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April 21, 2005
CPR is Good for Your Calf
1) Tonight I taught CPR. Strangely, in my class of 5 people 2 people were extremely qualified to help feed my calf obsession-an orthopedist and a college track coach. The class went something like, "So let me tell you about opening the airway-and here is where my calf hurts." Okay, I am exaggerating (a little) but I did get some advice. As in, oh wow, that's very near your Achilles, be careful, Achilles injuries could get you out for 6 weeks, and why don't you try shoes with a big heel (track coach) and make sure you ice and only run every other day (orthopedist). So while not hugely revealing (though admittedly i think i would only be truly satisfied if they touched my leg and it spontaneously got better) it's definitely more info to add to the arsenal.
2) No more freaking out. I figured out a plan for my next marathon (run 4 days a week-no speed work) taking the day before and day after my long run off (from running AND cardio cross-training) and putting a real cardio cross-training day in the middle of the week. That is what got me through my first marathon unhurt AT ALL. I always seem to do better on low mileage (big marathon and half marathon PRs after large chunks of time off due to injury immediately preceding the race) so why don't I embrace that?? I've known it for it a while even though I don't like to admit it. I guess I will do the whole quality not quantity thing. It's not ideal-b/c I run b/c I like to run so it would be fun to run more miles-but this plan will hopefully beat the alternative of running ZERO miles b/c I am hurt.
Also, I figured out I don't have to start training until July 24 for the Philly marathon so I have May, June, and July to get a mini-base of sorts.
3) I am sick of writing about T stations and figure it is equally boring to read. So the code for me collecting another T station will be (T) following the mileage. I will only write about it when something interesting happens.
4) Boating blog starts tomorrow.
Posted by Audrey at April 21, 2005 09:09 PM
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I feel like you - I always do much better on less mileage (even with marathons) and I know this, yet I continue to try to raise my mileage, do long tempo runs, etc... It's a disease I think!
Have fun boating! :)
Posted by: Beth at April 21, 2005 10:00 PM
I used to get injured all the time running low mileage, I thought I'd _never_ be able to handle as much as I can now. Things could change someday, but until then, the four-day-a-week plan sounds good. I don't know if you read Amy Yoder Begley's journal http://www.run-insight.com/journals-yoder-begley.html but she does low mileage (compared to most elite runners) and she does quite well! She might be a good crosstraining role model.
Posted by: Alison at April 22, 2005 07:10 AM