San Antonio half marathon, final 7 days
Posts Tagged ‘Sports Performance International’
20 Sep
I’m back! Days #20 – 25 training
Days 20 – 25 training for beginner in a half marathon. Increased long-run to 5 miles.
14 Sep
Day #16 – 19 training – “Your registration has been successfully completed.”
The biggest day of my training was on Sunday when I was scheduled to run 5 miles. It wasn’t a great run, but not because of my calves. On a high note, the calves held up just fine. I just felt sluggish and it wasn’t as easy a run as I would have liked. Chalk [...]
8 Sep
Day #11, 12, 13 & 14 training
Labor Day threw me off. Just got caught up in all the free time and got too tired at the end of the day to blog much. My sincerest apologies to my two readers!! Day 11 – REST (love my day of REST!!) Day 12 – 4 mile run My 4 mile run went extraordinarily [...]
3 Sep
Day #9 & 10 training
Day #9 – Cross train and/or strengthen I flaked. I was so sore from my session with Troy and Heather (new PT asst) that I couldn’t bring myself to get to the gym. OK, the truth is, of course I could have. I was just too damn lazy to do it. I could make the [...]
1 Sep
Day #7 & 8 training
Day 7 – Stretch & Strengthen Not sure what “Stretch” really means. Should I be doing Yoga? Because basic stretching, I’ve been doing that regularly now since I turned 41 and all these issues started. Should I be doing more? I don’t think I can do any more what with the stretches I already do [...]
22 Aug
Pressing on
I continue to baffle my PTs (I have a new one that’s shadowing Troy, Cheryl; love her!). I went in on Friday with my new calf issue and they were debating whether it was a soleus strain or a nerve issue. Neither of which they tell me is of huge concern, both can be fixed, [...]
6 Aug
Half-marathon training plans
My PT, Troy, wanted me to run at least 3X this week, 1 minute run, 1 minute walk for a total of 30 minutes. My first run on Sunday was a bit nerve wracking because I guess part of me was expecting the calf to act up again. The second one was uneventful (which is [...]
1 Aug
Green light to run!
So I had my weekly physical therapy with Troy over at Sports Performance International yesterday and he gave me the green light to start running again. Yeah!! This has been 4 weeks in the works. Actually more like 8 if you count the 4 weeks before that that I entrusted to time (letting time heal [...]
