Casey's 10K Training Log

Happy Easter!  And congratulations to all Lent participants for surviving these short 40 days.  Hopefully your post-Lent binges do not leave you with any unplesaent side-effects

I actually  thought I had mapped out a 6.2 mile run, but no luck.  I missed a street in the route...I'm an idiot.  I completed a 6-mile run (30F, no wind, not bad at all, really) with a total running time of 66 minutes.  Slower than the 10-minute pace I had on Saturday, but I'm going to blame Friday's 4-mile run for the slower pace.  Oh, my stupid knee as well.

I intentionally picked a route with hils in it to see how the bad knee would respond.  It did okay for the first 3.5 miles, and then it was nice enough to let me know it didn't want to run anymore.  I pushed through and finished the run, but it was obvious I had slowed down (I really tried not to).  And I'm still compensating because that grapefruit sized knot is back in my right calf.  Actually, its only the size of a small orange this time...hopefully by race day (7-days) it will only become grape-sized.

 No more outdoor long runs until the race.  May try a short one or two, but more likely that I will stick to cushioned treadmills, ellipticals, and possibly bikes. 

By the way, my NCAA bracket is a terrible mess thanks to Clemson, Duke, UConn, and G'Town.  What were these teams thinking?!?!?

I ran 3 miles on the treadmill today.  I ran a slower 11:19 pace to take it easy on the bum-knee.  I have to admit that my knee was pretty sore today and it may or may not have had something to do with my super-cute brown heels.  But, in the name of fashion decency, and how well these shoes go with the skirt I was wearing, the heel wearing was completely unavoidable.  Perhaps I will puruse my closet tonight to find an outfit that might lend itself to cute, yet comfortable, no-heeled shoes.  I'll keep you posted on my findings.

This is my last distance run until the race since (1) that is what my training schedule dictates and (2) Zippy may start using more forceful methods to get me to slow down.  Zippy is quite an unstable person for those of you lucky enough to have never had to deal with her.  Tomorrow I'll cross-train and Thursday I will do a short 1-mile or 15-minute run (I'll officially decide later).  Friday we are flying to Austin, and I will be eating  my way through the weekend until race day! 

Rode the bike today.  The knee was not liking the experience and I was only able to complete 30-minutes. 

Fear not, however, my evil workout partners still made me do an ab workout.  Too bad the abs and the knees aren't connected in some wierd way for me to justify skipping the excercise altogether.  

Short 15-minute run today.  And my knee felt pretty good.  I was able to increase my pace every 5-minutes without any pain.  Even after the workout it felt pretty good.  Maybe it will continue to feel great and my race on Sunday will be perfect!  Here's hoping for the best...

We fly to Austin tomorrow.  My next entry will be my 10K race results.  Wish me luck!