Month: July 2007

Yesterday, during my day off, I went through a few different training programs, trying to see if there is one that may be better suited to me for this stage.  My goal right now is to get myself in shape and run a 10K to establish my pacing for the FIRST marathon training program that… Continue reading Roll with the changes

Given my shin splint problem this week, I was unsure of what to do for my Saturday run. I started feeling better after my toe raise exercises and a day of rest. I decided to give 6 miles a go, but I planned the route in such a way that I could easily shorten my… Continue reading 3 and out

I’ve just discovered a new exercise to combat the shin splints problem.  As far as I know it doesn’t have an official name, so we’ll just refer to it as the “Toe raise” since the names of most exercises just seem to describe the general motion of the exercise.  It would be far more fun… Continue reading The toe raise

Today was the worst workout I’ve had so far in my training for the marathon.  I was supposed to run two 1600 m intervals and one 800 m interval.  I couldn’t even finish the first 1600 m interval.  My legs were so tired from my 7 miles on Saturday.  I felt beyond exhausted.  I felt on… Continue reading Change in Plans

I was able to wake up a little earlier this morning than I was last Saturday. I was hot just before bed last night, so I jacked up the A/C before retiring for the evening. As a result, it was pretty cold in the house in the morning, so it took me a while to… Continue reading 07-07-07

When I first signed up at the local gym, I got three free sessions with a personal trainer. Phil showed me the plank. When he was demonstrating it, I thought it looked like an awfully easy exercise. After all, I used to do 600 sit-ups a day in high school and that was only 12… Continue reading Walk the plank