Rehab with envy

Rehab continues ... this morning I went 4 miles and still felt well at the end. It took everything in me to limit it to only 4. I already broke by 10% rule, but I have to think that 26.2 is too may 10%'s away for little jumps. I now have changed my rule to 10% or 1 mile, which ever is greater ... increase then hold steady for a while, that's the ticket. A slow steady return will hopefully be the trick to get the hammie back in shape.

As Alexa gets ready for her September trail race, I watch with envy as she goes out the door to do some real running. She is visiting for golf with Janet and needed to get nine in tonight ...  lucky for her, too many for me to even think about.  She is really enjoying her trail training.

I added a page to the blog with "Upcoming Races". It can be found with clicking on the page name to the right (but don't click yet). Links to the web sites are attached and will hopefully work ok (this web stuff is confusing). If you have never done trails before, it really seems interesting to me. Todd Y, "the little, big one", runs the Tahoe Trails Ultra in 2 weeks; Alexa and Katy do their Marathon in 4 weeks. So as I continue to ice, run on! (try that click to the right now).

Ice - My New Best Friend

Half committed!

Big thanks to Todd for putting together this blog. He's been our inspirational leader over the years. His interest, knowledge and communication has helped many of us progress as marathoners. I'm excited for a strong fall running season in spite of the fact that last week was one of my worst weeks in a few months. The Saturday before yesterday I got sick after a strong 50 mile week. As a result last week I logged only 6 miles. I'm ready to get back after it this week. No running injuries - so I should be all set.

I'm going on the record... I will try to qualify for Boston this CIM. I know this is a long shot given my current fitness. In order to have a chance I need to focus on the following 3 things over the next 16 weeks.

1. High Mileage - average 55 miles per week.
2. Lose Weight - shed by about half pound per week so that my CIM weight is at 174.
3. Avoid Injuries - sleep a minimum of 7 hours per night.

Time will tell if I have the discipline to stay on goal. I'm looking forward to reporting my progress over the fall and using this blog as a vehicle for personal accountability. With that, here are my weekly Goals.

1. 55 Miles.
2. Parrott 3:59.
3. 182 Lbs.

Keep moving forward!