9.2 miles, 1:12:13, 7:53/mi, AHR 150 (77% MHR), incl 10x20sec striders

Bugs:  Hang in there.  We'll both get better at the same time.  We have to.  We've paid our entries already.

  I'm not giving up. You know my motto, "Don't give up, whatever you do, don't give up".

tapping foot impatiently waiting for weekly summary

 Calves.  Take care of them.  

Lazy morning for me.  Got in 3 easy last night on the treadmill.  Legs were still sore and couldn't force myself out the door this morning.  May try again later in the heat and humidity.

Get well everyone!

10.1 today, but the horses wanted to get out.   I let them run uphill, but otherwise took it easy.  Of course, there were a lot of uphills, so the whole thing was probably faster than it should have been...

I sure hope to hear all injuries here are healed ASAP!!

Speaking of gardening go figure this is our first year that we planted a garden and as of yesterday we're not allowed to water the lawn, garden etc etc for the rest of the summer grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Thankfully it's not all that big.

Love those noon lunches with dh! I'm envious Bugs!

well it's hard not to let the horses out Jeremy! Nice run!

hope you get a run in Erika!!  BTW my butt is sore too (from Saturday)

Got 5 easy miles in this morning. Had planned on getting out with Kallie again tonight however after a busy evening with soccer/softball she looked too pooped to run so I bagged the run. Tomorrow I have a 5k though I doubt I'll be ready to race it yet.  I do plan on running it at least.

Had therapy on my quads today. He found lots of adhesions. It does hurt when they rub them out. I asked him if he would define my injuries as everything below the waist, and he said yes. He said that he showed the video of the hill springing to two different sports doctors and they all agreeded it is the cause of my injuries and highly DO NOT recommend doing those exercises.

Coach Nobby thinks my injuries is mental not physical. "I'm sort of hard to believe that your "damage" is so much physical than mental. " He also accused me of running fast but I haven't. I have done the hill exercises and easy running. He won't believe someone got hurt doing his training, thus I must have done something else. He even wrote, "And, while I'm happy you get such good camaraderie feeling from your on-line friends and I don't know what sort of advice you're getting there.  But if that influences you too much in a wrong direction, I don't know if it's a good idea...  I don't know if you want advice from them or from me. " And you guys have only been supportive, and not tried to influence my training.

I can't tell you how frustrating it is to be injured and have someone tell you that it's all in your head and that your heart isn't it into. I am not willing to futher hurt myself in a race. I have spent hours of vacation going to graston visits and hundreds of dollars on therapy. I've given my heart and everything all I've got. He simply doesn't understand soft tissue injuries. My body healed after Fargo and scar tissue developed make restrictions. My doctor just smiled and said, "Your injuries aren't in your head they are in your legs."

We'll see about Grandmas. It's not a goal race at this point. The main goal is to recover, be able to run this summer. I am done having a coach and am going back to what works for me, which is lots of non-running strength exercise and moderate mileage. I ran a 21 min 5K when I did that.

5.4 last night for me in our warmer temps. Upper 70's and low 80's this week. Today it looks pretty hazy out there... looks like forest fire smoke. That sucks... could really mess up a summer in a hurry. We've had some cloudy cool (and almost cold) days, with some showers here and there but no real rain yet this summer. It's very very dry here...