Back To Training

A good week this week. I didn't quite follow my training schedule this week. Since starting up again after my surgery, I noticed that my heart rate is up a bit, which means it's harder to maintain my old pace. But I've been trying and so I wanted to run everyday this week instead of having my usual Thursday off. So here's what I did:

Monday - 3 miles
Tuesday - 4 miles
Wednesday - 6 miles
Thursday - 4 miles
Friday - 10 miles

I wanted to push myself a little bit today so that I can whip my leg muscles back in shape. Now, after sitting down for an hour after my run, my legs are a little stiff and sore, but not too bad. It's the kind of stiff and sore that feels good after a hard workout. So I'll take the weekend to recover and try to get back to my normal schedule next week.

Back To It

Yesterday was my first day running since surgery. It was 2 weeks since the last time I ran. I was a little worried that some of my muscles would have weakened and that I'd be in some serious pain if I ran to far (remember that first trek out in my Vibram's?) So I had planned on walking a bit and then just pounding out 1 mile and calling it a day. But I felt so good after 1 mile, I kept going for another 2. So 3 miles yesterday and it felt pretty good. I wasn't wearing my heart rate monitor, but I think my heart rate might have been slightly elevated for the pace that I was running, but I know that won't take long to come back down, so I'm not worried about it.

So I'll take it easy this week and next week, then try to figure out where in my training schedule to jump back in for the new year.

Repeat...

I'm repeating last weeks' training this week because I missed my long run last week. I'm grateful for the 8 extra weeks padded into my training schedule between now and April 9. It gives me a little bit more flexibility. Plus I'm having sinus surgery this Friday, so I'm going to be down and out for at least a week.