Tag Archives: The Louisiana Marathon
Louisiana Marathon: No More
The past couple of weeks have been extremely busy for me, hence the missed post. On several nights, I’ve left work and gone to a second job to make a little extra holiday cash. Between working a couple of jobs I’ve been finishing up the last of my Christmas shopping (mostly online, because I hate [...]
Louisiana Marathon: Week 21
I had a couple of pretty good runs this week. Friday’s run was a little rough, but I’ve bounced back and feel like I’m making progress. Monday – 4 miles in 30:14 (A.R.T.) Tuesday – off Wednesday – 5 miles in 38:21 Thursday – off (A.R.T.) Friday – 8 miles in 1:06:00 Saturday – off [...]
Louisiana Marathon: Week 20
I had a couple of rounds of A.R.T. last week and got in a few runs. My leg is feeling better aside from some soreness, which I was told I would have. Monday – 3 miles in 26:26 (A.R.T.) Tuesday – off Wednesday – 3 miles in 31:31 (A.R.T.) Thursday – off Friday – 4 [...]
Louisiana Marathon: Week 19
I went to the doctor on Monday and took some x-rays. He said everything looked fine and it was probably just an overuse injury. I was given some anti-inflammatory medicine and told to not run for 7-10 days. Monday – off Tuesday – off Wednesday – off Thursday – off Friday – off Saturday – [...]
Louisiana Marathon: Week 18
I had a decent start to week, but towards the end my ankle started hurting again so I had to miss my long run on Sunday. Monday – 3 miles in 24:12 Tuesday – off Wednesday – 4 miles in 32:47 Thursday – 5 miles in 40:02 Friday – 3 miles in 25 Saturday – [...]
Louisiana Marathon: Week 17
I took the whole week off to rest my leg. I did some weight lifting and strengthening exercises to try and help get me back on my feet quicker and prevent injury in the future. I also did a lot of stretching and foam rolling to help loosen up the calf muscle in my leg [...]
Louisiana Marathon: Week 16 and Jazz Half Recap
I spent the week trying to give my leg enough rest to be able to run the half-marathon while also trying to break in some new shoes for the half. I’m not sure if I was completely successful at either. Monday – 3 miles in 29:30 Tuesday – off for leg Wednesday – 4 miles [...]
Louisiana Marathon: Week 15
I got in a couple of good workouts with week that really pumped me up. I also started getting some nagging tightness and pain in my right calf/shin the middle part of the week that has persisted the past few days. I’m gonna try to foam roll and stretch it out and hope that it’ll [...]
Fall/Winter Schedule
I love running in the fall and winter. I can head out the door at 2 in the afternoon and not have to worry about dying of heatstroke. I can go on 10+ runs with no water and not worry about falling out on the side of the road due to dehydration. However, maybe the [...]
Louisiana Marathon: Week 14
I had a down week this week and I took full advantage of it (maybe even abused it). I also had trouble finding motivation this week. There were just some days when I didn’t want to run at all. I hit all my days, but I did cut some runs short. I managed a good [...]
Louisiana Marathon: Week 13
This week was one of the toughest in recent memory. I was running on tired legs the beginning of the week, with some runs being a struggle just to finish. Then I had a bit of a scare after the Revel Run on Saturday. My ankle started hurting and I had trouble putting weight on [...]