RunningMyButtOff

Long run for me. I ran with Rodger Jason and Blake. It was cold this morning. We ran through downtown and the river trail. Blake and I split off from the group to get 13. Overall I felt good. 

Did a easy 1.5 on the treadmill to test my leg. Everything was good.

Ran under 3 miles on the treadmill. So far so good.

AM: Did a cardio workout. There was alot of jumping jacks lunges and a bunch of other things to test the leg. It felt good. Ill go for a run later outside. 

If everything is good Ill try run easy miles next week and try to get back uop to my normal mileage over the next few weeks.

So this is how my last two weeks have gone. I managed to somehow pull a muscle in my leg. So with much regret I decide to take 1-2 weeks off from running. I did how ever go to the YMCA and used the oliptical. At the end of the first week I felt great so I decied I would wait til Wednesday and do a couple of miles on the treadmill. First day 1.5 miles no issues. Before I was feeling pain right off. So the next day I did 3 on the treadmill and all was good. Then came Friday. My wife was sick and she got me sick. So I spent Friday night and Saturday morning throwing up and feeling like crap. 

I woke up this morning and felt great. I was going to run outside today. It was 26 degrees windy and snowing. The thought crossed my mind to say in and start tomorrow. A lot of running is mind over matter so I bundled up and ran 8 miles in a field behind my kids school. 8 pain free miles. If everthing stays good then I will run this week at 8 miles on my normal days then get back to normal mileage next week and a week are two after that get back into som serious traing.  

I did a easy out and back down at the okc river. I stayed on the grass on the way out and on he path on the way back. 

Easy out and back down at the river. I switched things up and ran in my Ravenas. Feeling good. 

Went out to Draper Lake to get my run in. It was rainy but other then that not to bad. I stuck to the roads because the dirt trails we very muddy. It felt good to be out here. 

Went back out to Draper lake and ran the hills at a easy pace. I felt pretty good. I'm still debating if I'm going to run a turkey trot this thursday or not.

A.M. Morning workout. Feeling great.

I meet Rodger and JHat a O.C for some easy miles. I had to cut my run short because I need to get some stuff done before the sun went down. I signed up for the downtown Turkey Trot on Thursday. I'm going to use it as a getting back to tempo runs day.

I left work early today and went and picked up my packet for the turkey trot tomorrow. Then headed down to the river for a windy and cool 10 miler. Then home for a nap. I could get use to that. 

I decided to run a Turkey Trot this year. This is the first time I've ran one. I was off for two weeks and I had a week of easy miles so I didn't know how much I lost. My goal was to go out at 5:51 pace and see how I felt. I felt good so I picked up the pace and hit the second mile at 5:42 then mile three at 5:41. I was definetly tired but felt good. On a hilly course. I'm glad I did it. I feel good about my future running. 

Easy run with the guys.