Cross training

Well  I have decided since I can´t  run normally, that I ll get back to the gym and lose extra fat and keep some of the musle while getting stronger. I did a gym session today did Biceps and back,then did one lap in the Casa España which is around 960 meteres or so in 6:20 hurted a lot but thought that is better to run a little to burn fat than to rest, rest did not work for me a lot, but logically I cant run more than 10 mins with this injury, maybe the gym stuff is good for a change.

Hope everything is going well with you, will try keeping running the minimum to get the blood flowing.


Have a great Sunday!

First run in 3 weeks

I think that this is the longest break that I have been through in my entire running life (I turn 13 years in August). To be honest I took my time so that I could start up again in full force. It was not the case because my right shin is still bothering me. Its much better of course, but I expected it to be healed already. This evening at 6:30 p.m. I went out to the conservatory in 7:25, faster than normal, go figure!, then did 3 laps and after the 10 mins I really felt out of shape and hti the wall, splits were 6:11,6:06,6:10 and back home to finish 5.5k in 33:31. So faster than a lot of my current easy runs. But the effort was too hard. Anyway that is not important at this point. The important thing is that I am still hurt, lets see how it feels tomorrow in the morning.

5.5k in 33:31. All in all I am very happy to run again!

Catching up

Hey there!!

I am much better, I can run, but I can feel something yet, so I am posponing my return a few more days. It can be tomorrow as it can be in one more week. I just dont want to do anything stupid.

Over the weekend I was in Las Terrenas, Samana. A beautiful place with wonderful beaches and friendly and kind people. I loved being there and would be there again without hesitation. Unfortunely We could not party at night due to an accident that was held in the highway and some people that died in the accident were from there. All bars and discos were closed due to this tragedy for the whole weekend. No biggies, I ll be there again. It was a beautiful place to run, but I was just in recovery mode, I hope next time I am there I ll be able to explore more the city running.

Hope everything is going well!

News

Hey there,

To be honest my shin is not recovered, I could run through it but I would suffer a lot and would go backwards with more days off. I have decidedto run when I am fully recovered to start training hard again, by now I ll have to rest some more.

Hope that your running is going well,

cheers!

Stubborn?

Well I was supposed to rest today, in fact, that was the plan, but in the afternoon I crave running and decided as soon as I get home from my grandmother´s house, I would dress and go running. That how things turned out and at 6:40 p.m. I headed out to the conservatory running very slow and basically limping, the pain decreased a lot when I warmed up but I had to accomodate the leg in every stride. I just ran 21:07  and called it a day. I felt good in the lungs, but that shin is killing me. I will keep doing 20 mins runs as long as the pain dont get worse. I tried resting already and it did workout temporaly but as soon as I came back to running, the pain returned, so what is the point.

I ll just do some exercises strenghtening the area and will see what happens, cant let that all my fitness goes away,and start over again regaining fitness for the rest of the year. That does not sound good.

I am glad that I can run and love running.

Have a great Friday!

Back to running

Well  I had to rest 9 days without running as you know due to a shin problem. Today I was much better, I am not 100 per cent by any means, but I wanted to give it a try today. I went out to the conservatory in 7:44 feeling really good the whole run, very rested. Did 4 laps in 6:04,6:08( in this lap stopped several seconds to tie my shoe),6:04,5:59, then completed 35:30. Was huffing and puffing sometimes but generally felt good. The leg is not completely recovered, I have to admit that it was bothering me but I could run through it without changing my form. Afterwards it was bothering me considerably when I was stand and put the weight on that leg, then walking home it did not bothered me.

I think right know that if it does not alter my form and improves as the run goes by, then I would be safe running, but I ll have to keep an eye on it.

Its funny, running is an important part of my life, but since I have started running I have not run on my birthday more than when I have run on my birthday. Tuesday was my birthday and I could not run due to this s#%%"5t. Running is an important activity in my life so I should do it every birthday to celebrate it.

Have a great Thursday everyone!

More days off

I had hoped that by today I would be just fine, to be honest I have not improved that much eventhough that I have rested and taken antiflamatory. I am limping somewhat walking, but its better than last week at least. Yesterday I went to the park and did 5laps (5k) walking at a brisk pace( at least for me), some older guys passed me no problem and in the last lap I put the hammer down and did  9:55, oh!! I am a competitive runner, I had to do that.

At least I moved and did not stay here, I am driving myself crazy here without running, yesterday the walking was a release. I tried to stretch the spot, but I cant, it just hurts when I put the foot in the floor and apply my body´s weight pressure.

I ll have to rest a few more days, honestly, dont remember in my almost 13 years of running where I had to rest for more than a week due to an injury. I hope that it improves, I just want to run. I even improved my dinner food so that coupled with the running I could lose some weight. But ha! the improved dinner will have to do for a while!

Thanks for the support!