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Earning My Ears
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- Jan 28, 2010
Good morning,
Well for the first time since I have started jogging-running, I am on the injured list . I was supposed to run hills this morning but only after a couple of meters my leg hurt too much so I went back home. I have decided to take a week off and see what will happen. I don't think I will loose too much and better a week now than months later because I have decided to run injured. It sounds logical when I write it but I am not happy about it because my training was going well
I will just increase the time I take to walk the dog: she will be very happy about that.
I don't know what kind of summer we will have up north but this week will be beautifull. No rain, sunny and warm.
Have a nice day
Diane
Really sorry to hear that Diane. That's really my biggest fear, because when I've tried to get into running in the past I ended up doing too much too soon and getting injured and then I never go back to running once I'm healthy again. Following a plan has really helped me so far. I hope your legs feel better real soon so you can get back to it.
Since I finished the Runner's World beginner training plan this past weekend I don't really know how much to run. I guess my goal is to get my long run and my MPW up as much as possible between now and when I start the Goofy training program I found. My long run on the beginners plan ended up being 3.5 miles so I'm making my long run this week 4 miles. I think my miles this week will actually go down compared to last week, but I'll worry about getting my miles per week up later.
The plan I came up with for this week is 3-Mon, 2+x-train-Tues, 3 Wed, 3-Thurs, 2-Fri, 4-Sat. I plan on always running 3 the first day of my three day weekend (now starting on Thursdays), and half the distance of my long run on Friday and my long run on Saturday. I hope to do the 5k and the Goofy next January, so I want the 3 first as my 5k, then half of my long and the long as the Goofy. I'll keep that pattern as I go. What do you guys think? I hope how I explained it makes sense.