Very strange...

Been working a sh%$load recently so the workouts have been few and far between. Although that's probably a good thing due to my stupid knee or IT band or whatever. So, I'd been off the trail for a week or so and made a stab at a morning run on Monday to see how it might go. Sure as hell, mile and a half in, knee hurtin like mad, not comfortable so I got pissed off and started sprinting...... no pain. Got out 3 miles, downed some GU and sprinted back..... no pain. Until later that day...

I hobbled around the hospital all day thinking I'd ruined myself. Anyway, no workout yesterday but I was not hurting as bad. Then I get up this morning and haven't felt so good in a month! What the heck is going on!? So, went to the gym and did some weights and an hour of cardio. Buddy is still coming to town this weekend and we will run then and hopefully I can stay at a faster pace and w/o pain.

10 days until race day... Holy crap!

Again, if anyone wants to join, we will be running around 3 ish this Saturday and then chili feed out in West Richland for Team in Training (Yakima) fundraiser.

Train on,
Luke

Maxene's Making Progress

I have slowed down way too much, but I am determined to get my weekly miles back into my goal training range. Sadly I skipped out on our tuesday-train-together day, but I got on track Wednesday. Wed I woke up early and mapped out my run ahead of time, by doing this I'm not as likely to stop or give up early in my run knowing I still have x-amount of miles left. So I wound up running 4.5 miles around a few nearby Pasco housing developments, there were a few undeveloped areas but mostly sidewalk and alot of cow crap smelling areas too! Thursday I hit the treadmil and pounded out 5 miles at less then 8 minute pace. Friday I kept it calm and did some hard machine cardio but Saturday I went out to Richland and used our traditional mile marked trail and hammered out 9 miles in 1 hour 14 mins. Each mile was avg'd within a few seconds plus or minus of 8 minutes... I felt great and super happy I bought this watch!

Well I hope to get an other long run in this upcoming week.. hope its going well for ya'll

Train on Folks!
Maxene

Sunny day!

Yes, we got a nice sunny day today and the two gimps made it for a nice trail run. Robb and I both were laboring on wounded knees but the weather and the cool trail seemed to keep us going.

We googled the run afterward and it was 5.83 miles and we got it done somewhere around 9 minute pace.

Robb hooked me up with a Mint Chocolate GU for the run and it wasn't too bad.

Hopefully we could at least match or bump up the distance next week. 18 days until the 1/2 for me....!!!!!

Train on,
Luke

Here's hoping!

On thursday I went for a short run to the airport near my house and back. Everything started out okay but it went down hill for the entire run. I started to get a little in the knees around mile two and by mile three I could barely walk.

No good, Right?

Well I came home and got on the computer looking for descriptions of the onset and how it was hurting, while icing down. It turns out my IT band is super inflamed because I most likely need new shoes. Well at least I hope that's the reason.

So I've got a new pair coming in the mail (the same kind that I had before).
And I got an old bike put together so that I can to some cross training.

Really excited about that.

PEACE!

Robb

Not so fast...

Well, knee pain not totally gone. Ran 5 miles Thursday with minimal pain but hit the gym yesterday (Saturday) just to stay loose. Did 2 miles (slow) on the treadmill and then 20 minute stationary bike and 10 minute stairmaster. Went home w/ some soreness and had to ice a few times before it calmed down. Pretty frustrating and I'm not sure if I should just avoid the jogging so this stupid thing can heal up or if I should push through.

Anyway, looking forward to testing it with the gang on Tuesday. Part trail run, part pavement. Hopefully this knee starts feeling better so I can get back at it!

Train on!
Luke

Also, if any of you guys are interested in Adventure Racing let me know. Co-ed teams seem to be the fun way to go and many races only give out prizes in the co-ed teams divisions.

Wanted to try to load an image :-) Here is the new shoe that the dude from Runner's Soul fitted me with. So far so good!

Luke

Slow Recovery

Well I had my first bout w/ knee pain following my run w/ Robb last Tuesday. Took a week off from running altogether but still did some bike and elliptical though. It has been a frustrating week after going 10 miles w/ Max 2 weeks ago to now barely doing anything.

However, got a patella strap yesterday and tried out the new kicks at a real slow pace for about 3.5 miles w/ Nic. Actually felt pretty good and no residual pain from the run today either. Thinking I'll probably give 5 slow miles a shot tomorrow and see if I hold up.

24 days until the Snake River Canyon Half!

And by the way, my marathon buddy will be up for a long run the last Saturday in February. We will be running around 3 o'clock somewhere around Tri-Cities if anyone wants to join in :-)

Train on!
Luke

GOOD TUESDAY TRAIL RUN

Well today I had a blast. Wicked fun trail run. A little over 6 miles in just under 1 hours was good too.
I'll let Max say more.

Robb

Week Recap

*Every time I try to link my Saturday run from http://www.mapmyrun.com/, the internet page shuts down and yesterday it completely froze, so I might have to post this one in increments*

So over all this week I took some recovery time for my aching right calf muscle (injured during a 4 mi treadmil run lat friday). I missed our Tuesday group run, and felt terrible, so I went back to the basics and worked up miles slowely.

2/4- 1 mile, 40 mins of cardio machine -gym
2/5- 3 miles, 35 mins of cardio machine, plus arms & abs <-my favorite -gym 2/6- 8 miles- done outside. I was only planning on 6 but after using mapmyrun, I guess I did more then I was aiming for. I also took my dogs out for a 1 mile out and 1 mile back run, dropped the dogs off and went 4 miles by myself, but only after making a quick pit stop to see my girlfriend who lives on the way. 2/7- 2 miles, recovery style (took 20 mins to do), 35 mins cardio machine- gym

[] Picture of my brooks while they still look new, I have yet to break them in running outside. I like the clean new look and frankly I haven't owned such white shoes in a long time, so lets admire them together. Plus!!!....

I'am excited about my new running watch I got, mind you it's nothing fancy but it sure does alot for under 40$

[]O and my girls, Tiegan and Meehka[]

K guys I'll try to post my run seperatly in fear of computer crashing again, but see ya tomorrow. I got packets on St. Pattys Day run.

Maxene

Sunday morning trail run

7.79 miles with a time of 1:16 and I feel great.

I'm Back!

So... After a long uphill battle with what's known as "DEATH" (if I could put bigger quotation marks I could) I am finally back.

To catch up, last sunday I went for a trail run around Bennington Lake again. It was just over 5 miles and super muddy. I finished, but I was lacking a lung and all of my energy. I guess that's what I should expect of my first run back.

Then on Tuesday luke and myself did just over 6 miles. Before the run I was as scared as a little girl in a den of tigers, Grizzleys and lots of poisonous snakes. But, it turned out to be the best run yet. So much fun.

Anyways, today I went out and did 4 miles in just under 35 miniutes and I felt great the entire time.

Looking forward to my Sunday run. Maybe I can add a few miles to the loop.

Keep on trucking Crazy people.

Robb

New kicks!

Robb and I hit the trail yesterday for what was Robb's longest run of this early running season. We did 6 1/4 miles in under 1 hour. Robb even sprinted the end of it so he definitely has a lot of gas in the tank!

Finally broke down today and hit up Runner's Soul in Kennewick. The guy there was pretty helpful and got me into some pretty slick Asics. Also couldn't leave w/o a new running shirt and some more GU. Got the new flavor blackberry jet or something like that.

Anyway, all geared up now and ready for the home stretch. 31 days until the Snake River Canyon Half Marathon! Knee acted up on yesterday's run so I'm just doing some lifting and recumbant bike until I feel a lil' better. Hoping to do another 10+ miler next week.

Train on!
Luke