speed day! right calf pulled SLIGHTLY during my very last 200m in my track workout. stopped immediately, which probably saved it. got up on my toes quite a bit during the first ~10m of accell, then felt it pulling/cramping in one spot in my lateral gastroc.
could mess my plan up for saturday's 5k but:
I DO NOT CARE. rest/walking works out fine too, race money goes to a good cause so, win/win.10/19/2017bw = 142
bw before bed = ?
soreness = none
aches/injuries = none, after morning track: minor right calf pull/tight
cramping = none
morning quad flexibility = loose
morning hamstring flexibility = loose
feel = ok
wakeup = 06:00 AM
diet:06:00 AM: black coffee, cup of coconut water, grapefruit
07:30 AM: sipping on sweet green tea
08:30 AM: workout, track
10:00 AM: finished sweet green tea
10:15 AM: whole foods: berry smoothie + whey
11:00 AM: coconut water
01:00 PM: sweet green tea
05:00 PM: avocado, coconut water, piece of bread
06:15 PM: coconut water
06:30 PM: workout: bw + light miles
- 3-sec dead hang ng pullups: BW x 8
-- weak
- full dips: BW x 8
-- weak
08:30 PM: coconut water, 2% milk
09:30 PM: VARIETY MEAL: chicken skewer, water melon chunks, sour dough bread, 2 x grapefruit, 4 x pickles, kefir, beet juice, water, hmm.. i think that's it
stretch:10:00 AM+: calf stretching because of the pull and i'm a weirdo - loaded calf stretches
05:00 PM: loaded calf stretches
icing:11:00 AM: right calf icing
02:00 PM: right calf icing
man this icing really helped.. I have these very hard ice packs which just dig right into the muscle, feels like i'm rolling on PVC + icing.
workout: relaxed speed, track, no watch: warmup mile (7:17 wtf, felt 10+), 450m(82/5:00), 200m(35.8/4:47), 450m(83), 200m(37), 450m(84), 2 x 210m (34.5/4:35, 35.2/4:25), 450m(86), 200m(35.2), 450m(86.
, 4 x 200m (35.6, 35.2, 34.7, 36.1), last 200 = abort/calf-
https://www.strava.com/activities/1237626049right calf tightened up on the last 200, ~10m in, during the short sprint phase to get my speed up where i'm on my toes - then I transition into maintaining the speed using my normal running form .. stopped immediately.. walked it out for a bit, then cooled down with 2 miles nice and light. This slight "pull" might ruin my plans for saturday, which is fine, not going to push it if I have a small tear in my gastroc.. Hopefully it's fine though. I've had a few small tears in my soleus/gastrocs over the years, this doesn't seem major. Worst tear I had was ~15 years ago when someone kneed my calf during a basketball game, split my left gastroc, crutches for a month. So sometimes I have things flare up in my calves, scar tissue in both of them. This was my right calf, lateral gastroc.
200m rest between each interval. Felt pretty good. Had no idea what I was running, until I got home and checked the data. That's pretty fun.
Since I was doing so much work, I probably should have stayed off my toes on those 200's during the initial acceleration phase, just too much fatigue I guess. I felt completely fine though, no signs of that happening.

workout:light mile repeats: 7 x 1 mile @ 7:XX, ~400m walking recovery, breaking in my new Saucony Carrera XC 3's!-
https://www.strava.com/activities/1238325733btw, right calf was good .. made sure not to do anything moderate/hard, felt fine. But can definitely feel it if i stretch it manually. Hit potholes etc, all kinds of uneven surfaces, and it held up good.. so optimistic about Saturday.
saucony carrera xc 3's might be a little big, ordered 12.5's just like my saucony shay xc 4's. i'm a size 12, but those shay's run small. So, was unsure whether or not to break these Carrera's in or return them. I just said F it and went and ran in them.
They felt amazing while walking in them, and even better running in them. Very stiff & light, just like how I like my shoes. I felt crazy fast in them and I was going light on everything, stride freq/cadence was easy to maintain.
They are definitely lighter than my shay's, by ~1 oz probably. My extremely broken in Shay's were probably just as light though.
I might run in them on Sat ... they felt that good. I'd normally never even consider that, but they are REALLY STIFF shoes and very light, so not much to break in .. Perhaps the best shoes i've purchased so far, in regards to wanting to wear them for important runs, right away. My Saucony Shay XC4's take months to break in & I race in very "beat up" pair, because those feel the best. So kind of a great sign to consider racing in the carrera's right away.
Another example is my NB MRC5000v2's .. Those actually feel AMAZING when you put them on initially, but really need to be broken in as well.
Optimistic about these Carrera's.. might order another pair, size 12 just to see, and if they are too small, get another 12.5. A different color though, for fun


Monthly Tracker: October 2017October (10) 2017TODO:- 10/3
- 10/4
- 10/17
- 10/19
Bodyweight: [(01,147),(02,146),(03,146),(04,145),(05,146),(06,145),(07,143),(08,142),(09,146),(10,145),(11,145),(12,144),(13,144),(14,143),(15,143),(16,141),(17,142),(18,140),(19,142)]
- FORMAT: (day, weight in lbs)
Total Jumps per leg: []
- FORMAT: (day, # of jumps per leg)
- per leg total: 190
Max SLRVJ Touch: []
- FORMAT: (day, touch height in ft'inches")
- L-SLRVJ:
- R-SLRVJ:
Total miles walked: [(2,5.5)]
- FORMAT: (day, miles walked)
- total: 5.5
Total walk time: [(2,01h:30m:00s]
- FORMAT: (day, total walking time in hh:mm:ss)
- total: 01h:30m:00s
Total speed interval distance: [(05,4000m),(05,8400m),(08,1480m),(10,4827m),(10,4000m)]
- FORMAT: (day, total speed interval distance in meters)
- total: 19107m
Max run speed (mph)/pace (min/mi): [(05,11.9,5:03),(05,11.9,5:05),(08,14.0,4:18),(13,14.0,4:18)]
- FORMAT: (day, mph max, pace max in minutes per mile)
Total jump rope time: []
- FORMAT: (day, minutes)
- total:
Total jump rope messups: []
- FORMAT: (day, # of mess ups)
- total:
Resting HR: [(2,20,40,35)]
- FORMAT: (day, minutes for this test, average hr, minimum hr)
PR's: []
Races: [(08,500m,20:14,20:02),(15,19:08,19:18)]
- FORMAT: (day, distance, official, watch)
Soreness: [(1,"slightly","calfs slightly - left more so"),(2,"slightly","calfs moderate, quads slightly"),(05,"none"),(06,"none"),(07,"none"),(08,"none"),(09,"none - calves tight slightly)"),(10,"none"),(11,"none"),(12,"none"),(13,"none"),(14,"none"),(15,"none"),(16,"left vmo barely, quads slightly, calves slightly"),(17,"none"),(18,"none"),(19,"none")]
- FORMAT: (day, overall soreness, specifics)
Aches/Injuries: [(1,"left calf a bit tight"),(2,"none"),(05,"none"),(06,"left calf a little tight"),(07,"right ankle slightly - medial side"),(08,"none"),(09,"none"),(10,"none"),(11,"none"),(12,"none"),(13,"left hamstring tendon slightly, right hip slightly, left heel slightly, calves tight"),(14,"calves modertely tight"),(15,"left calf slightly tight"),(16,"left calf barely"),(17,"right hip slightly"),(18,"none, quads dead, calves dead"),(19,"none, after morning track: minor right calf pull/tight")]
- FORMAT: (day, specifics)
Morning Quad Flexibility: [(1,"stiff"),(2,"loose"),(05,"loose"),(06,"loose"),(07,"loose"),(08,"loose"),(09,"loose"),(10,"loose"),(11,"loose"),(12,"loose"),(13,"loose"),(14,"loose"),(15,"loose"),(16,"loose"),(17,"loose"),(18,"tight"),(19,"loose")]
- FORMAT: (day, general flexibility)
Morning Hamstring Flexibility: [(1,"stiff"),(2,"loose),(05,"loose"),(06,"loose"),(07,"loose"),(08,"loose"),(09,"loose"),(10,"loose"),(11,"loose"),(12,"loose"),(13,"loose"),(14,"loose"),(15,"loose"),(16,"loose"),(17,"loose"),(18,"tight"),(19,"loose")]
- FORMAT: (day, general flexibility)
Cramping: [(06,"bloated up at night, messed up my running"),(07,"still lightly bloated from previous night, until I got it out after a long walk"),(08,"right stomach cramp during 5k race"),(09,"right abdominal/stomach area feels bloated/weird"),(10,"none"),(11,"none"),(12,"none"),(13,"none"),(14,"none"),(15,"none"),(16,"none"),(17,"during cooldown of morning workout - stomach cramps"),(18,"stomach feels a little wrecked but didnt cramp"),(19,"none")]
- FORMAT: (day, symptom)
Wakeup: [(1,6:15AM,7), (2,10:00AM,9),(05,9:00AM,10),(06,6:00AM,7),(07,7:30AM,8.5),(08,5:00AM,6),(09,08:30AM,8.5),(10,06:30AM,8),(11,06:15 AM,7.5),(12,06:15 AM, 7.5),(13,05:40AM,7.5),(14,06:00AM,8),(15,05:00AM,7),(16,07:30AM,8),(17,06:00AM,8)(18,06:00 AM,7.5),(19,06:00AM,8)]
- FORMAT: (day, wakeup time, hours slept)