Vancouver Marathon training weeks 4 and 5

I had planned to do a entry at the end of week 4 but I didn't get around to it so I'll capture the 2 weeks in this blog.

I've been bothered by an ankle problem for the last 3 or 4 weeks. It is very sporadic. Some runs have no pain, some runs a bit of pain and some runs suck. I beginning to think the problem is with a tight calf muscle. If I fell the tendon pulling I stretch my calf and it feels better for a while. I tend to be a tense person so I probably need to focus on relaxing more while I run. Not easy when you are worried about your ankle.

On January 17th I ran the Rock N Roll 1/2 Marathon in Phoenix Arizona. It was so nice to run in the sun and heat for a change. Running in shorts and a singlet felt great. I ran it in 2:04:56. Not my best race but I wasn't planning on running hard and my ankle started bugging me around 15 or 16K.

Week 4
Sun Jan 17 - 21.1K Arizona Rock N Roll
Mon Jan 18 - 0.8K Barefoot on the treadmill
Tue Jan 19 -5.6K Tempo
Wed Jan 20 -10.1K Tempo
Thu Jan 21 - 8.6K Steady
Fri Jan 22 -Rest
Sat Jan 23 - 6.1K Steady
Total Mileage: 52.3K

Week 5
Sun Jan 24 - 16.4K LSD
Mon Jan 25 -1K Barefoot running on treadmill. Sport Shape Up Running Lvl 1 workout
Tue Jan 26 - 7.4K Tempo
Wed Jan 27 - 9.7K Temp
Thu Jan 28 - 9K Steady
Fri Jan 29 - Rest
Sat Jan 30 - Sport Shape Up Running Lvl 1 workout
Total Mileage: 43.5K

First Blog Post

Well this is my first blog post so I should probably introduce myself. I have been running since October 2008. I ran my first half marathon in June 2009 and I'm currently training for my first marathon. To date I have completed 5 half marathons.

During the day I'm a Network Analyst at a decent sized Automobile insurance company. I've been working on networks for the last 12 years.

Most of my life I have been over weight and in November 2006 I was at my highest weight of 224 pounds. I lost about 50 pounds of that before I started running.

Happy running!

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