January 2017 Running Challenge

@7lenny7- I agree with you that I am probably doing most of my training runs faster than I should. I have studied the Daniel's tables using both my marathon pace and my half marathon pace (which is more recent and ends up giving me faster training paces across the board). My easy runs are within the McMillan training guidelines, although on the faster end of the range. They are definitely conversational though. My tempo runs, at least my recent ones which I have slowed down, are a good bit slower than the McMillan table suggests, which is why this whole dilemma cropped up in the first place. I think my confusion/hesitation stems from the fact that I am trying to train to run a marathon, not based on my ability, but based on making it easy and comfortable. It's almost like I have gone full circle and am back to training for my first marathon when I was only worried about running the distance. Intuitively, I think I will be okay if I just practice running in my comfort zone. But now that I have knowledge and experience behind me, it just leave me second guessing everything I am doing.

BTW, awesome pics from your run and great tip on the pickle juice!

I need to go back and catch up on all the posts. Didn't run yesterday (track meet) or today because I only slept like 2 hours last night. I just couldn't sleep.

I'm taking Skip to the orthopedic center tomorrow morning. I've never had a stress fracture or shin splints so we are not sure what she is feeling. Friday she said her ankles felt tight in the front, I thought it was strange, but in the interest of TMI she is getting to her TOM so I thought some water being held. Saturday we went out to run and she couldn't make a mile without having to stop. Within a couples of miles she had stopped a few times and was crying they hurt so bad. She did some stretching and tried again, still too much pain. She went home iced and rested. Sunday she said both were much better, just one was "tight". We get to her meet on Monday, she went outside and did about a mile or so warm up (to run a mile race LOL) and said she was fine. By about 600m into the 1600m I could see she was in pain and limping to run. I got as close to the track as I could and yelled at her to stop, I'm not a fan of watching my kid make an injury worse. She ignored me and continued. She finished and when I could get where I could talk to her she was crying (I think more about her time) but was saying the pain was unbearable while she was running. She went to the trainer there and she said she thought shin splints or tendinitis. She wanted to run the 800m, but her coach pulled her out not wanting to make things worse. Today she is still in pain.

I've talked to her school trainer and tomorrow she has an appt first thing for xrays, he wants to make sure she doesn't have a stress fracture. I guess what I'm asking for those of who you have suffered with shin splints or stress fractures, does that sound like the type of pain you have? Either way she is done with indoor as far as I'm concerned. I won't let her run until she is healed enough not to have any type of relapse.

Thanks

January goal: 100 miles
1/1: 3.6 miles (m)
1/2: Downpour Day
1/3: 4.5 miles (m)
1/4: 4 miles (m)
1/5: 5 miles (m)
1/6: 4.5 miles (m)
1/7: 4 miles (m)
1/8: 6 miles (m)
1/9: Rest Day
1/10: 4.15 miles (m)
1/11: Unplanned Rest
1/12: 3.75 miles (m)
1/13: 4.5 miles (m)
1/14: 4.5 miles (m)
1/15: 3 miles (m -.5)
1/16: Rest Day
1/17: 4 miles (m)

My Total/January: 55.5 miles
Mike's Total: 55 miles

Boy, have I missed lots of posts. Sunday's run was supposed to be long but I just felt gross and sluggish and myhip was hurting something fierce so I only managed 3 miles and Mike only made it about 2 and a half before he started walking. We took a day off yesterday and that seems to have been a good idea. We went out this morning in the rain with Fergus and both of us were feeling a lot better. I actually feel so much better that I am thinking about taking a second run this evening instead of my usual walk. I guess we will see how I feel at the end of the day and then make that decision.

@skippygirlsmom It has been a long time since I have had shin splints, but I do remember feeling a tightness/tension in that same area in the front of the ankles. I'm sorry she is having to go through this and I hope it is not anything too severe.

@RespectTheKitty I am sorry you have hit such a rough patch. I hope things are looking up for you soon.

@OSUbuckeye906 I am so glad to hear that you are ok after your accident!

@Orphia Groovy kangaroos!

@BeeerRunner I always pop my blisters, too. They just feel so much better once the pressure is relieved.

@7lenny7 I loved the pickle juice story. I haven't had to deal with cramps much lately. I used to get them fairly regularly though and I have been in that same situation with both inner thighs and the abs cramped up at the same time. If only I had known about the pickle juice! I pretty much hobbled around and drank a bunch of Gatorade until they subsided. It was not fun and I will probably never forget it. I will have to remember the pickle juice for the future as I start building more distance since I am sure I will be needing it at some point.

Have a fabulous rest of the day!

January Running Challenge:

1/1: 19 miles
1/2: 5 miles
1/3: BodyPump and 30 minutes of stair stepper
1/4: 5.8 miles of a 10 mile planned run. Cut short due to knee pain
1/5 Unplanned rest day
1/6 2.2 mile walk, 30 minutes elliptical, Strength: upper body and core
1/7 8.2 miles
1/8 20 miles
1/9 45 minutes light strength and 45 minute walk
1/10 15 minutes of stationary bike, 20 minutes of Elliptical, 45 minutes strength
1/11 57 minutes of walking (3.5 miles), 52 minutes of strength
1/12 48 minutes of stationary bike, 30 minutes of strength
1/13 Planned rest day
1/14 6 mile run, knee felt so much better
1/15 12 mile run
1/16 5 mile run

Goal: 81 of 170

Ok...popped the blister after my run last night. It didn't hurt at all. What I thought was part of the blister on the left side of my big right toe turned out to be a callous. Yeah...my feet are pretty gross right now. If I went to get a pedicure, I'm sure my feet would be the talk of the salon but not in a good way. In a very bad embarrassing way!! Lol!!

Btw, for those that commented, thank you for the blister advice!!

January milege
1---0.50 walk
2---3.47 w
4---5.37
6---1.39
8---1.0
9,10 ---nada
11--- swam
12-15--- nada (work gets in the way)
16---2.93
17---3.79 (run 2min, walk 3)

14.48/30 running miles
3.97 walking miles

Hopefully? races:
March 19th 2017 RNR Half Dallas, TX
March 26th 2017 A2A 5k Ardmore, OK
April 30th 2017 OKC Memorial Marathon, Half

@MNLittleFinn I'll be sure to let you know my thoughts on my plan, but right now it seems to be serving me really well. I have made some adjustments, however. For example, I know it breaks the 25-33% rule for long runs that @Stoshew71 and others swear by so, to make that work, I'm taking into account the time spent cross-training as per the plan and working it so that the long run works out to be about 30% of the time spent 'training' each week. I'm also cutting back the cut-back weeks by another 20% ish. As I'm injury-prone, these were the suggestion from my old PT, so I'm hoping it works for me.

I've also bumped the 18miler training run up to a 20mile, because it matched perfectly with a 20mile race my running club are putting in a team for. I figured another couple of miles couldn't hurt, as long as I cutback the week after (which was on my plan anyway) but the psychological benefits of running two 20 milers in training rather than one, I think, will be extremely beneficial to me. Mainly because I'm still terrified

skippygirlsmom wrote: »

I need to go back and catch up on all the posts. Didn't run yesterday (track meet) or today because I only slept like 2 hours last night. I just couldn't sleep.

I'm taking Skip to the orthopedic center tomorrow morning. I've never had a stress fracture or shin splints so we are not sure what she is feeling. Friday she said her ankles felt tight in the front, I thought it was strange, but in the interest of TMI she is getting to her TOM so I thought some water being held. Saturday we went out to run and she couldn't make a mile without having to stop. Within a couples of miles she had stopped a few times and was crying they hurt so bad. She did some stretching and tried again, still too much pain. She went home iced and rested. Sunday she said both were much better, just one was "tight". We get to her meet on Monday, she went outside and did about a mile or so warm up (to run a mile race LOL) and said she was fine. By about 600m into the 1600m I could see she was in pain and limping to run. I got as close to the track as I could and yelled at her to stop, I'm not a fan of watching my kid make an injury worse. She ignored me and continued. She finished and when I could get where I could talk to her she was crying (I think more about her time) but was saying the pain was unbearable while she was running. She went to the trainer there and she said she thought shin splints or tendinitis. She wanted to run the 800m, but her coach pulled her out not wanting to make things worse. Today she is still in pain.

I've talked to her school trainer and tomorrow she has an appt first thing for xrays, he wants to make sure she doesn't have a stress fracture. I guess what I'm asking for those of who you have suffered with shin splints or stress fractures, does that sound like the type of pain you have? Either way she is done with indoor as far as I'm concerned. I won't let her run until she is healed enough not to have any type of relapse.

Thanks

I think we all know that I've had experience with shin stress fractures, but it seems to me like her pain came on more suddenly than it normally does with stress fractures unless she's had some pain she's been ignoring. Also, I don't think it's that common to get stress fractures in both legs at the same time. One better way to tell is to run your finger along the area, pressing slightly. If she can pinpoint an exact spot that's painful when you press on it, that's more indicative of a stress fracture. It's been awhile since I've had shin splints, so I'm not sure if it's that or something else. Hoping for the best outcome for Skip!