Training Log Archive: zerfas

Ran the Riley's Rumble course as training. Ran with lots of other people so stayed with them for the out part which is 6.5 miles and ran it in 55 mins. On the way back me and another guy went a tad faster returning the 6.6 miles- thus the 1/2 marathon distance, in 51 mins. He slowed down some after about three miles, and at first I slowed with him and then sped up, as he told me to continue, so probably lost about one minute. Ran another 1.9 miles on the C & O canal. Ran very early, it was so early, saw a huge beaver on the way in to park my car. The run quickly warmed up. Tinkering with some new sports drinks need something better then gatorade for a 50K. This one is not to shabby and my stomach seemed to be OK with it; only used a small amount will try more on subsequent runs.

Ran very easy as I have two somewhat longer runs in three days. Very hot when I was running.

Ran point to point adding Haines point to add some distance. In the mid 80's to start all of a sudden it was cool once I reached the Kennedy Center with the incoming storm.

A different finger swelled up this time so it is back on the steriods and at a higher dose. My husband was the only doctor to diagnose this correct from the beginning the other five doctors missed it or had no idea. The RAST test either gave a false negative or was done wrong. I was able to run well even with all of that steriod that I am taking. Today is another high dose and then slowly taper. My finger is starting to look a little better this time I started it real quick before I had the complete reaction- not pretty.

First run of the day. Stopped and stretched some. I had a massage last night; still feel stiff. Might be all of the house cleaning and yard work to catch up on after the fence was built.

Second run of the day. Sun setting by the time I started so it was much cooler.

Recovery day. Ran on the trails and forgot my watch so the time and distance are a guess. Wanted to run some on the trails to get ready for the upcoming training runs.

50 pushups and 150 situps- different kinds done in sets this is the total number.