Pain

Well, to all of my avid readers, I did something to a tendon in my foot. I can barely walk let alone run or work out. I've been doing some upper body and core workouts but thats about it.

I need to be compelled.

This week

It's been another low week. It was my girlfriend's birthday yesterday and we celebrated with her family. Tomorrow were going out to dinner and stuff, then Saturday there's going to be a party. Saturday I also have a ROTC thing to do all day. In other words, I've got a lot going on and running for an hour per day is difficult. School is coming to a close, which is good because then I'll have more spare time. However, right now I'm really running low on morale.

Compel me. Please.

Past week

I've slacked. However, I haven't necessarily been sitting on my couch. I did a lot of yard work, was a drill instructor at a mock boot camp, walked 3 miles for MS, and did a lot of bodyweight workouts.

I need some motivation. Saying "Tough Patch" still works but I need a good motivational movie or something. Any ideas?

New Ideas

So, thus far I've been running a lot. As I run more I have neglected the gym more. I'm going to start going to the gym in junction with running. To succeed at the GoRuck I need to have strong legs. After all, "The legs feed the wolves gentlmen." Who said it?

Compel me.

20lb Bag

I just got back from my Easter Sunday run. Which by the way, Happy Easter or Passover, whichever you celebrate. I cut down on the length just a bit, I ran 2.5 miles instead of 3, because I had a 20 pound dumbbell in my bag.

The run was difficult. My legs started to hurt pretty quickly and I was running a noticeable amount slower. When I was attacking the few hills along the run my legs felt really bad and I could only think of two things. First, simply, "Tough Patch." Second, "Damn, I gotta squat more."

The good news about the run is that I finished. Another positive note is that my legs recovered pretty quickly. By time I sat down to right this my legs were feeling good. Also, my heart rate has recovered even faster. Thus far I'm satisfied with my performance because of my recovery rate.

If you have any ideas or words to compel me, please be heard.

Week Two

This week I switched the the Hal Higdon intermediate program which you can check out here. This week I ran a little more, running about 21 and a half miles. I did my biggest run on Saturday at a little over 9 miles. Overall, the run went really well. It was a big confidence booster because I had more in me after 9 miles and I know that I could successfully do a half marathon right now.

This upcoming week should be a bit easier on the running so I'll be cross training a little harder to make up for it. If anyone wants to come work out with me, let me know and I'll do my best to make it happen.

If you have any ideas or words to compel me, please be heard.

First Week

I'm doing Hal Higdon's marathon training novice program that can be viewed here. So, for the first week of my training I ran a total of 19.76 miles. On top of the marathon program I also had my Air Force PT Test which consists of maximum pushups in a minute, situps in a minute, and finally a timed mile and a half run. I got a 99.3 on the test because I ran the mile and a half in 9:40 which is 28 seconds away from the top score.

Overall, the first week went very well. The running was done with a 10 pound bag on my bag to slowly prepare myself for the GORUCK. You can check out my profile at mapmyrun.com to look at my run times and routes here.

If you have any ideas or words to compel me, please be heard.