tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202007107114341392024-02-02T16:52:25.984-08:00Perseverance Through RunningJust a record of my times, miles, accomplishments and challenges through my new found love..The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-59287381339484420532010-06-11T12:12:00.000-07:002010-06-11T12:18:33.806-07:00Running and Garage SalesSo Memorial weekend threw out the back again.. Lifted 4 gallons of milk and bent down to put it under the shopping cart and that movement threw it out.. Just pulled muscles I guess.. Opposite side of the surgery side so thinking it was just weak.. So had to take a week off but got back out monday the 7th had an ok run.. Would run a mile walk a quarter then run again. Did about 3 sets of those.. The weather was absolutly perfect though.. blue skies, sunny 55 when left 62 when I got back.. Very nice... was a little sore for the next couple days then busy so got out again today the 11th. <br /><br />Today was our famous yearly sub division garage sale so I ran and stopped to hit the garage sales on the way. Kill 2 birds with one stone.. It was kind of fun... Got my 4.25 miles in but with many stops along the way... my kind of running!!The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-22308455632416341532010-05-28T10:48:00.000-07:002010-05-28T10:56:22.520-07:00May 24th<br /><br />I think I tried to kill myself today.. not really but I went running around 11:00 this morning and it was like 76 when I left and 78 when I got back.. Went like 5.2 miles and it was way to hot!! I had to run a mile walk a mile.. I was dying.. But good news I had a good pace. Usually was in the 8-9 min pace but got very nauseated and dizzy.. Not a good idea to go so late in the morning..<br /><br />May 28th<br /><br />Todays run better as far as temps go.. 68 when I left 72 when got back. 4.2 miles in but I felt like a brick running in place.. Couldnt get much out of the 10-11 min pace. It was horrible.. I am wondering if it has to do with what I eat for breakfast before I go out.. I wait like 1 1/2 hrs before I go but really made me sluggish today.. There seems to be alot of controvesry on if or what you should eat before running. Think I will try something diffrent next week and see if that helps..The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-33233675670866116392010-05-19T07:01:00.000-07:002010-05-27T18:24:46.187-07:00May 18th<br /><br /><br />Have been resting for the last week due to some achy knees and back.. Feeling better tuesday so decided to run that evening.. Got in 3.70 miles. Felt good most the ma through.. The last half mile I cold feel my knees start to get sore so I walked the last 1/4 mile home. I am not sure if it was because I had a week off or if I just had more energy or what but I was running faster tonight,, I even got down in the 8-9 min mile pace and I didnt even feel like I was working any harder so that was nice. Experiencing a little pain in my hip again.. not sure if it is just a little sore muscle or what so I want to be careful where I had the stress fracture before.. I seen to do pretty good if I keep my mileage under 5 miles so maybe I will have to stay here for a while.. At least its better then nothing...The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-70633834058144022502010-05-10T09:27:00.000-07:002010-05-17T08:22:52.341-07:00Mon 10th<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#9999ff;">Feeling really sluggish today.. I dont know if it's because its monday or all the crap I ate over the weekend but just didnt have it today.. Forced myself to go though cuz I knew I would feel better about myself once I did, but I really struggled today.. I decided to work on distance today.. Walded a half mile then started running.. Felt like I was running in place.. I didnt get much out of the 10 min pace but that was ok since I was just concentrating on distance.. Occasionally I got in the 9 min pace and then sometimes I dropped in the 11 min pace...I kept saying I wll go this far then walk a little but each time I got there I was able to keep running... I pushed myself all the way to the corner of my street so that was good but about a half mile from home I really started feeling my knees hurt and my hip was hurting just a little.. I am not sure if its a little bursitis from back when I fractured it or if it was just strain not sure.. My back has been occasionally twinging on the nerve this weekend too.. not sure whats going on.. It really doesnt bother my back much to run but when I am walking around and I move just right I will feel it rub against the nerve a little.. Not sure if stretching helps or hinders it.. a little of both I think.. Got in 5.47 miles... should have maybe stuck with 5 but didnt really map out my route.. Think I will hold off and do weights tomorrow instead of today and just stick with my P.T exercises. See what the rest of the day brings..</span><br /><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#9999ff;">nothing the rest of the week.. Having some minor set backs with back and knee's decided to give them a rest.. Guess the increased mileag was too much for them.. Hope to get back out there soon.</span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-64485824660119548192010-05-03T16:00:00.000-07:002010-05-08T17:43:31.889-07:00Interval Work<span style="color:#33ff33;">Monday- distance and interval work... I didnt have the energy today and seriously thought about forgoing running today, but I knew I would feel better once I got out there so I did.. I was pretty tired ,but, but my legs seemed to carry me through. I worked on distance the first half of my run. speed walked 1/2 mile then ran for 2 1/2 miles. By then I was already pretty tired.. I stopped and speed walked to slow down my heart a little and catch my breath then decided to do some interval training. My goal was to do 2 min intervals but found out I wasnt ready for 2 mins so I did 5 1min intervals instead.. It actually felt pretty good to run fast for a min.. I got that butterfly in your stomach burn all through my body.. It felt great.. I definenlty was done after a min though there was no way I could have done more.. Maybe next week I can increase.. after the 5 intervals I went back to a slow run home to my corner of the street then walked the rest of the way.. Got in 4.7 Miles.. I even noticed my first 2 miles of running I moved into the 9-1o min pace so I am slowly starting to increase my speed so thats good.. came home and did all my P.T exercises with some light weight lifting.. A good day!!</span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;"></span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;">Weds.5th</span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;">Worked on intervals and distance today. warmed up with a slow run then did 7 intervals of faster running in 1- 1 1/2 mins to 1 min slow running. Had to stop and walk for 3-4 mins to catch breath and slow heart down and then finished the last 2 miles running comfortably and a walk the last half block home. I felt pretty good that I was able to run most the whole way.. Was hoping for a little longer in my intervals but I am sure it will come with time.. Finished with weights and P.T Did same route but got little less on mileage.. 4.65 Miles</span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;"></span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;">Thurs 6th</span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;">Rode bike today 9.50 miles. Very windy today. Struggled. felt like I was going so slow. Was surprised that you dont burn as many calories biking as you do running..I would have rather ran but am trying to give my body a rest in between running days.</span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;"></span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;">Fri 7th</span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;">Raining and windy outside. Did 30 min on elliptical and 15 min running on treadmill.. I swear the calibrations on the treadmill is off.. I swear as fast as I was running my distance should have been farther and the calories burned more.. Maybe you just dont notice it as much when your outside.. I dont know.. total miles was like 4.16 miles if I remember right..</span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;"></span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;">Sat</span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;">slacker today.. raining and windy and didnt want to get on treadmill.</span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-9783978918712806282010-04-29T12:52:00.000-07:002010-04-29T13:04:54.937-07:00Pushed it Today<span style="color:#ff99ff;">Woo Hoo.. Today I got my farthest yet since my comeback.. I got 4.29 miles today with running 3.50 miles of it straight before my cool down speed walk.. Yeah!!! It about killed me though. I was pretty tired... I am just trying to get my lungs and body back into shape so just concentrating on my distance right now... The very last half mile I tried to pick it up a little and I was really pushing it by then because I was getting pretty tired but I did it and it felt pretty good. I could feel the burn along with the exhaustion... I about killed over when I finally stopped to a walk but I was glad to have gone that far running straight with no walking in between.. My back did really well.. My knees hurt when I was speed walking at first for a warm up but went away by the time I started running.. Go figure shouldn't that be the other way around?? </span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Anyways I was able to come home and get the rest of my P.T done and did some weight lifting.. Feels great to be getting back into shape.. Of course it would be better if I could loose some weight..</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"> I havn't done anything else this week because it has been cold and windy so I have procrastinated.. Last week I went running Monday and ran through something and got the worst case of hayfever I have ever had.. Went biking weds or thursday. First time out since surgery and went around 7 or so miles and thought i had done pretty good but by tha night my knees were killing me.. I have never gotten sore knees from biking before,, I must be really out of shape...</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">I am hoping to go again tomorrow and get better results.. Hope to start working on speed next week maybe do some intervals to help with getting my lung compacity back and distance..</span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-76825308695409288892010-04-19T14:26:00.000-07:002010-04-19T15:06:30.521-07:00Finally A time to celebrate!!<span style="color:#3366ff;">Yes!!! I am finally back from a very long, tedious, painful vacation. It's been a long time since my last post. So to give a little update.... I had surgery on my lower back after just healing from my hip stress fracture. They went in and shaved off the 2 bulging discs in my back and lifted the nerve root and cleaned up the floating debri around there. The Doctor said this was the biggest and worst bulging discs he had seen in 25 years of being a surgeon.</span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">It has been a very slow process to heal. I seem to take 2 steps forward and 1 step back.. I have finished my Physical Therapy as of last week and have been given the go ahead to start back into my fitness regimen as long as I start slow and take it easy and gradually build back up... Yeah.. I have been waiting for this day for so long... It has been a horribly depressing 8 months but now I am so excited to be back!!!</span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">I started my first 2010 outside running adventure about 2 1/2 weeks ago.. Other then the 10 min elliptical training I have done 3 times a week at P.T I havnt done anything else. So on the 1st of April I went speed walking and did really well. I was able to get in 2.26 miles with very little discomfort. Then on the 5th I tried addidng just a little running in with my speed walking and again did great..got in another 2 miles. then I came down with a sinus infection and couldnt do anything for a week.</span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">On the 14th I got in 3.07 miles with walking and running mix.. I got a bit sore after this one I may have over done it or just maybe stretched wrong or something so I backed off for a few days.. It has been bothering me a little ever since so I was really quite nervous about going out today but the weather was beautiful and it was just calling me so I tried stretching really good before I left and out I went.. </span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">I walked the first half mile then ran 3/4 of a mile then walked another quarter mile then was able to run 1 1/2 miles without stopping and then finished with a .44 walk.. I was so proud of myself.. It felt so amzing to run again.. I had that burn all through my body that doesnt hurt it's just a butterfly burn that makes you feel so awesome you feel your whole body working together and burning.. It felt amazing.. I didnt want to stop but I knew I better not press my luck... I average somewhere around 10 min miles right now when I am running. Not too fast but it will come.. I am not in the best of shape after doing absolutly nothing for 8 months and have put on a bit of weight so my lungs have been fighting against me the last few times out but it's getting better each time.. I was able to come back and do my normal P.T and start a few weights. Hope I am not too sore tomorrow but I felt really good the whole time.. Maybe just a little achyness but nothing major... So a total of 3.44 miles today.</span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">Its amazing the change in my mood after I have completed a run.. I just feel so much better.. Alot of people have told me I shouldnt go back to running but its hard to explain to them just how good it makes me feel and how much my body craves it. You just feel so much better after a run.... I hope I continue to be smart and listen to my body and gradually ease back into it.. And hopefully (knock on wood) I wont have any injurys this year and my body will cooperate with me... I am going to try and mix it up a little with biking to help give my body a rest from the pounding so hopefully this will help..</span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Anyways I just wanted to shout out that I am finally back and am loving it... Dr. said I probably shouldnt train for any marathons this year but maybe by fall I can sneak in a 5 or 10k.. Right now I am just running for fun and not worrying about speed or distance (well as much as I can anyways.) I still find myself constantly watching the forerunner for my speed and distance but its a hard habit to break, but I really dont care about the speed right now just as long as I can do it I am happy.... </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#3366ff;">So yeah for me!!!!!</span></div>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-6647892395620590342010-01-10T08:26:00.000-08:002010-01-10T09:02:09.420-08:00"Back" to catching up.. Surgery<span style="color:#ffcc99;">Wow it has been quite a while since I have been on here... Well there hasnt been anything to post about any great runs dang it.. As most of you know who follow this. In August I was training for my first half marathon and ended up stress fracturing my hip and finding out I had 2 herniated discs in my back pinching my sciatic nerve.. Well come November my fracture finally healed. I no longer have any pains or problems with that thank heavens. It took 3 months to finally recover from that but I am still struggeling with my back..<br /><br />I started back injections and physical therapy for it but unfortunatly it hasnt helped.. we had scheduled an appt. with a second neurosurgeon to get a second opinion, but before I could make the appnt. I had a big set back.. Last week I woke up and as soon as I got out of bed I knew it was going to be a pretty bad day. I walked to the bathroom and lifted the toilet lid and that movement pinched my nerve a good one and put me in horrible pain.. So I hobbled to the kitchen to take 20 mg of lortab and those of you who are familiar with pain med dosage this is an extremely high dose.. This is what the Dr, had prescribed me to take. So I have been taking this amount for a couple weeks.. Anyways I thought maybe a good hot shower would help relieve some of the pain so I got in but was miserable.. I couldnt even pick up my legs to soap them off or bend over or anything.. I just cried. So I got out and again I just slightly bent to grab a piece of T.P to wipe the tears and that movement about killed me.. It squeezed the nerve again and just near put me down.. So now on top of the horrible pain I was already in I was having these waves or spasms of the pinching pain as well traveling all the way down my leg and to my toes. My leg was completely numb from my knee to my toes.. It felt like I was walking on a stump..<br />I was so much in pain.. I cried out for my mom who was staying with us for the holidays or my hubby to come help me get dressed because I couldnt even move.. They got me dressed and put me into the car to go to the ER..<br /><br />The ER was a whole nother story in itself.. Suffice to say it was the worse ER experience I have ever had.. the Dr.s forgot about me numerous times then admitted to lying to us on some test results because they had lost the results.. What a nightmare.. They ended up giving me 2 shots through the muscle in my arm of pain med plus a valium to try and quiet the waves or spasms and then ended up giving me an IV of pain medication before they finally sent me home after being there all day.. So as you can imagine with all that pain med on top of what I had already taken at home I was pretty high... As a result I think all the pain med ripped a hole in my guts... LOL I had to go off all pain meds for a while to see if I can get my stomach feeling better so it has been a rough week.. Also at the hospital they called and paged my neurosurgeon and he never bothered to call or come in..<br /><br />So we called this new Dr. that we had previosly sched an appnt with for the second opinion to see if they could get me in sooner which he did.. And come to find out he was the Dr. that was on call for that day I spent in the ER and he was supposed to have been notified by the ER staff about me but never was. He said had he been called he would have dome surgery on me right then.. Dang I so wish we would have thought to have the ER call him.. We didnt even think about it because of we hadn's really met or seen him yet.. So anyways after meeting with him we have set to have surgery on Weds the 13th and I am so looking forward to it as bad as that sounds just so I can finally get some relief.. It has been such a horrible 5 months of being in pain and not enjoying life because of it.. Dont get me wrong I am very nervous about having back surgery but I am just praying it works and makes me better.. I want to be through with all this and get back to a normal life and hopefully eventually get back out running...<br /><br />They told me I wont be running for probably 3 months. So I am hoping by May I will be back out there running and feeling the breeze against my face and getting my body back in shape and feeling good about myself again... It's been so long since I have been able to run I have dreams about running and how good it makes me feel and I cant wait until I really get to experience that again. It's crazy to think it will have been 9 months of completely no physical exercise. My body is so in withdrawls.. once I am post op 6 weeks I can start to bike and possibly do an eliptical machine so that is at least something to get me started and get my lungs built back up before I start running but it just doesn't give that high you get and feel when you run.. Owell at least it will be warming up by May so my runs will be nice..<br /><br />Well here is hoping for a speedy recovery and that it will take care of everything and I will be back out there training for my first half once again....</span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-46384729179050569302009-11-02T09:20:00.000-08:002009-11-02T09:33:26.862-08:00Still out of the Game<span style="color:#33ff33;">Well I am still out of my game for a while.. I have finally made it off the crutches but still am having pain in the area that was fractured.. The doctors told me it could take 5-6 months to fully heal.. So not the awnser I wanted to hear... In the meantime I also found out that I have 2 herniated discs in my back on the L4 and L5 of my lower spine with the biggest bulging one compressing my sciatic nerve which has been causing all the pain and grief in my other hip so it has been a really tough couple of months.. I go in next week to start P.T and injections in my spine for pain relief versus having surgery on it.. I hope it works.... It has significantly imroved since I first started with it so I am confident that no surgery will be required.. I still really hurt with some things I do but at least I can stand to walk and sit and lay down without too much pain..</span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;"></span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;">I was so hoping to be out running again by now but it doesnt look like that is going to be in my near future. I still cant even go from a sitting position and go to run to go get the phone or chase my kids around without having pain in my fractured leg so I have a feeling its going to be quite a while before I will get my running shoes back on.. It really is quite depressing not to be out there running.. Whenever I am outside and go past my running spots I'm like oh man I should be out here running... It sucks.. However if I get the go ahead next week I think I am going to try and do my stationary bike and see how my leg will tolerate that so at least I can do something physical... We will see....</span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;"></span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;">I so cant wait to get back out there and get my body back into some kind of shape....</span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-85671351623973491132009-09-17T14:20:00.000-07:002009-09-17T14:28:47.202-07:00Finally a diagnosis<span style="color:#00cccc;">Yeah we have a diagnosis.. I went back to the orthopedist to review my scans to find out I do have a femoral neck stress fracture and am now confined to crutches for 1 month.. Funny thing is I have been walking on it now for 5-6 weeks. And now they expect me to have no weight bearing on it.. They say its serious in a way because if it was to break all the way through i would have to have 1 of 3 things done a total hip replacement or a big screw put into the bone or have the bone replaced.. He said for someone my age thats pretty serious cause it can cause blood restriction to my head which is very serious so they want to take pretty strict measures that I dont injur it any further... Good thing I didnt go running on it today!! Ha ha ha just kidding.. I still cant walk to well without a sleight limp and pain so I knew it was going to be a while before I could run.. He said dont plan on any physical activity for at least 2 months and then we would see.... Holy crap 2 months are you kidding me.... This is going to kill me.. It already has been horrible not getting out there to run.. My body is in withdrawls..... WAAAAAAAA</span><br /><span style="color:#00cccc;"></span><br /><span style="color:#00cccc;">Owell at least I and the doctors know that I am not crazy when I say I still have a bit of pain and I know there is something not right... Kinda a relief to finally know....</span><br /><span style="color:#00cccc;"></span><br /><span style="color:#00cccc;">Owell here is to being a gimp for a while and being cooped up and bitter because I cant get out and run or bike exspecially when the weather is so beautiful now and nice and cool... AAARGGGHHH WAAAAAAAA</span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-71790432360299636082009-09-10T08:11:00.000-07:002009-09-10T08:44:10.537-07:00So Unbelievably Bummed!! Update on Injury<span style="color:#009900;">So a quick update from my last post.. </span><br /><span style="color:#009900;">Wed the 19th </span><br /><span style="color:#009900;">Still having some leg problems from my pulled muscle and being stupid I went and did my 7 mile speed run trying to still stay up with my training program for my half... Very bad idea.. I was hurting from the beginning of the run but thought maybe as it loosened up it would feel better.. Never did.. By mile 4 I was really slowing down and I think I was running with a diffent gait trying to favor my leg and I think that really screwed things up more.. By mile 6 I was barely running and had to finally stop and limp my way back home.. I was in so much pain in my hip and upper leg that I couldnt even walk. I had to use crutches for that day.. I went to a chiropractor for my back originally and he tried to help with stretching it out but it didnt seem to help much.. I was hoping that it would take just a few days and then I would feel better but that wasnt the case.. Of course I have been doing alot of walking and some biking on it as I have toured around Northern MI with my family this last month so I know that hasnt helped.. I have had to take pain killers and muscle relaxers just to make it through all the walking around we did.. I finally went in to see a Orthopedist last week who thought I might have some bursitis going on so he gave me a bursa shot in my hip..</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#009900;">After a couple days that seemed to help my hip quite a bit. I was finally able to walk somewhat normally with just a minor limp but my leg, groin and hip flexor area was still in pain.. I think it is finally starting to feel a little better now and I can almost walk without a limp but it seems to still really hurt when I go from a sitting position to taking that first step. It gives me a fast jolt of stabbing pain in my hip flexor area at the top of my thigh and all the way across my groin and into my inner leg. So tomorrow I am being sent to have a bone scan to check to see if I may have a stress fracture there.. It's not common to get them there but possible.. I dont really think I do but I figured it wouldn't hurt to get it checked... I think its probably just a bad pulled muscle that is taking its own sweet time to heal... </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#009900;">I cant believe its been 4 weeks now since I have ran.. I am so bummed.. It's like having a runner's depression. My body is just feeling horrible and out of shape.. I just long to get out and run again.. It's amazing when you can totally feel and see a diffrence when you are running and then when you take a time off... Of course since I have stopped lifting weights and running or biking I have also dropped 3 pounds which is kinda nice but shouldnt it be the other way around?? I am not sure which I like more having the stronger, leaner, bigger muscles( at least that was my goal) or wieghing less... Why cant I have both??? Waaaaaa</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#009900;">Anyways there went my half down the drain.. Hopefully it wont be much longer and I can get back out there and get back into a routine again.. Hopefully I will find another half somewhere I can do before the year is over.. I didnt have to much luck finding many races out here but I did hear of one in Detroit in Oct I think it was so guess we will see..</span><br /><span style="color:#009900;"></span><br /><span style="color:#009900;">With all these injurys over my running year it almost makes me think maybe I am not meant to be a runner.. Maybe this is god's way of saying hey hello your body is not cut out for running... Then again maybe this is just my pitty party talking too....</span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-78257332643471122632009-08-17T16:58:00.000-07:002009-08-20T07:40:01.696-07:00I am so sick of injury's<span style="color:#99ffff;">Mon Aug 17th</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;">Did long run today since didnt get the chance to do it on Sat.. I hate running first thing in the morning because it takes so long to get my body warmed up so for the first 2 miles my body hurts and feels stiff.. I pulled my inner top thigh muscle almost where it goes into the hip flexor last week doing to much weight.. Ever since then my legs have been sore.. And the running has aggrevated it more.. Hope it heals quickly.. Got in 8 miles with avg pace of 9.58 which was better then I thought.. I was constantly watching my garmin which I really didnt want to do but I couldnt help it and I was constantly dropping below the goal pace in the mid to high 10 min range and it didnt even seem like I had changed my pace but I guess I did.. But then there were times I was in the 8 min range so I guess it averages out. So that was good... My highest mileage so far..... But Today I was really tired and sore and my knee started hurting around mile 6 and really nagged me all the rest of the way. I barely made it today.. I def dont think I could have done a half today.. And I got 3 diffrent huge blisters on my toes.. Ouch!! Hope weds running goes better.. I am going to skip the easy run and try the scheduled tempo run to get me back on track.. I was supposed to have an easier week last week with less mileage but I somehow forgot about that. I was supposed to do an easy 3 miler on Sat so I dont feel to bad about getting my long run in.. I should have just sticked with the sched for today and did a light run so I guess I will do the easy run on Sat instead since I did my long run today and stick with the speed work for weds.. That should put me back on track..</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;">Wow have I confused you yet??</span><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;">Tues 18th-</span><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;">13 Mile bike ride according to map my run.. Felt a bit longer then that but I didnt have an accurate way of measuring until I get the cadence for the forerunner so had to use the map my run website..</span><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;">Aug 19th</span><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;">Goal was to do 7 miles 3x1600's at 8:06 pace.. with 800 jogs in between.. I knew that I wasnt going to be able to do it that is pretty fast for me.. I was still hurting up in my leg from lifting weights the week before and mondays long run really aggrevated it.. I am definently not the smartest person. I thought I could go do my speed work today and maybe the pain would work itself out.. My dad came along on his bike.. It was great having the companionship.. It made it go alot faster but it also hindered me alittle in the fact that when I was really hurting I should have stopped but I didnt want him to have to wait for me so I kept running with the pain and now I am really paying for it.. </span><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;">The good thing was for the first 2 miles of speed work I hit my goal which really surprised me.. The first mile I got in at 7:31 and the second mile was at 8:00 pace so that made me really happy but by the 3rd mile I was really starting to hurt and I had to slow down considerably and did that mile in 8:51 then the last 2 miles of easy run I dropped clear down into the 12 min mile pace and walked the last .25 mile well actually limped home. I was having alot of pain in my hip and thigh and down into my groin. I tried doing some rolling and an ice bath which was painful in itself but didnt help too much I have been limping on it eversince and because of the limping it is starting to cause pains in other areas... What a mess!!! I ended up pulling my muscle that goes from the outer hip across the front hip flexor into the groin and down the inner leg.. I have never experienced anything like this.. It hurts so bad.. I have actually had to resort to using crutches or a cane.. I went and saw a chiropractor lastnight hoping he could help get me lined back up and he said I was a mess.. Just what I wanted to hear.. I have alot of muscle tightness everywhere and said I needed some work on that so I guess I need to go find a massage therapist.. Plus I have a very mild case of spinal bifida which is why I have a weak lower back and have always struggeled with it.. So I am not sure how long I will have to take off from running to heal but I am hoping its not too long since my half is only 4 weeks away..</span><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;">Aaaghhh this is so frustrating... If its not one thing its another.. Knee's, shin and now this...</span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-75505337330441832162009-08-17T16:47:00.000-07:002009-08-17T16:58:16.450-07:00Vacation Running..<span style="color:#ffcc99;">Mon aug 10th</span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Increased my mileage for this day.. 4.01 miles in 10:08 Had no problem with the pace in fact avg pace was 9:33 I actually had some times where I broke into the high 7 mile pace.. I was excited about that.. I knew this week would be hard for my sched because of going on vacation..</span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Weds.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Dissapointed.. went outside in Fort Madison Illinoise to run and couldnt find any roads except the freeway to run on so only did a mile then went and finished up the rest of my run in the hotel excercise room which sucked.. The room was like 85 degrees they offered no towels no water nothing.. Their treadmill sucked.. I was wanting to do intervals today but didnt work out to well.. Got in 2-3 reps of 5 mins going around 7.6 in speed with 3 min rests in between but ended up running out of steam to fast and had to cut back alot and ended up doing more of a mild tempo run instead.. Was going to do 5 miles but only ended up with 4.6 and couldnt do anymore..Wasn't the best idea to do this type of run then go spend all day walking around in Nauvoo in 90 degree humid weather.. I had a hard time today.. Over did it I think!</span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Thurs</span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Had a great bike ride with my dad today.. We figured we went somewhere between 12-15 Miles.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Couldn't get my long run in on Sat because of traveling all day back home. I hate getting off my schedule but there was nothing I could do about it..</span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-36677543682386739382009-08-10T19:02:00.000-07:002009-08-10T20:00:46.851-07:00Recovery<span style="color:#ffcc99;">Well I was feeling healed enough to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">attempt</span> running by the end of the week, so on Thursday I got on the Elliptical so there wouldn't be any jarring and did really well. I got in 6 miles. </span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Friday- Went on easy run just to make sure the jarring <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">didn't</span> cause any problems and did fine.. got in 4.84 miles with a avg pace of 9.18 I even was able to get part of the time in the high 7 min range so that was good.. I think that was the first time I have broke into the 7 min range and it <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">didn't</span> even feel like I was trying that hard so that made me feel good.. Did full body weights today being careful with back.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Sat.-</span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;">It had been pouring rain all day so I really <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">wasn't</span> planning on doing my long run today plus I was a bit sore from doing weights <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Fri</span>. but around 4:00 it stopped so I decided to get my butt out there while it had the chance and get it done.. It was pretty humid but there was a bit of a breeze which helped and was a little bit cooler in temp which helped make it tolerable.. Right as I was heading out the door we had decided we were going to go see the new harry potter movie so I was limited in my time.. Only got in 6.44 miles with avg pace around 9.32 I have noticed that I have been doing better in my paces lately.. I was supposed to stay at a pace of 10:14 for my long runs but I kept it easy and comfortable and managed to stay in the 8-9 min range so that is good. I still <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">struggle</span> just a little with my tempo runs.. Hopefully they will come... I registered finally for the half so now I'm stuck.. I have to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">commit</span>.. Hopefully I will stick with it and be ready.. I am going to re test for the physical agility test in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">October</span> (I know call me crazy) so this time I am going to get together with another girl who is doing it and a firefighter and we are going to practice the dummy rescue thing.. I just pray that during these practices I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">don't</span> strain my back again before the test.. I am really going to have to focus on my strength training and get my back stronger.. Anybody have some great <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">exercises</span> or weight lifting moves to strengthen the lower back??</span> <span style="color:#ffcc99;">Oh ya and I finally lost my middle toe's nail that has been black for the last 2 months. Now if my baby toes nail on my other foot wood just come off....<br /></span><span style="color:#ffcc99;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Monday 10<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span></span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Got in 4 miles today.. goal was 4 in 10:08 My avg pace was 9:33 so happy about that.. It was so hot and humid today it about killed me. I was wet before I even got out my driveway.. We have been having such crazy storms here leaving us wet and humid and hot. It is so hard to run when its so humid it just sucks the life out of ya... Of course I was reflecting back on last years running and I swear that I was running in the 8 min range miles but that was just trying to figure it out by map my run and my watch.. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Didn't</span> have any fancy <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">GPS</span> gadgets like I have now so maybe my mileage or timing was off.. I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">don't</span> know just seems like I am not running quite as fast.. Hope that changes.. </span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;">We are heading for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Illinois</span> for vacation tomorrow so I am hoping I will still find the time to get out and run and keep up with my training while on vacation.. These next few weeks will be hard because my parents will be here and we will be traveling around the state and sight seeing, so its always a little harder sticking with the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">exercising</span> when they are here.. But I just have to stay with it so I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">don't</span> loose what I have gained so far.. I really want to be ready for the half and I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">don't</span> feel any where near ready right now.. I am not sure I could do a half right now.. I am not doing it for any kind of record although there is that competitive side to me but I just want to be able to finish it with running the whole way and to be able to say I did it..</span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Here's to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">successful</span> training.</span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-68838220110285943282009-08-04T13:59:00.000-07:002009-08-06T19:28:51.408-07:00Contest Giveaway<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);">Check out my friend<span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);" href="http://chocolateshoestrings.blogspot.com/">Julia's</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"> </span>blog for her great giveaway of a nutrition book for athlete's.. Super cool.. I need this so bad.. I have really been struggeling with what to eat and how much and when so this would be the perfect gift to win for me. Good luck everyone!!1<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">Well I took the Physical agility test on Sat and failed horribly.. Not only did I fail but I injured myself as well.. AAARGGH so frustrating.. So those of you who follow this.. I was testing to become a firefighter/EMT and one of the hardest points of the test is the rescue excercise where you have to pick up and carry or drag this 120 pound burlap dummy 50 feet then up 2 flights of stairs turn around then come back down and go back the 50 feet and put the dummy back down in the starting spot all in like 2 mins.. Also you have a 60 pound air tank strapped to your back with this square plastic thing on the front of your chest and a firemans hat on so all together about 180 pounds of weight on your body that you are trying to get up and down some stairs.. It was so very hard.. I had practiced a few days before but I didnt have the air tank on and that made a huge diffrence.. I tried to do the carry under the dummys arm hold and go backwards up the stairs.. My tank kept hitting the stair case and knocking me over and I was falling back on the stairs and trying to drag myself with the dummy up backwards and I just couldnt do it.. you get 2 chances and the second time I tried dragging it by the legs and did better but still did not finish in the time allotted.. I needed about 50 more seconds.. <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br />In the process I ended up pulling all the muscles in my lower back, scraping my arms up and scraping my ankles up on the metal stairs causing them to go black and blue.. See pictures on my other <a href="http://srhoyt.blogspot.com">blog</a>..I couldnt even walk by the time I got home and have spent the last 3 days pretty much on bed rest.. today I can walk and it seems to be improving but I definently cant run this week.. I think I will try and see what thursday or friday brings and see if I can do a light run or at least the elliptical... So there goes a whole week of training down the tube.. I'm so bummed but it must have not been meant to be at this time.. I may try again at the next test in November...</span> </span>..</span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-31974120478600421592009-07-29T20:11:00.000-07:002009-07-31T19:16:31.707-07:00I Hate Humidity<span style="color:#99ffff;">Man these last 2 weeks it has been raining off and on every day. It has been so humid here.. The humidity makes it feel like 5-10 degrees warmer.. Luckily it has been only in the mid 70's to mid 80's... But definently too hot to run in.. It has really been affecting my energy..</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;">Mon. 27th</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;">2.50 Miles.. I dont know if it was because I ran first thing in the morning and so I did not stretch per reccomendations from running book or just what exactly but I felt so stiff and sore and it was really hard to run today.. Goal was to run 2 miles at 10:14 my average pace was 9:53 so that was good..</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;">Weds. 29th</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;">Tempo run Goal 5 miles 3 miles at 8:40 Did lower body weights before running while waiting for breakfast to digest. I knew this one was going to be hard.. the last tempo run like this one I did on treadmill was brutal.. Did really well for the first 2 1/2 miles of speed run then pooped out and had to stop and catch breath for a min then started back up and was able to get close to goal.. The last mile of speed run I had slowed down quite a bit I was ranging from 8:45 to 9:15 speed so I figured I wouldnt do as good on this one.. Plugged data in and 1st mile of speed run my average pace was 8.23 2nd mile was 8.40 and 3rd mile was 8.49 so only 9 secs off goal so I was pretty surprised.. I knew the first mile would be good because when I started out my paces were around mid 7 to 8 min so I could actually slow down a bit.. By the second mile I was slowing down quite a bit. I was actually falling below goal and was having to speed up I think thats why I got so winded and had to stop for a breather.. thank heavens it gives you an average pace for the mile.. All in all I think I did quite well... </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;">I felt much better on todays run.. I think the lifting weight helped loosen me up quite a bit.. I only had tight lower leg and ankle on the bad leg for about a mile and a half then it loosened up really good.. Even my knee was not as bad.. I even ran without the knee strap so I was quite happy that it didnt feel worse.. Once I stoped though my shin started tightening up and had to keep stretching it out and icing it and the knee. I am not sure why but that leg for some reason is more tighter then the other one and has always been that way.. My hamstring is way tight in that leg and I think that is what is causing the shin splints in this leg.. I can tell the muscles are alot weaker in my hams and especially that leg.. If I can just get it to loosen up I think that would help my shin splints alot.. I really try to stretch that leg extra good but still cant seem to get it to loosen as much as the other leg.. Any suggestions?? Finished the morning with upper body weights...</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;">All in all a good run...</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;">Ok so all these people say they run to loose weight but it obviously isnt working for me.. I run but still havnt lost a pound.. So I have started to watch my calories and I am trying to reduce my calorie intake by 500 a day.. Can I just say I really hate counting calories... On the days I run I dont have to much of a problem but the days I dont run I dont make the calorie goal.. I guess I am going to have to do some form of excercise everyday to be able to stick with this cal reduction.. I still havnt been able to figure it all out with what to eat after and before my runs.. Like today I lifted weights and ran so I burned double the calories and I must have not ate the right foods or amounts afterwords because all day I have just felt tired and sluggish like I needed to eat something or needed some kind of energy rush.. but nothing I ate seemed to provide that for me.. I felt the same way on the days I do my long runs.. Any helpful tips on eating and trying to loose weight while running?</span><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;">Friday 31st</span><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;">Long run today.. 7.67 miles</span><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;">Even though I didnt get out until 12:30 in the afternoon it wasnt as bad as I thought it would be.. It was around 74 degrees when I left but there was no humidity and that made a world of diffrence.. It took almost the whole run for my leg to finally loosen up and not hurt but the last mile or two I didnt feel it at all which was nice.. It took long enough.. But also the last mile or two my knee started hurting a little more so that was a bummer.. But at least through most of the run it did pretty well.. I figured I better do my long run today because tomorrow I dont think I will be up to it.. </span><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#99ffff;">Tomorrow I am taking the physical agility test to become a firefighter/EMT It is a pretty hard test.. I dont think I would have a problem with the test if it wasnt for the fact that they time you so that makes it pretty hard.. The one I think I will struggel most with is dragging a 120 pound dummy 15 feet then up a flight of stairs then back down the stairs and another 15 feet to the target.. I went up to the firestation to have a friend who is currently a firefighter give me some tips and show me what they will be doing and just with practicing carrying the dummy 100 feet was hard.. My hams were so tight and sore after it and that wasnt even going up and down any stairs.... I worry about carrying all that weight and doing the stairs with my bad knee... should be interesting..... I am pretty nervous..</span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-1647192410107040002009-07-29T04:50:00.000-07:002009-07-29T04:51:14.942-07:00<span style="color:#ff9900;">Quote of the Day</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;">Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about. </span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-42092566154011574522009-07-27T07:29:00.000-07:002009-07-27T08:46:13.003-07:00New Shoes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmURyhCMN6BM_JUX8wb4D7NfMO-DUXdqVsyztRpMBxtifRE5PGDYN_612sbZbzFaOllTJWD2MNDCaOBAz3E3-_3l2uRZJ4WiXaUHYq6sqcAvpUuw1bekb1Ltve0B20RcY-3xNlBTm-ywzN/s1600-h/shoes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmURyhCMN6BM_JUX8wb4D7NfMO-DUXdqVsyztRpMBxtifRE5PGDYN_612sbZbzFaOllTJWD2MNDCaOBAz3E3-_3l2uRZJ4WiXaUHYq6sqcAvpUuw1bekb1Ltve0B20RcY-3xNlBTm-ywzN/s400/shoes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363164708317894610" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Monday-<br />Went for my light run today.. Training sched said 2 miles at 10:14 Actually went 2.9 I think I was good with my pace.. I decided to lift weights before my run because my running book said you should lift before runs.. So I gave it a try.. My legs and body felt really strong on the run which felt really good but I felt kinda pooped though.. I didn't have the energy.. I think my feeling sluggish was also all the junk food I ate the night before.. Sunday's we usually piece all day on junk food.. I'm sure that didn't help.. Other then that a pretty good run..<br /><br />Weds.-<br />Got my new Garmin Forerunner 305. I was so excited to use it.. I spent tues night trying to get it all set up and learn the ropes of it for todays run.. I followed some hints from <a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" href="http://chocolateshoestrings.blogspot.com/">Julia's</a> blog. She recently has gotten one too and was trying to figure some things out and got some good advice so I tapped into it as well.. Apparently the alerts dont work on the interval workouts which was what I was doing today so that didnt help me out with my pace and on the interval workouts it doesnt even show your pace all it does is show the time and your remaining miles. So that kinda bummed me not to be able to watch my pace but it ended up working out to my benefit.. I just concentrated on my effort. I was to run 2 1600's in 8:11 with 800 jogs in between. When I got home and plugged the garmin into the computer to download the data I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was faster then my goal was.. My first speed lap was done at a 7:59 pace and my second lap was done at an 8:05 pace so I was really pleased with that.. I had a great run overall and felt pretty good.. Although it was hard it wasnt as bad as my first tempo run on the treadmill.. I think the calabarations on the treadmill were off because I dont feel that I was running that hard out side.. Got my 5 miles reccomended run in..<br /><br />Fri.<br />Only got in 3/4 of my kickmax dvd in.. Had to many phonecalls and then the fridge repair guy showed up so couldnt finish it.. plus my energy level was way down anyways.<br /><br />Sat.<br />Long run today.. training sched reccomended 6 at 10:14 I programmed in under quick workouts a 7.5 mile run at 10 :14 This time it did show my current running pace then about every so often it would show an average running pace.. It still didnt seem to beep or alert me though when I was below or above my goal and I am not sure why.. I set it up to I am pretty sure the right way but i dont know..I constantly watched my pace through out the run and saw that I was always running a little faster then I should be according to the current pace shown I was always around the low to mid 9 min pace so I had to keep forcing myself to slow down to try and stay in the high 9 to low 10 pace.. It was a fairly easy run today.. It was a bit on the warm side today though.. I got out way to late it was pouring rain when I was originally going to go so I waited and didnt get out until around noon and it was around 78-80 degrees but with the humidity it felt like 90 it really zapped the energy out of me quick.. I noticed by my last 2-3 miles I was slowing down alot and didnt have to hard a time keeping it in the 10 min range.. There was even some times I fell below my goal pace and had to force myself to speed up.. Plus by mile 5 my knee started hurting a little more.. I didnt quite get my route just right.. I went the same way I always do for my long runs that I have been wearing my pedometer with and using the garmin today I came in short by quite a bit.. My pedometer showed usually around 7.4-7.7 but the garmin showed 6.85 miles today.. So that tells me my pedometer was a bit off.. I was a little dissapointed not to get in the mileage I wanted but I was so tired and hot today that I dont think I could have gotten much farther anyways.. It's amazing what temps can do to your runs.. I remember the first long run I did this year which was only a few weeks ago I got out early in the morning and it was nice and cool and I felt so great and felt like I could have done a half with no problem but today I know I could have never done one.. The heat really drains it out of you..<br /><br />I went and got new shoes today.. I thought maybe my knee and shin probs could be due to my shoes (even though I have had them all along LOL) so I invested in a new pair.. I had somewhere around 4-500 on my current pair so it was probably time anyways.. I got some Brooks Glycerins..I like the purple shown but because I have such big feet all they had was blue in my size.. I am excited to wear them on Mondays run and see how they do.. I also got some energy beans and some gu gel to try out and see how they do on my longer runs.. I worry because I have heard to many scarry stories on the gels and stomach probs, and there isnt really any bathrooms or water around on my long runs so I am going to have to figure something out..<br />Any suggestions?<br /></span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-53022882268410623942009-07-18T17:47:00.000-07:002009-07-18T18:14:36.197-07:00Half Training..<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">So this week I decided to start training for a half Marathon that I am still contemplating on doing in Sept.. Still havn't made up my mind.. Anyways for this first week I was supposed to do an easy run of 2 miles on mon. A tempo run of 5 miles on weds and A long run on Sat.<br /><br />Mon.<br />I was only supposed to go 2 miles but after all this time of doing more miles it was hard to stick with just 2 miles. I was pretty close at 2.76 It was hard not to keep going but I really wanted to stay fairly close to the training plan I got off runnersworld.com.<br /><br />Weds.<br />This was probably one of the hardest runs I have ever done.. I had never done a tempo run before so I knew this would be a little challenging.. I was supposed to do 5 total miles with 1 mile warm up 1 mile cool down and 3 miles at 8:40 I decided to do it on the treadmill so I wouldnt have to keep stopping and try and look at the pedometer.. I figured it would be easier.. I failed the first mile at tempo I was off by like .16 of a mile and I thought I was running pretty fast so by mile 3 I stepped it up quite a bit but still didnt make it. I was off by .5 so pretty close but I was so tired by this point I had to step off the treadmill to catch my breath before jumping back on to do mile 4 I was able to get about half way and then I had to slow it down I was dying but I was able to speed it up towards the end and came pretty close again I was off my just a couple of points. It was hard to do a whole mile for cool down I usually only speed walk like .25 miles when I normally run so it was hard to do a whole mile I slow runned for about .7 miles then walked the rest.. This was a way hard run for me.. My legs were screaming by the time I was done.. My knee was really acting up.. It actually started really hurting when I slowed down to walk. It felt better to run go figure..<br /><br />Fri<br />Ok I was pretty dumb today. I did full body weights and my kick max dvd then went out and shoveled and hauled and spread mulch in my yard for 4-5 hrs.. As if it wasnt bad enough to do the weights then the kickmax dvd, but I didnt get a chance to do the weights earlier in the week so I really wanted to do them... I was so wasted by the time I finished in my yard I was ready to pass out and my whole body just hurt.. I didnt know how on earth I was going to do my long run the next morning.<br /><br />Sat<br />Not as sore as I thought I would be but still pretty sore.. Decided to stick with my sched and do my long run.. Was supposed to do 6 miles at 10:14 My first mile by my pedometer it said I was right on but according to the trail markings it said I was off by 15 secs so I dont know which one was more accurate.. I headed off on trails that had no mileage postings from then on so I just went off my pedometer. All my remaining miles said I was somewhere in the 9 1/2 to 10 min range which was pretty good.. I ended up going a little farther then I should have but on the last couple long runs I have been averaging in the 7-8 mile range so I really didnt want to decrease when the whole idea is to increase my mileage so I went 7.43 today.. A little bit of probs with knee starting around mile 5 but leg did really well today.. I wish I could get a pain free run with my knee but just dont think it will ever happen.. All in all a pretty good run.. But tonight I am so sore I can hardly move.. I think all the sore muscles has finally kicked in and I am really feeling it.. Good thing tomorrow is a rest day and monday is an easy run..<br /></span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-12955303056280191852009-07-11T11:37:00.000-07:002009-07-11T13:00:32.693-07:00Refreshing, Soggy Run<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQypq-SsFsSWva1srgQGQSlMIAA8XAOY_H7Qwk1Vyv_XvPo7V-J0dTXKKhWOHxNpJGdObT3LrzDjRbDsVl15aLUFiz_qSi12Lr6Zj4qpUhnuUYPhRjYYGsgC2UpSfLweB5MPPop2VN_1G/s1600-h/rain.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 113px; height: 116px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQypq-SsFsSWva1srgQGQSlMIAA8XAOY_H7Qwk1Vyv_XvPo7V-J0dTXKKhWOHxNpJGdObT3LrzDjRbDsVl15aLUFiz_qSi12Lr6Zj4qpUhnuUYPhRjYYGsgC2UpSfLweB5MPPop2VN_1G/s400/rain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357294257574483954" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">This one is a little lengthy!!!<br /><br />So I just have to tell about my run today.. after <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Thursdays</span> speed run I developed a anterior ? shin splint just opposite side of where I have been <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">struggling</span> with pains since last year. So I was not to happy about that.. But at least it <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">wasn't</span> really bad.. I ran a little farther then I had planned on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Thursday</span> and I think with the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">exertion</span> I was using and then the hills it just p<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ut</span> a little too much stress on my leg.. I knew I should have stuck with the treadmill... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Owell</span> I rested on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Fridays</span> and decided I would try my long run on Sat. depending on how it felt.. I did a little research on shin stretching and went back through my running book and realized that it says that if you run first thing in the morning like I have you shouldn't stretch until halfway through your run or wait until after your run.. I forgot about that and have been stretching before my runs so maybe that is my problem is I am stretching cold muscles and have been doing more damage then help?? There is so many conflicting <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">story's</span> out there about stretching that I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">don't</span> know what I should really be doing but I think I will start waiting to stretch until half way into or after my runs...<br /><br />So On to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">today's</span> run... I woke up about 7:15 and decided I could prob run so I headed out by around 7:45.. Just as I got all my clothes on and was about ready it opened up and started raining.. It was supposed to come in last night but it was a little late.. I really debated on going but decided it might be kind of fun so what the hay... It started thundering and lightning so it was kind of cool to listen to.. It was just a light steady rain when I left nothing too bad but about a mile and a half into my run I had just made it out of the subdivision and was getting ready to head down the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">pollyann</span> trail and I stopped to do a little stretching and I could see this big dark blanket coming for me.. I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">immediately</span> knew I was in trouble and I had no where to go.. It just opened up and poured so hard.. I knew that about a half mile from the start of the trail there is a bridge that I could take shelter in but I would have to run into the blanket.. i <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">immediately</span> shot it in gear and started running but within seconds I was totally drenched and dripping everywhere.. My shoes and socks were soaked and I was just sloshing around.. I was trying to cover my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">ipod</span> and watch so they <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">wouldn't</span> get to wet.. I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">couldn't</span> even open my eyes the rain was coming down so hard it was like standing in a shower only harder... By the time I made it to the bridge it was starting to lighten up a bit so I stopped at the bridge and did some stretching and tried to wait out the worst of the downpour..<br /><br />I was hoping my husband would come find me to take me home which he did come looking for me in the car but to no avail we never found each other.. The bad thing about the trail is there is not very many access areas to the main road so it's hard to see anyone on the road.. we must have just missed each other at the bridge.. Anyways after about a 10 min hold out at the bridge I decided I wasn't going to get any wetter so I decided to finish the run. I think I might have cooled down a little to much because as soon as I started back out my knee started hurting. I continued to run through it though.. And then there is a spot on this trail where it breaks of from the trail and goes into a bunch of other small trails around a lake.. I ran it last time I did my long run so I figured i knew where I was going but somehow I got lost and was running in circles.. These trails are like being up in the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Forrest</span> and all you can see is the lake and tree's and thick vegetation.. They are awesome running trails but a little <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">disorienting</span> if your not familiar with them.. And to top it off I had to go potty and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">wasn't</span> going to make it back.. Lucky for me there were no other crazy people like myself running or biking the trails today so I was able to jump off the trail and go tinkle in the vegetation without being caught thank heavens.. Of course it was a little difficult when your clothes are soaking wet and stuck to your body but it all ended up <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">ok</span>..<br />I finally made it back onto the trail and decided to head for home cutting out one of the loops I did last time on my long run.. My knee was just hurting too much to keep going and I had had enough with all the stops and go's.. I had to stop a few times because my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">ipod</span> kept cutting out on me I think due to the moisture in its ports.<br /><br />Of course by the time I got back on the trail it had stopped raining so I was able to finish up the last 2 miles in dryer weather.. Other then the few setbacks with the rain and my knee I felt really good.. I never got hot or winded and it was really a easy run.. And to my surprise that even with cutting out the extra loop I still got in 7.73 miles in 1 hr 18 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">mins</span>. Of course there was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">alot</span> of down time in that time but I was not worried about time at all.. I am however a little surprised because the last time I did my long run with the added in loop I got 7.31 miles in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">according</span> to map my run but my pedometer said 7.73 today so one must be off just a little or I made up <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">alot</span> of mileage when I got lost but it <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">didn't</span> feel like it was all that much more distance..<br /><br />When I got home I was still dripping from my shorts and when I got my shoes and socks off my feet were pruned it was quite the run and of course an hour later the sun came out and it got hot.. I should have either got out earlier or just a little later... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Owell</span> I can now say I have ran in a downpour..<br /><br />I am so excited we just got a new home gym unit delivered today and I cant wait to use it.. We had gotten one from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">walmart</span> called the gold's gym s45 or something like that but when we got it all hooked up and went to use it I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">couldn't</span> even move the pulley with my legs and that was with all the weight off.. Something was not right with it so we took it back and went shopping around for something else... We found the most sweetest gym.. It is so nice and easy to use and I can hardly wait to start using it.. You can do pretty much any weight exercise on this machine its like having 20 <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">different</span> machines all in one... I figures it would probably not be a good idea to work out on it today where I did a long run but on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Mondays</span> when I do just a easy short run of just 2-3 miles I will do a full body weight workout.. Yeah.. You can check it out below.. Awesome!!<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FOxea-F9oT4&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FOxea-F9oT4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /></span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-61077578219208182012009-07-09T10:38:00.000-07:002009-07-09T11:12:53.179-07:00Outside speed intervals<span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Weds- rest</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Today (Thursday) I decided to work on speed intervals again but this time I took it outside.. It was a beautiful day.. Started out a little later then I wanted but didnt sleep well last night so coudnt quite make it out of bed at 6:30 so headed out about 8:45 It was quite a bit harder doing it outside because I couldnt control my speed or the hills.. I was probably running harder and faster today then when I did it on the treadmill judging by my breathing and feeling like I was wiped out.. I really had to concentrate on the 2 mins of recovery trying to get my pace slowed way down so I could catch my breath.. The 4 mins of faster running was the longest 4 mins. I think thats part of my prob running outside is I tend to run just a bit faster then I do on the treadmill so I had to really force myself to a real slow jog... And of course the hills didnt help.. Luckily there isnt to many on my route.. I walked most of them in the beginning for my warm up and my first interval had 1 but I had pretty good energy for that one but my 3rd interval had one as well and it slowed me down a bit thankfully it was a short one..</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">I know I was running faster because I got almost a whole nother mile more on this speed workout then I did on my one on the treadmill last week in the exact same time which i think is pretty amazing unless my pedometer calculations or the treadmill calculations are off.. I got in 4.66 Miles in 45 min 46 secs</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">My knees did really great today and my shin only twinged a little right at first and then felt great after that so that was a relief.. Other then feeling really pooped when I finished I felt really good..<br /><br />There is a half Marathon coming up in september I am thinking of doing.. I am a little hesitant.. Not knowing the area and never running one before makes me a little scared. I wish I knew someone who was going to do it or had a running partner to kinda show me the way so to speak.. guess I will have to think about it some more.. It would be a great accomplishment if I did.. OK people I need some encouragement!!<br /></span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-71328294202445236892009-07-07T14:03:00.000-07:002009-07-07T14:21:47.118-07:00Tearing Up The Sand<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">More catch up... So on Thursday i went and played some beach volleyball for 2 1/2 hrs.. I dont think that was such a wise decision.. It really tore up my knee's and aggravated my shin leg problem.. I wasn't too happy with that.. Even my feet muscles were sore.. Crazy!!<br /><br />Friday-- Attempted to do my kickmax dvd but about 15 mins into it the power went out so there went that and I had family coming in that day so I had way to much to do so I ended up doing squat..<br /><br />Saturday-- got up to do my long run but still felt to sore in my leg and knees and thought it would not be good to start a run already hurting so again nothing..<br /><br /><br />Monday 6th--- Feeling a little better but still sore. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Went running anyways.. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Leg felt good after the first mile or so but the knee continued to feel bad.. I got in I am guessing 4.45 miles.. I mapped it on map my run and it says 4.25 but I ran it with my new pedometer last week and the same distance said 4.49 and today (going the exact route) I accidentally switched to to km instead of miles and when I calculated it out it said like 3. something which wasn't right. So I am going with what the pedometer said the first time..<br /><br />Tues 7th---- Kickmax dvd.. Almost made it through all the exercises.. Still cant get through all the lunge switch jump thingys.. Those really kill my legs.. Knee's and leg is still hurting but I dont want to not run either so I am not sure what to do.. I just dont want to have a repeat of last summer with my leg but it's so hard not to do anything.. This is so frustrating.. I would like to know exactly what it is and why it's happening.. Guess I will just watch it..<br /></span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-34801923070070408662009-07-01T15:50:00.000-07:002009-07-01T16:01:48.929-07:00mid week review<span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">Increased pushups to 15, crunches still at 100 and added 50 oblique crunches and 25 dips.<br /><br />Monday 29th 4.49 miles..</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">Tues off</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">Weds</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"> Decided to do interval work on the treadmill.. As much as I hate running on the treadmill I think its the easiest way right now to do speed intervals because you can be in control of your speed.. And because I was so focused on the intervals it made the time go by pretty fast and wasnt so boring.. I hope I did them right.. If anyone has any diffrent ideas or has advice please share.. this is what I did.. Got on and speed walked for a warm up for about 7 min around .4 miles at around 3.8 speed then increased to a slow run at 4.2 speed for 2 minutes then increased to 6.0 speed for 4 mins then repeated this 3 times on the 4th and 5th interval I increased to 6.2 speed for the fast run and then just for fun on the 5th iterval after the 4 mins i ran 1 min at 6.8 and 2 mins at 7.0 then dropped down to 4.2 for my 2 mins then dropped to 3.8 speed for a 2 min cool down.. Took about 45 min and gave me 3.9 Miles I was pretty pooped by the time I was done but it felt really great.. It was a good workout for being on the treadmill..</span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-90899784881600165802009-06-27T18:06:00.000-07:002009-06-27T19:21:52.661-07:00First long run this year<span style="color:#663366;">I really wanted to share my run today.. Well let me back up a couple days first.. Weds I ran 3.72 Miles. When I left it was 83 degrees and very muggy it was a very hard run.. The heat and humidity just sucked the life out of me and I really <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">didn't</span> think I would get my whole route in but I managed to push though it.. However by evening time I started feeling pain in my inner shin again the same exact place that I had trouble with last summer..<br />For those of you who have followed this blog knows that last summer I really had a hard tine with my leg.. at first the doctors thought I had a deep inner shin splint that ran right up just above my ankle up to the middle of my leg or calf.. And it just <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">wouldn't</span> get better well of course I kept kinda running every so often on it but then they thought it was a stress fracture but with the MRI they found no fracture so I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">dont</span> know what was causing it.. They thought it was because I increased my miles to quickly and ran to much, so needless to say I ended up taking a whole lot of time off from running because of this.. Anyhow so this winter and spring I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">didn't</span> really do to much running and my leg finally healed after 3-4 months and it has been doing really great.. I have just gotten back into running more often now and have slowly increased my mileage wanting to be very careful not to have a repeat but after weds run I started hurting again.. I was so mad and frustrated.. I cant believe this is starting all over again.. i really thought I was being careful.. I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">dont</span> know if I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">didn't</span> stretch enough or maybe too much who knows..<br /><br />Anyhow so <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Thursday</span> I did nothing and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Friday</span> I did my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">kickmax</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">DVD</span> but <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">didn't</span> start it until 9:30 at night and got done about 11:30 by the time I finally finished it.. I had to take a little break in between to put kids to bed.. But I was pretty excited because I had great energy and I was able to get <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">through</span> almost the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">whole</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">DVD</span> without dying off and having to stop.. There was only 1 exercise I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">couldn't</span> do the whole series too and that was the jumping lunges. I get through the 1st 3 sets but then my legs start shaking and hurting and my legs give out but I was able to rest a sec and jump back in for the last set of 8. So that means my legs are getting stronger.. I was pretty happy about that but this <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">DVD</span> still kills me..<br />So anyways I got to bed about 1:00 with the help of a sleeping pill because I was so wound up from exercising so late and I really wanted to get up early sat to go for my long run before I started my garage sale at 9:00 but I thought I would probably be wiped out to get up which brings me to today....<br /><br />I had my alarm set for 6:30 to just see if I could get out of bed after 5 hrs of sleep and to my surprise my body already started waking up at 6:00 so by the time 6:30 came I had no problem getting up.. I decided to go do my run before eating so I could get it in before it got to late. I was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">leery</span> running with the way my leg had been hurting and going without any food and energy in my body to sustain me for a long run. I had no idea how far I would be able to go with my leg, and knees and no nourishment.. I really <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">wasn't</span> too sore at all like I thought I would be after kick max just 8 hrs earlier so that was a nice surprise..<br /><br />Let me just say I had the best run yet this year.. It was my first long run for the year and it was great.. The weather was nice and cool probably high 60's when I left and I was able to run in the shade for most of it.. And no humidity and it made a world of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">difference</span> on how I felt.. I had plenty of energy my breathing was nice and steady. I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">didn't</span> get tired at all.. My knee was bothering me a bit and there was a couple of times when I had a couple hills to go through that really bothered them but thankfully they <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">weren't</span> long hills they were just right for a good challenge for my legs without killing me off.. I could feel the first few miles my leg was tight but by the time I got to around mile 4 it was loosening up nicely and I had no pain at all so that was a huge relief..<br /><br />So other then my knee hurting some it was darn near the perfect run.. My body felt like a machine..I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">couldn't</span> believe how good I felt for not running this long in over a year.. It wasn't quite the runners euphoria nor felt like I was gliding but it was pretty darn close.. I really felt like I could have done a half marathon today and been just fine despite the lack of no training for it.. There was only 1 big pain I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">didn't</span> take into consideration.. Since I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">hadn't</span> been running this long yet this year I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">didn't</span> think to put on any glide and I had a little shorter and looser shorts on then I normally wear and my inner thigh on one leg really got chaffed as well as my under arm.. By the time I was finishing the last mile I was really feeling the burn of my chaffed skin... <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">OWIE</span>!!! Other then that it was such an awesome run... I got in 7.31 Miles in 71 minutes.. I did walk a little for my warm up and cool down probably about .6 a mile total.. And for being my first long run I felt pretty good about that.. I was really not trying for any speed today....<br /><br />I'm not sure if I could have gone much further then I did without some nourishment however because by the time I finished I was pretty shaky and a little light headed and it was starting to warm up a bit.. But I really loved the early morning run. The temp was so much better and there was hardly any traffic out and it was just beautiful.. My music really kept me pumped.. I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error">dont</span> know how anyone can run without music...<br /><br />Anyways that was my run today.. I hope to have many more like it minus the burns.. And I pray that my leg will not start back up with the pain like it did.. I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error">dont</span> want to go through another summer like that.. Is there anyone out there that has had this type of pain before and knows what you can do for it other then icing and not running on it? I just cant not run.. My husband said maybe you will just have to stop running and switch to an <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">elliptical</span> and ride your bike and the very thought just made me depressed and mad.. There is just <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">something</span> about being out side and taking in the beauty and feeling the wind and air and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">taking</span> in the smells and the way your body feels when you are running outside.. You just cant get that on an elliptical or a bike really.. It's just not the same.. Now that I know what its like to be a runner I just cant imagine not running.. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error">Owell</span> here is to a hopeful running future....</span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220200710711434139.post-85179513528249532482009-06-22T19:19:00.000-07:002009-06-22T19:32:31.344-07:00Goals<span style="color:#ffff00;">I really need to get up earlier and run.. Lately by the time I get around to running after my kids swimming lessons it somewhere between noon and 1:00 so in the heat of the day Not good!! It was about 75 when I left so nothing too terrible but with the humidity it felt more like 90.. I thought I left all the humidity back in jersey but I should have known that with all the lakes and ponds out here that the humidity would be bad here too... Since running out here I have experienced more hills instead of nice flat roads.. It's been challenging and its really killing my knees especially going down them.. I hope to get better at it.. I can feel my legs starting to get stronger again so that is good.. I started to increase my mileage a bit.. I am planning to kick it up to 4 by next week.. we bought a golds gym xr 45 strength training weight machine over the weekend and I cant wait to get it set up and start using it.. Finally I have something that can build my legs up.. It has a pully system for your legs so I can do all the exercises my P.T had me doing for my knees so that will be great..</span><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;">Today I set another goal.. Of course I keep setting new goals and end up not sticking with them but I really hope to stick with it this time.. Besides running 3.62 miles today I did 10 pushups , 100 crunches and 25 dips.. I want to do these everyday well at least 5-6 days anyways despite whatever else I do so I guess we will see..</span>The Hoyt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465807065033253155noreply@blogger.com1