Down again

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Feb 162012
 

So last Sunday, I went out for my long run. Now I usually go out on Saturday morning to the Puddingstone Resevoir in San Dimas, but decided not to this time.

I decided to run around Alhambra. I’d run to Fremont, over to Mission, to Garfield, to Huntington, back to Fremont and back home. Easy right? For a total of 7 miles.

At least I thought it would be easy. Since these are fairly busy streets, I decided to run on the sidewalk. BIG mistake. The sidewalk hurts! It’s a lot harder than the streets, so my shins started hurting in my first mile. I had to get back on the streets if I was going to complete the 7. So I ran at the near edge of the street, hoping back onto the sidewalk whenever a car was coming by. I did this for the first 6 miles.

As soon as I came to mile 6, which is on Fremont near Walgreens, I thought I had it in the bag. Then BAM. I fell. Rolled my ankle and scraped my knee. Sunday was 4 days ago. And my ankle still isn’t completely healed. The wife got me a ankle wrap and I’ve iced it, but it still has some pain. I don’t have full rotation yet. And it’s bothering me. I want to go and run so badly, but I know that if I do, it’ll just make it worse.

So I haven’t ran/walked all week. Here’s hoping I can heal up by next week so I can get back on track with my training…

 Posted by at 12:36 pm

February Goals

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Feb 062012
 

I didn’t win the weight lose competition at work, but I did lose 3.5 pounds. Not enough. I need to pick it up this month and the following months.

My running is going great! My long run is at 6 miles now and it is increasing every week. It’s extremely hard to run long distances near home only because there’s so much traffic. I can weave in between blocks but that only gets me so far and the scenery is pretty boring. So I’ve joined some friends running at the Frank Bonelli park in San Dimas. We meet up at 6am and off we go! This weekend will be 7 miles, and I’m looking to run around the lake, which is 7.5 miles. Should be fun!

My training schedule I posted previously has me running only 3 times a week. I want to add in another day. Probably Sunday and make it an easy run since it is the day after my long run. Maybe do a quick 2 miles loop in my neighborhood. I have to admit, I have kept up with the running, but nothing else. I have really been cross training, which I should do to help with my speed. 14-15 minute a mile is tough and tiring! But I’m getting better everytime. And I’m doing better than those sitting on the couch!

So February, I want to lose at least 6 pounds. That should really help. I haven’t been until 230 lbs in a long time. I’ve already noticed that I have room in the waist of my “skinny jeans”. Time to put more space there…

 Posted by at 8:23 am
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