Mon - 3+ miles or 30+ min; core/strength ---------------------- Rest (after 6+ hrs of yard work on Sunday)

Tues - 5 miles --------------------------------------------------------- 5.5 miles in 53:02 and rain, rain, rain

Wed - 3+ miles or 30+ min; core/strength --------------------- 3.80 miles, 1 hr core/strength

Thurs - Rest

Fri - 3+ miles or 30+ min; core/strength ------------------------ 30 min biking; 30 min strength/core (small amt of legs)

Sat - 10-12 trail miles ------------------------------------------------ 10.36 trail miles in about 2.5 hrs

                                                                                                         (nutritional breakdown at M9)

Sun - Rest --------------------------------------------------------------- 4 hours of yard work

 

Totals: 9.3 road miles, 10.36 trail miles, 30 min biking, 1.5 hrs core/strength

 

I have to say, it feels really weird to not be training for something right now.  Nothing on deck until SOB in July.  I feel like I'm drifting.  Hard to stay focused with no close goal.

No running for me this week at all.

 

I've just been diagnosed with retinal detachment in my R-eye and will have a procedure done shortly.

 

I'm not allowed to run for a while. Don't know how long yet. I'll keep you guys posted!

 

Put a run in for me you guys.

Leslie:  Thanks for starting us off.

Dutchie:  So sorry to hear.  Good luck with surgery.  Hope it doesn't keep you down for too long. 

 

Mon:  15 min core excercise: 150 push-ups, 3 sets of abds and pull-ups, mild stretching.  PM- 1 hour Free weights UB some LB

Tue: 15 min core excercise: 160 push-ups, 3 sets of abds and pull-ups, mild stretching, Easy short run after work, 3.57 miles @ 8 min pace.

Wed: 15 min core excercise: 160 push-ups, 3 sets of abds and pull-ups, mild stretching, Afternoon - 45 mins UB free weights, Evening - interval run  4 X 800 m intervals with 1600 warm-up,.400 m recovery, 800 m cool down. total mileage 4.23 miles.  interval pace 7- 7:30 min/mile.

Thur:  15 min core excercise: 150 push-ups, 3 sets of abds and pull-ups, mild stretching, PM 4.5 miles after work, 8:14 pace.

Fri: Rest day - did absolutely nuthin.

Sat: 10 min core work-out/warm-up. 100 push-ups 2 sets of abds.  Followed by 10 mile run @ 8:25 pace. 

Sun: 10 min core work-out/warm-up 110 push-ups, 2 sets of abds, 1 set of pull-ups; mild stretching.  4.6 mile run @ 8:09 pace.  70F and humid. 

 

total mileage 27 miles; push-ups 830 push-ups; 1 hr 20 min core excerscise. 1.75 hrs free weighs.

Erika: no, no lasering unfortunately.

 

Yesterday was filled with doctors, examinations etc. I started at my family doctor. He called the eye surgeon at our local/regional hospital. Spent about nearly 3 hours there. Then the eye surgeon determined the retinal detachment was too severe and they didn't have the expertise to deal with it and I was sent to the teaching hospital in Amsterdam (which is way better than our local hospital).

After another couple of hours they determined there was a horse shoe shaped tear in the retina at the side of my nose and a lot of fluid had leaked behind the retina loosening it near my nose and the bottom of my eye. Now it hasn't torn completely loose and I still have a 100% vision. However, be cause of the severity, lasering is not an option.
Today at noon I have to go back to hospital and have the procedure done at 2PM. I will have local anesthesia (they inject it behind my eye). Then they'll first drain the fluid behind the retina. This will let the retina rest agains the wall of the eye again. Tthen use a kind of freezing method to close the tear. They then inject a gas into the eye that will keep the retina in place. The gas will disappear over time (but I'm not allowed to fly for 6 weeks, not that I had any plans anyway ). By then, the retina will have attached to the wall of the eye again. After the procedure I need to stay on my left side for as much as possible.

I have a high negative myopia (I think that's what it's called in English, I'm nearsighted) which has an increased risk of a retina detachment as I get older. Something to do with less flexibility of something in the eye. So there was nothing I could have done to prevent this.

I'm actually not too worried. They know what it is, they'll fix it and I'll be good as new in a few weeks

 

BUT... no running for at least 3 weeks, and no Roparun

I haven't spoke to the retinal surgeon yet, yes, there's actually such a doctor. If he says the same thing, then I guess that's the end of the Roparun.

Monday - it was pouring, I was sleepy, so rest

Tuesday - ran 3.1 in beautiful low-50s, light breeze sunshine

Wednesday - ARGGGHHHH!!  I think I'm getting the flu.  And I'm supposed to leave for Phoenix on Friday!

Thursday - sinuses still a mess; at school until 8 p.m., so power-packing for the weekend was my XT

Friday - in transit all day from PHL to PHX; serious, side-splitting laughter at dinner with a bunch of new friends as XT

Saturday - 45 minute hike in the mountains next to the hotel in Phoenix - bliss; plenty of time to run when I get home

Sunday - another 45-minute hike on a less-steep trail - I even jogged a little bit;  stamina was such that I stopped to take photos rather than to catch my breath  

Certainly not breaking any running mileage records, but it was a pretty awesome week.

Eliz

Thanks Leslie,

 

M: no running, 116 pushups

T: 5 miles easy running, 117 pushups

W: 8 miles easy running, 118 pushups

Th: no running, 119 pushups

F: no running, 120 pushups

Sa: 5K race with wu/cd, 121 pushups

Su: 17.1 miles running, 122 pushups

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Total: 34.3 miles running, 833 pushups

 

Paul