Quest For Boston

100 floors on the stairmaster tonight before power yoga.  Followed up with 1.5 miles on the treadmill to cool down. It's a beginning to cross-training.  Hopefully the stairclimber will build up the quads a bit and make the pounding easier to handle in the longer races.

6 miles in the dark.  I can't seem to get used to it.  A lot of extra pounding with the lack of light.   Off day tommorrow.

6 easy miles on a cool windy day.

Long run with Dave this morning.  I felt pretty good right up to the point I quit running.  My hip flexors realy started to bug me by the end of the run.  Did some good post run stretching for a change and it made a difference by the p.m.  I averaged 8:40's for the run but my final 4 were at 7:45 pace to finish up strong.  Off day on Monday.

Left the house on an out and back. I decided an hour run would be an improvement over last Tuesdays run as I slowly want to build my miles back up.  Turned out to be 7 miles in 57 minutes as my return speed was a bit faster than my out leg.  Out in 8:20's back in 7:40's.  I'm finding it a little easier to motivate myself out the door in the dark to get these runs in. I LOVE RUNNING IN THE DARK!  If I keep saying it, it will eventualy be true.  The legs feel pretty fresh this morning following the run .  X-training with power yoga and stairmaster tonight at the gym.

110 flights on the stairclimber in 15 minutes at level 12.  Followed up with 2 miles on the treadmill and power yoga class. Yoga class is getting a little easier but still have a long way to go.

30:30 minutes out 28:07 back for 7.4 miles.  Averaged 7:56 for the entire run.  Out in 8:20 back in 7:40. Legs were a little heavy from yesterday, plus I took a tumble on some ice at work this morning. Tweaked my shoulder and jambed my hands pretty good.  I'm sure it will be worse in the morning.

Long run with Dave this morning turned into a shorter run as the skies opened and the 20+ winds with gusts and 38 degree weather made for a bit too much discomfort. I almost felt like a wimp. Almost.

Averaged 7:48's with the last three pushing it a bit for 7:15's. My right foot was feeling a bit soar between the arch and big toe right after the run but feels better now; 1 hour post run.  I'll have to keep an eye on it.  Otherwise I felt good.

6 easy mile.  Physical this morning. Doc's sending me to get an ecocardiagram on Thursday.  She seems to think there's some odd peaks on my ekg. I don't see how my heart can be a problem with all the running.  We'll see.

easy first  4 followed by a 10k tempo run at 7 minute pace. Followed it up with a cool down and lots of house cleaning before football.  Still no word back on the eco test. Sick of worrying about it. I'm just going to keep running like there's no problems.

Doc wants to set up a stress test to check things out further. Seems I have a slightly enlarged left atriam. Good news is I have excellent pumping power. They want to set up a stress test which is fine by me.  I want one of those anyway.

Easy run with Pat this evening.  The snow made for slick conditions. Like running at night isn't bad enough.  :)

I hammered the stairmaster for 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes cool down on the treadmill.  Followed up with power yoga class.  Todays class really focused on the hip area and I walked out feeling great.

Headed out for 12 to 15 when I ran into another runner I knew.  Decidede to run with him for a while and before I knew it the miles were flying by.  Felt really good until the last 2 or so when the knees started to feel a bit fragile.  Glad I pushed it a bit. 

Nasty storm moving into the area so I have no idea how the roads will look over the next week.  May have to move indoors.  Stress test scheduled for tommorrow off island.  Hopefully the weather won't cause it to be cancelled.

2 mile warm up at the gym before power yoga class.