Personal Running Blog
| Distance | Pace | Weight | |
| Last week | 29.3 km | 5:30 min/km | 97.8 kg |
| This week | 10.6 km | 5:25 min/km | 98.1 kg |
Highlights of this week:
Nothing much to say for this week as I actually only ran once. But at least this was an inspiration. Need to ramp up my volume this month so I am back on track in January.
Wow, it took me more than 10 days to get from Day 49 to Day 50. Not sure why I fell off the wagon – it just happened. Yes, weather was crappy, but that is just unacceptable as an excuse. I am grateful that I ran into Dave the other day and just set up a run for this morning. Otherwise I don’t think I would have run today… The loss of fitness I encountered over the last 10 days is tremendous – absolutely shocking. I hope this is enough inspiration to get me back on track.
I really struggled keeping up with Dave down on Alderside. I am pretty sure that this would have been easy 2 weeks ago, but today I was just crushed. It was really good to get out this early in the morning. By 8:30 I had my run in already – it felt really good. I did notice my knee again…
| Distance | Pace | Weight | |
| Last week | 63 km | 5:34 min/km | 98.4 kg |
| This week | 29.3 km | 5:30 min/km | 97.8 kg |
Highlights of this week:
Well, I dropped the ball this week. For some inexplicable reason I stopped running on Wednesday, hence the small volume…
| Distance |
Pace |
Weight |
HR |
VO2 Max |
Lactate Threshold |
|
| September | 72 | 6:15 | 102.7 | 150 | 45 | 5:19 / 163 |
| October | 172 | 5:43 | 101.0 | 149 | 50 | 5:06 / 160 |
| November | 216 | 5:31 | 98.9 | 147 | 51 | 4:44 / 161 |
Second full month of running! I missed my volume target by 10 km which is fine. Also, a little bit a damper is the issue with my left knee. The pain is not really going away. I may need to take it a little easier to get some relief. But on the plus side I lost more than 2 kg in weight and all fitness numbers are really good (pace, VO2 Max, LT). I cannot complain at all. I signed up for the Marathon clinic next year with the Den. We’ll see how that goes…
Goals for December:
Easy run late in the evening. Very quiet on the streets. Enjoyed the rain drizzle. Knee is acting up again. I am starting to think that it is a knee cap alignment issue. Will try to start doing some stretching exercises.
Easy warm up run to the Den, but somehow I finalized this run on the watch, so a separate run was created. We went down to Lafarge Lake to see the lights. It was really a social run with a few speed intervals, but overall I just put it into medium running. Anyway, this was the last clinic run of the year. The weather was very cooperative and ideal for running – nice and cool and dry. Noticed my knee at warm up and the pain was closer to a 2. It definitely felt duller than Sunday and it went away until about halfway through the run. It then came back with a 3 to 4 and took me a little by surprise. In any it was bearable and it went away fairly quickly. So, does running make the problem go away or worse? Not sure. I don’t think that running makes it worse, but there are likely some strengthening and/or stretching exercise to help improve the issue. I guess it just hasn’t gotten bad enough just yet…
Knee is still bothering me a fair amount. At the beginning I would rate the pain at a 4 out of 10. It started changing my stride momentarily. But after 10min it was much better with the pain subduing to a 2. The hard workout yesterday did not help, nor sitting at a desk all day – although I went out for a 20min walk today. The other not so good thing today was the fact that my crown felt out today and now I need to go to dentist. It was just a matter of time, but I am really dreading this visit…
| Distance | Pace | Weight | |
| Last week | 35 km | 5:32 min/km | 99.1 kg |
| This week | 63 km | 5:34 min/km | 98.4 kg |
Highlights of this week:
Nice drop in weight this week. Seems like I moving away from my plateau. The Sunday long run was a killer this week. As I went in the evening I wanted to stay in a well lit area so I opted for David to Shaughnessy and back on David. What a way to end the week. I am starting to feel the volume, so it will be interesting to see how I do next week…
This long run really got to me. My legs felt like jello on the last 2 km rolling home. I am happy that I was able to run up Heritage Mountain without stopping once (vs 3 times the last time I tried). I did have to take a break on the way back up David again – between Johnson and Lansdowne. Overall my legs were just tired. I think the weekly volume really contributed to it, as looking at the heart rate I averaged 146 bpm which is much less that I thought it would be.
I also had some minor issues with my left knee again – but it doesn’t seem that it is getting worse. For a few moment I felt some weakness in knee, like it was going to give in. But I have felt that feeling in the past and nothing really came out of it. Overall I think these hills actually help build up muscles around the knee (that is my hope, at least). I was careful on the downhills not to put too much pressure, then again I felt so depleted that I couldn’t have taken the downhills much faster anyway. I will be interesting to see how my legs will feel tomorrow.
Easy run in the afternoon. Absolutely uneventful. The only thing to mention is that I did notice the discomfort in my left knee again. I think the kneecap is moving around and in some locations it creates a little bit of pain. It doesn’t prevent me from running, but it is starting to become a major annoyance… Pace was fine and within what I expected. Planning to do a 20km long run tomorrow. I am a little worried how my knee will hold up.