I completed week number of two of the 18-week training program, I was able to get both the 5 miler yesterday and an 11 miler today. Its rough taking on this many miles on a weekend, but its only going to get worse from here. I found out on Saturday though that the pain in […]

This friday is a full day of recovery for me, I chose not to lift weights in the morning like I usually do on Fridays. My body is feeling pretty good despite the recent struggles i’ve had with the hamstring and with the upper part of my groin muscle. Yesterday (thursday), I had one of […]

So shortly after recovering from the hamstring problem, it appears i’ve got some soreness in my groin (very minor). It doesn’t hurt, and it may just be that its sore from the bike (remember last weekend I felt it a little bit). The worst part is that its on my leg that I just had […]

I was skeptical as to how well I would do during this first week of training, but things are just fine. My hamstring is healed (my knees hurt, but thats normal) and I’m gearing up for week two. I finished an 8-mile run yesterday (saturday), which was the longest I did in two weeks, and […]

Its now been 3 full days back to running (i should really call it jogging), and I got my first run in outside since late last week. Wow, what a rush! I remember now the reasons why I love running, its the fresh air and the solitude. I’m happy to say that i’ve racked up […]

After a weekend of nothing, and a good bike ride on Monday, I made my first attempt to lightly jog again on a treadmill. I got 3 miles in without any pain (although at a slow pace). I decided to stay inside even though its BEAUTIFUL outside, because I figure that if I felt pain, […]

Since I am struggling with an injury, I found some good links on www.coolrunning.com on how to treat injuries and prevent them: http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/Forum11/HTML/007216.shtml I think I’ll spend the day checking these out ……… Original post blogged on b2evolution.

Its rough when I can’t get out on the roads running due to the injury, but i’ve realized that if I don’t take care of it now, i’m going to end up out for the summer. I can get back to the aerobic ability I was at prior to my injury, if I just take […]

This is the second entry i’ve posted today, however I felt the need to state that the fact i’m injured has finally set in. I will be taking the weekend off from doing ANYTHING, and pickup on Monday with a scaled down training for Steamtown. I will more than likely NOT run the Fairfield half-marathon […]

I wrote on Monday how in the final 2 miles of the Forty Fort 5-Miler, I had pain in my hamstring. I decided that even though this week was supposed to be a pre-training week, we’ll take it easy because of the hammy. I only crosstrained on Tuesday, lifted on Wednesday and ran my first […]