7.31.2013

recap :: MoHud2013 week 16

So remember way back when, when I was having...concerns blind fear about finishing the Warrior Dash? Well, it was, indeed the epic fail I nervously anticipated. Thankfully I didn't have to need the medics at the Dash, but my injured ass didn't even make it to the start coral.
photo cred: ME. because I was standing with a camera and
backpack of post-race crap for my 2 favorite warriors.

After a lovely 15th week of  MoHud2013 training was complete, I started week 16 with a rest day followed by an easy 3mi treadmill jaunt. It was raining (hence the treadmill) but all was well and I enjoyed a quick, pain free three miles watching Arrested Development. Then I decided to meet my mom for quesadillas, stepped up the tiny, minuscule, less than 6 inches step into the restaurant and felt a weird snap/pop/rip/tear/overalldisgustingsensation in my right knee.

Great. Not thinking anything of it, I took a Tylenol with my quesadilla and enjoyed. 

Blah blah blah, by the time I got home my knee was swollen, hot to the touch and I couldn't walk on it. Terrified, I hobbled to my orthopedist's office and his colleague diagnosed me with ITB syndrome (seriously, I've been foam rolling like a boss and even got a Tiger Tail) and patellofemoral syndrome. He also suspected my kneecap was tracking the wrong way when I ran (gross), told me "now is probably not the right time to continue training". Fail. 

Before I left, I got another orthopedic accessory and (more) advice to cool it with the marathon training for another year (obviously unacceptable - this is the part I stopped listening).

I followed his advice and did NOTHING for the rest of the week. Lesson: don't go for quesadillas during a marathon training cycle?

Monday: rest
                scheduled - cross
Tuesday: 3mi
                scheduled - rest
Wednesday: rest
                scheduled - 3mi  
Thursday: rest
                scheduled - 4mi  
Friday: rest
                scheduled - 3mi  
Saturday: rest
                scheduled - rest  
Sunday: rest
                scheduled - 9mi

Weekly mileage: 3mi
Scheduled weekly mileage: 19mi

7.29.2013

recap :: MoHud2013 week 15

...Oops. Meant to post this bad boy 7/1...again, awful blogging skills. I get it. 


Halfway! Week 15 is when normal people prepping for a Columbus Day weekend marathon would begin their plans. Not me. I opted for the 30 week venture in hopes of not breaking any bones. There are theories for and against this. Some people say that building mileage too quickly (like in a shorter plan) can contribute to injuries, whereas others believe that training with an extended plan could cause injury. Clearly the shorter plan didn't workout so well last year, when at week xx ran a half marathon on a broken leg and was benched the rest of the season...oops.

This week was a bit of a drop back in mileage, which I was grateful for after my 7mi of misery last week.


Monday: leg strength work
                scheduled - cross
Tuesday: 3mi
                scheduled - rest
Wednesday: 4.25mi
                scheduled - 3mi  
Thursday: 60min spin
                scheduled - 4mi  
Friday: rest
                scheduled - 3mi  
Saturday: 3.25mi
                scheduled - rest  
Sunday: 5mi
                scheduled - 5mi

Weekly mileage: 15.50mi
Scheduled weekly mileage: 15mi