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abort! abort! left hamstring tightness. read the exchange between joe and adarq about joe's tightness issue and decided to bail after less than half a kilometer. will stretch gently but otherwise time to invoke AERS.

 

but @ AERS.

and ya, if tightness is getting worse during a run, never a good sign from my experience. The biggest problem that poses is: changes up your form, causes other muscles to compensate/do more work, ends up resulting in more issues. The best example I have for that is, if calves are injured, hamstrings will do more work -> causing hamstrings & other crap to get wrecked. If hamstrings are wrecked, calves will do more work, causing calves to get wrecked. I've experienced both of those. Makes sense too from a knee flexor perspective: one set of knee flexors becomes hurt, another set does more work, this new pattern isn't used to that and all kinds of problems can end up surfacing from this chain reaction.

If stuff feels weird, I personally say go for a light walk instead (<= 60min), hit up some non-exacerbating strength work, or just rest.

It seems that avoiding running through "impaired gait" is extremely important.. that's just what i've come to realize through trial & error.

pc!

From something I posted in ChrisM's journal:

i think when i'm done with my running phase it'd be fun to go for chrism-lite. gain 15-16 pounds, get strong, lean out, jump around.

gain 15-16 lb and still run

I met this guy recently @ the half, who i've known on IG. he's enormous, runs marathons/halfs etc. He's pretty big, even bigger/more diesel in person.





He's trying to run a race every weekend for 52 weeks, and at least 1 half or full a month.. and he's huge. LMAO.

Damn, he's gained a TON of weight since his first IG post.. and he runs alot. He runs nice and slow/relaxed *I think*, just out there enjoying it. A little different from how we get speed obsessed.

Sorry, quick hijack.

 



dude is huge. lmao.

track day!


02/20/2018

bw = 145
bw before bed last night = ?
soreness = none
aches/injuries = right pinky toenail alot (had to "fix" it before running this morning, yanked out a small piece of toenail), post track: toenails wrekt.
cramping = none
morning quad flexibility = loose
morning hamstring flexibility = loose
morning calf flexibility = loose
feel = good
hours sleep: 7

wakeup = 04:40 AM

log:
04:55 AM: food: oatmeal + honey + pinksalt, water
05:45 AM: workout: recovery + light speed: 3 miles of intervals w/ Loco Rio + 12 miles of speed play on the football field (33 x ~120m @ mostly sub5 life) / ~15% speed + ~85% light jog ::: legs were poppin. must nurture my nature. wrd. SCRIBBLED ON THE TRACK B.
08:30 AM: food: rxbar, water
09:00 AM: food: wholefoods: berry smoothie + whey, egg sandwich, water
02:00 PM: food: 2 x banana, basmati rice + spanish olive oil + pink salt + black pepper, 3 x eggs, lettuce, blueberries, raspberries
- this knocked me out so bad
03:00 PM: nap: 1 hour
09:15 PM: food: oatmeal w/ honey, prunes, water





workout: recovery + light speed: 3 miles of intervals w/ Loco Rio + 12 miles of speed play on the football field (33 x ~120m @ mostly sub5 life) / ~15% speed + ~85% light jog ::: legs were poppin. must nurture my nature. wrd. SCRIBBLED ON THE TRACK B.
- https://www.strava.com/activities/1417188712

plan was to go light with a little speed mixed in, deviated a bit by adding more volume of ~100-120m relaxed strides. BUT, made sure to go easy on the recovery jog (~9:XX pace).

last ~120m stride was easy low 4's, so that's cool. My mile/km should be nuts in December if I stay healthy (that's most important). Lots of solid base building going on right now, can definitely feel it in a workout like this.. Cut the workout short just to be safe.

Next hard workout on Thursday.

As far as the weird "must nurture my nature" quote: going fast makes me feel normal. I don't think it's the speed aspect of it, but more-so the opening up of my stride. At slower paces, my strides is way different. When I start opening it up, Kenyan life. Need to figure out how to just hit that stride and maintain it forever. 8|







nice!!!!!

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Congratulations @paul_chelimo - US champion! ”All that was in my mind, just before the race, I was thinking: I either have to go hard, or suffer the rest of my life... It’s an opportunity that I always have to grab, every time I get to the starting line. I was happy to come home with my third national title and able to represent this great nation again, at the world Indoors. Next for me is Glasgow grand prix, then gun for my first gold medal at the World Indoors in Birmingham, UK. My future goal is to be the greatest.” - Paul Chelimo.

After winning the 3000 m indoor title in Albuquerque on Saturday, he continued his streak on Sunday in the 1500 m race. Keep on saluting, and see you in Birmingham.
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