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November 2013

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Location:

Sydney,Australia

Member Since:

Oct 24, 2012

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

10K: 42:07 (NYC Runs Roosevelt Island Hot Chocolate, December 2012)

Half Marathon: 1:30:23 (Philadelphia RnR Half Marathon, Sept 2013)

Marathon: 3:17:13 (New Jersey Marathon, May 5, 2013)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

1:30 half marathon, Summer 2013

sub-3:30 marathon (my first) Spring 2013

sub 3:15 marathon, Fall 2013

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run long. Get fast. Stay injury free.

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Running blog: www.twolittlerunners.blogspot.com

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Mizuno Inspire 8s Lifetime Miles: 377.00
Brooks Pure Cadence Lifetime Miles: 40.00
Mizuno Inspire 9s Lifetime Miles: 398.10
Black Mizuno Inspire 9s Lifetime Miles: 432.20
Yellow Mizuno Wave Rider 15s Lifetime Miles: 490.50
Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Lifetime Miles: 218.82
Red Mizuno Wave Rider Lifetime Miles: 403.00
Blue Mizuno Inspires Lifetime Miles: 405.00
Blue Mizuno Inspires 2 Lifetime Miles: 300.00
Red Mizuno Wave Riders 2 Lifetime Miles: 252.00
Black Brooks Pure Cadence Lifetime Miles: 29.00
Mizuno Inspire 12s Lifetime Miles: 69.00
Mizuno Inspire 12s Coral Lifetime Miles: 32.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Yellow Mizuno Wave Rider 15s Miles: 5.00Brooks Pure Cadence Miles: 3.00Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Miles: 4.00
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65 mins easy elliptical

Short leg strength, very light: 3 x 15 pushups, 20 sumo squats, 15 standing lunges each leg, 15 deadlifts with 20lbs

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50 mins elliptical, with 30 mins 2mins hard, 1 min easy.

Stretch

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65 mins easy elliptical, heart rate at around 150bpm. Thank goodness my hip isnt hurting on the elliptical; I really dont like going to the pool!

Upper body/core: 3 x

20 Push ups

15 bicycle crunches

15 bench press, with leg raises

15 lat pull downs

15 plank rows with 5lb dumbells

Reading Matt Fitzgerald's latest book on nutrition for marathon and half marathon runners. A lot of stuff we already know, but its great to hear another expert coming out in defense of carbs!

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50 minutes elliptical, with 10x 2mins hard, 1 min easy (just makes the time go faster)

Leg Strength: weighted squats, sumo squats, standing lunges, side step ups, attempted single leg squats (so hard!)

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65 mins easy elliptical + core and pushups

I haven't been able to do single leg strength work until yesterday. My hip feels a little achey, but not "re-hurt" in the way it used to after single-leg stuff. A little acheyness is fine apparently.

NYC is really holding onto the Fall weather; it is so nice out and its so hard not to be running through my Riverside and Central Parks... but just a week and a half!

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50 mins elliptical, 30 mins of 2 mins hard, 1 min easy.

Just one more week to go, before I can start running. I know its a short time but I'm pretty down. Philly marathon is next weekend, and I wont be there. All the great weather in my last Fall in NYC has gone by without me being able to run in it. I've gained about 6 pounds, and feel sluggish and altogether kinda craptastic. Cross-training may help keep up your aerobic fitness, but it does nothing to replace the feeling of the wind in your hair; the quiet pat of your fast legs moving along to their own beat; the fresh air that courses through your lungs and the feeling of being alive that only a run can bring.

Ugh. Dramatic much???

 

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65 mins easy elliptical.

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65 mins elliptical, heart rate around 150bpm

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45 mins elliptical + leg strength

3 rounds:

30 x sumo squats

15 single leg squats (unweighted, each side)

15 forward lunges (unweighted each side)

15 side step ups with 10lb (each side)

15 single leg deadlifts with 15lb

Hip feeling pretty great; I know running isnt far off. Im trying to progress to where I feel zero discomfort doing elliptical upright and all my single leg weights. Once Im there, and Im close, I feel like I could start my 5 min runs. Going to follow the Pfizinger plan to return to running: http://kemibe.com/distancecoach/labreports/stressfracture.shtml
I would usually be a little more aggressive than this, as I only had a stress reaction. But given that its in the femoral neck (weakest area of the femur + most time off running if I had actually fractured it), its just too risky to be anything less than conservative.

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I ran! 10 mins walk, 5 mins run (11 min miles!), 5 mins walk, 5 mins run, then walk cool down.

Then went and did 50 mins elliptical, with 30 mins of (2/1) intervals.

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65 mins easy elliptical plus core:

3 x push ups (20), swiss ball pikes (15), hanging leg raises (15), bent over rows with 15lbs (20) and bike crunches (20).

Hip not hurting after yesterday's run!

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50 mins elliptical with 30 mins (2/1) intervals.

Was going to try to do some upper body strength, but had to get ready.... for the Marine Corps Birthday Ball!

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65 mins easy elliptical. Supposed to do my second run, but hip didnt feel 100%, so put it off til tomorrow. No sense in rushing anything at all.

Philly Marathon is today..... :'o(

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3 x 5 mins running with five minute walk breaks.

This time I was outside; around a 9 min pace.

Hip felt a bit crappy, and then I followed it up with quad-heavy ramp elliptical for 50 mins. I think this was a mistake! I think the hip pain could be muscular; tightness in the area, and compensation for the bone. But whatever. Taking a rest day today (Monday). Im *sure* (wishful thinking?) it will feel just fine tomorrow.

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65 mins elliptical with 30 mins 2/1 hard/easy intervals.

Plus leg strength - 3 x sumo squats (30), standing lunges with 20lb (15 each leg) and single leg dead lifts wth 15lbs (15 each leg). Ran out of time for more.

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65 mins easy elliptical. Nice long stretch.

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I'M BAAAAAA-AAAACK. 40 mins easy elliptical + 2 miles (3 x 7 mins with 4 mins walking in between). First run with NO discomfort in my hip. I am feeling it a little a few hours later, but that is completely normal apparently; discomfort can come from the scar tissue and general compensation of the muscles around the bone have to function properly again.

Completely stoked. 2014 - here I come.

Yellow Mizuno Wave Rider 15s Miles: 2.00
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50 mins easy elliptical

Upper body: 3 x cable rows (20) lat pull downs (15) pushups (2) overhead press (15) and curls (15)

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65 mins easy elliptical

Core: three rounds of (20 x bicycle crunches, 15 x incline crunches, 15 hanging leg raises, 15 swiss ball pikes, 20 side bends with 20lbs (for obliques))

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3 miles easy LIKE IT AINT NO THANG. (2 min walk breaks to "hip-check" every mile).

freezing cold; 27 degress, with 20mph winds and I STILL loved it haha. Around 8:30-40 pace.

Yellow Mizuno Wave Rider 15s Miles: 3.00
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25 mins elliptical

3 miles treadmill, with 2 x 2 min walk breaks between miles. First mile at 9:13 pace, miles 2-3 at 8:30 avg pace. 1.5 % incline.

No pain. Woop!

Brooks Pure Cadence Miles: 3.00
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40 mins elliptical

3 x pushups (20), airsquats (30), lunges (15 each side) and single leg squats (15 each side)

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Was going to run and sooooo wanted to. But hip didnt feel 100%. No need to push it.

50 mins elliptical and long stretch. Realized that hip discomfort is muscle tightness; goes away when I stretch and roll.

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4 miles. BOOM. 8:30 avg pace, with 2 x 2 min walk breaks for hip check.

Core/upper body: 3 x pushups (20), bicycle crunches (20), dumbbell bench press with leg raise (20 - hard!) and bent over rows (20 each side)
 

Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Miles: 4.00
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65 mins elliptical

Nice long stretch n roll.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.500.000.000.0013.50
Yellow Mizuno Wave Rider 15s Miles: 5.00Brooks Pure Cadence Miles: 3.00Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Miles: 4.00
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