res with the team to fields. Right hip was really tight interestingly enough, took it pretty easy. Sam said not to do anything intense, so I laid off the strides today. Total 9M+ in 67’28.

Sabado, 3 Septiembre, 2011 – 10am: Out in Grafton for Alumni 5k. Did warm up with team but felt really sore/stiff from massage yesterday. No race, just ran a bunch extra with Andrea. Jogged around during the race to watch and then cooled down 4M with the team. Felt quite good by cool down. Total ~10M in 70-80’.

3pm: Core, 25’00 with 5’00 plank.

5pm: Shakeout down to track and then barefoot on fields with Jerzy, Erik, and Rags. Total 43’12 for 5M++.

Domingo, 4 Septiembre, 2011 – 8:30am – woke up early at 7am to try to give my back time to warm up. Did 25’00 of core to try and warm up. Felt good.

9:30am – Pretty disappointing long run. Warmed up for 30 minutes solo and then a quick meeting before heading out. Felt decent for first 30-40 minutes of the run, but still not great. After that got really hot/dehydrated and back/hip started acting up. Slowed down a lot and got some water. Finished with Nick. Total 17M+ in 2’02’22. Time for a down week.

Weekly Total: 105 Miles in 11 runs. Tough week, frustrating that the back/hip isn't getting better as quickly as I want. I will take a real down week this coming week so I can hopefully put this behind me and get back to solid training.