Round Four:
has been - some great goals you have there. I never tire of reading that Parker quote, it sure is a classic. :)
Pikachu - great advice on the hill sprints! I'll be starting those again in a couple more weeks. An easy type of training that has great dividends that many runners neglect.
reed - welcome aboard! Solid week overall, but you had me chuckling at the DNF'ing a beer mile...so which discipline were you doing too fast? :)
GNR1 - welcome back!
NumbersGuy- Thanks. You win some, you lose some. I re-injured my hamstring (same injury, same spot) doing a track workout with some clubmates on Wednesday. Saw my ART guy yesterday and have another scheduled for Monday. I'm hoping this won't badly derail my racing plans too much, but I'm skipping my 12k tomorrow.
Bonham- Solid week of training, nice ladder workout on Friday.
Rushed- Nice 800s workout. My times usually go the other way when I do that workout (sigh).
Themack- Nice half man.
Team Bartowski- Hope you're recovered and the 5K went well.
Pablo- Thanks, and thanks for the facebook messages. I appreciate that you usually manage to offer a different perspective on my injury issues and it usually leads to me making a smarter/conservative treatment approach. Seems like you are building up your training pretty conservatively as well, hope your runs this week are going well.
King hobbyjogger- Nice race considering everything. I lived in Chicago from 2006-2009 so whenever I see someone posting about races in the area I become a little nostalgic.
Grizz- The winter seemed almost over, then it snowed today, sigh. I guess if I am going to be injured in May, this is a good year.
NJ Truth- That's quite an awesome double you had last weekend. Sorry to hear you are having IT issues again and unfortunately I have a pretty good idea of what you are going through. Also, thanks again for all your advice on the thing. My issues have taking a turn for the worse so I am back on the cross-training routine, but I really do feel my hips/quads getting stronger from all the exercises so maybe it's just a matter of letting my knee/IT heal to the point where I can run on it. (and just rehab/strengthen the neighboring areas as well as maintaining fitness in the meantime)
Easy weeks- Welcome, and that's not a bad starting point at all! I started running again 5 years ago and think I stopped after 2 miles in 20 minutes. Just keep at it and take it easy when you need to. Looking forward to seeing your progress.
The Angel of Death- Nice first week back. 100+ next week?
Cyhawk- Not a bad week starting back up. You'll be knoocking out 6s for 5-6 mile tempo runs before you know it.
John Berryman- Good to see that you appear to be healthy now and can slowly build up.
Muebele- Not a bad week building back up.
Has been who never was- Good luck on the goals. They look pretty realistic given your recent 5Ks.
Reed- Welcome!
GNR1- Welcome back. Hope you will have better luck finding time to run and string together some solid training.
Hey everyone. Sorry about not getting back to comment this week. I have read everything - lotta good stuff going on.
Thanks for all the good wishes. I'm feeling pretty good and I am excited. I know I am entering the unknown, but I've already had a successful spring so this is just icing on the cake no matter what happens.