August 5, 2013 - October 1, 2013
Total Mileage: 76.51 miles
So its been a really long time since my last entry. Not all that much new to add here. Just training run after training run prepping for the Folsom Breakout on October 19th. Since the Giants Half, I have been battling nagging injuries and have had to skip runs here and there in an attempt to take some mileage off and recover, without losing cardio strength.
I ran with Greg for the first time for an 8 mile training run. Needless to say, the man is an animal and this half marathon should be a walk in the park for him. It was one of those runs where just nothing felt right. I could not get a good stride going and my breathing was off. My brother however was taking the opportunity to jump onto and over every electrical box (even those that were 7 feet high). It was also a little weird running along side someone, as I usually hit the roads alone, but it will be nice to have a little extra motivation to try to keep a quicker pace in a few weeks.
I traveled to Denver for work and got a few runs in there. It was the week before the flooding there and it was 94 degrees. Now that does not sound like a lot to those of you that live in Sac, but let me put it in perspective. That is the same as having it be 94 in Tahoe. Besides running in super thin air, I felt like I was roughly 9 feet away from the sun. I was wiped after both 5 mile runs. On a side note, John Elway opened one of his restaurants in the airport and they had a super bowl trophy on hand. So in the span of a month I saw both the World Series Trophies and the Super Bowl Trophy.
During my long run last weekend I came down wrong while out on the trail and felt pain shoot up my right ankle, shin, knee, hip and shoulder. Both my ankle and shin still have some swelling and what is really concerning is that I cannot feel the tips of my right ring and pinky fingers. My limited amount of medical knowledge tells me that I should not self diagnose and go to the doctor, but I'm going to give it a few more days.
I survived this weeks runs but I have a feeling that I will skip a few runs (much to my dismay) to take some pounding off the legs before Folsom. Checking the course it seems like it will be predominately trail with rolling hills and a steady incline on the back half (steady, but not steep thankfully).
I can't promise that I will check in again before the race. Until next time...
