Arie's Running Blog

7:20 AM, 35F light freezing rain most of the way. This was one of the worst long runs I had in a very long time. Luckily it's my cut back week and I had only 8 miles to do today. The anti-biotics I'm taking it is really killing me. It will be over tomorrow. Pace per mile was: 7:52, 7:54, 8:02, 8:04, 8:07, 8:10,8:23, 8:25. Horrible pacing. I felt really bad at the end. My half marathon is just 4 weeks ahead and I'm freeking out.

1:06:38

Noon. 32F snow on the ground and on the trees everywhere. Beautiful. Some sun and light wind. I was feeling slightly better today. Pace was still not my usual 8:05 but it felt less of an effort. I am finishing my anti-biotics today and hope to see an improvement in my energy levels soon.

1:05:05

Late afternoon run. Legs are still very tired. I don't know what's happening with me but I lost all my speed the 8:09 pace felt really hard.

0:57:03

Late afternooon run. My left leg hurts a lot. The tendon connecting the hip and the knee is probably inflamed. Couldn't do more than the 5.8 and even those were hard. I'm going to take a day off tomorrow. I'm very worried. I'm regressing.

0:46:37

Went to see a sports medicine doctor this morning. He confirmed I have rectus femoris tendonitis. Contrary to what one would think, the treatmen is actually to heat the place and not ice it. Having some kind of resolution is actually comforting altough the pain lingers on.

Went for a run and it was still painful but the doctor said I can't make it worse if I just go slow and easy. I actually did a good pace and maybe that was a bad idea. Actually it was 7:57 which felt way harder than it should have.

0:55:40