Wednesday, May 29, 2024 Training Continues Yesterday I jogged to Pilates and had a session with Megan. Then I went over to Franklin Field. I was inspired to do a 300 meter set by a workout that Bill Yelverton put on his blog a couple of days ago. I thought I would see where I am compared to him at this point in time. He noted these results: 4 x 300 w/ 2:30 rest: 47:57, 47.85, 49.99, 48.65 (Avg. 48.52) I ended up doing 5 in total, but mostly because I realized sometime during the set that I had miscalculated the distance. I was actually running these somewhere between 310-320 meters (the lines of the Penn track fooled me again--I forgot that the main start line with the numbers is not actually the start for the 200m and 300m . . . my bad). Overall (positive aspects first!): I was able to complete the workout. My left hamstring, though very slightly tight still, did not hurt. My times were not THAT awful. The more neutral or negative aspects: I sure can't run as fast as I thought
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Sunday, May 26, 2024 Good Track Workout Today I got up and went to track practice in Chestnut Hill. Team was light today on account of holiday weekend and a one mile race tomorrow that many will do. I ran with Bob today. He was the guy who set the pace for the workout when I FIRST joined the team back in March--and he really impressed me with his cardio strength and power (I think he's 66!). He invited me to run 400s today. He set a goal of 4 400s at about 92 seconds with about a minute and a half in between. I did a mile jog, drills, and a few 100s to warm up. I was able to run/keep up with him, and I didn't feel any pain in hammy, so I was grateful. In fact, I felt so good, I went ahead and ran 2 more 400s after Bob ended the fourth. This also gave me an opportunity to practice pacing myself. I kept getting to the 200m mark before my goal of 45 seconds. But still it was good practice to see where I'm at on the track during a dash and to check how I feel. A couple of teamm
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Friday, May 24, 2024 Mixed Feelings (Results?) Today I did a track workout at Franklin Field. I jogged over as a warm up. My hammy felt fine. I got to the track and one portion of it was covered with a tarp (left over from graduation ceremony). There was only one other runner on the track. I decided to do a workout from the Collins book. 6 x 200m at around 32 seconds (his number) with 4 minutes rest in between (which was good--the 200m plan--because the top of one half of the track was unusable due to the tarp). About halfway through, a group of about 10 runners started using the track. That was okay I guess. So, the positive aspects: I was able to complete the workout. My hammy didn't hurt. My times were relatively okay. The negative aspects: My times were not as good as I thought they should be; my whole body felt sort of stiff and claggy; my left quad felt sort of tight on the last 3. I am not as optimistic that I will be able to run a 400m at a minute. I went to the gym after
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Sunday, May 19, 2024: Steady Progress Had a great week! I was careful to rest each day after running. I did the new bike at the gym for a pretty good cardio workout 2 days this week. I also did the stair machine. I find that I can really get my heart rate up on these with no strain on my hammy. I have also been doing the hammy RDL strength exercises from the video I added to a post a week or so back. They seem to really help. Megan is away, so I didn't have any Pilates sessions. I did acupuncture and cupping with Dr. Aaron on Friday. Wednesday I turned 6o years old!!! My hammy felt totally fine on Tuesday, Wednesday. and Thursday. I did not go to the track because Wally said they were setting up for graduation (which is this evening) at Franklin Field. Friday morning, before Dr. Aaron appointment, I went for a 3.5 mile run outside. I completed the the 2nd and 3rd miles in 8 minutes, 10 seconds. I felt pretty good. My hammy started "talking" to me in the third mile, so I
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Monday, May 13, 2024 Review of Sunday Track Practice Yesterday morning I got up in the cold and light rain and went to track practice in Chestnut Hill. I was invited to do a workout with two ladies I'd met a few weeks ago--Alison and Lorraine. They are both middle distance runners, and they were going to attempt more of a "distance" workout of 300s, 600s, an 800, and a 1200. Alison is an amazing runner--tall and lean with a great stride. She's probably 15-20 years younger than I. And Lorraine is in excellent shape, shorter than Alison, and she is maybe 5-10 years younger than I [inserting info I found online after I wrote this entry--Lorraine is like 62! She looks A LOT younger!]. Anyway, I trailed Lorraine for all the splits--and Alison would start behind me, but some splits (especially the last few splits) she moved ahead of me at some point, which was impressive--that she had extra to give at the end. I did not write or memo the exact splits and times we did, or th
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Thursday, May 9, 2024 Went to Pilates this morning on my bike. My leg is feeling kind of . . . tight/tender? I'm not not aware of my hamstring area at present, ever since Tuesday's track workout, so I'm taking it easy. I went to the track to run the stadium stairs, and I got three long flight runs in (lower plus upper levels) before I was told the track was closed . . . the women's lacrosse team was practicing, and an assistant something-or-rather said it's "NCAA." I've always run on track and done stadium stairs while the mens lacrosse team practiced . . . so, anyway, have to let it go, and not push against his wrong, no matter how right I am, lol. It's a bummer to lose a full workout yet again. I have an acupuncture appointment tomorrow morning with Dr. Aaron. I'll do one more treatment and see how it goes. Sunday I'll got to track practice. Just a reminder to self--From a post right after my hamstring injury: "As mentioned, I hav
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024 Back on the track! Beautiful day at Franklin Field. Basically had the track to myself again. Fine weather. Jogged to the Pilates studio for a session with Megan. Then I walked over to the stadium. My hamstring feeling pretty much healed. I feel slight tightness/a dull aching feeling in area above hamstring--like where my leg connects to my butt. It's definitely below a level 4, so I'm going to keep running! I had 9 days away; I used the compression balls during the drive from Chicago to Cali, and they really helped alleviate pains and cramps as I drove. Once in Cali, I practiced Pilates mat on three days, and on two days, I ran the nice hill next to my sister's house--5 times up and back the first day, which felt great. The day after, my butt was sore! Then I did that again another day, and I managed to run it 6 times. Yesterday I had Pilates mat in the morning, then I went to the gym and did a chest workout. I'm loving the bars! Chin-ups, dips, ha