BQ by 40

In an effort to avoid any further injury, I’m laying off all workouts this weekend.

I had some concern that my pushups routine was causing strain on already weakened joints, tendons, and muscles. So far, this action has seemed to help more clearly identify where the pain is.

I have some light pain sensations at night on the outside area of my hip. This is a little bit different from the groin pull and piriformis muscle pain that I seemed to have before. I’ll give things another 24 hours before calling the doctor about it, especially considering that today is Sunday and I’ve waited almost two weeks so far.

• Blistered. I have a nickel-sized blister on my foot this morning that is stillsoft. It developed at mile 9 of my 16 miler yesterday.I also have mostly bruising-type pain on my right hip, probably fromthe Camelbak, and some ankle soreness from awkardly walking/running onthe blister.The good news is that usual injury......
• 4 runs in 5 days, ouch. Saturday... 21.34 at an 8:41 paceBardstown Rd out and back to Blackhorse and Seatonville (through Cedar Look Dr)Out Hudson/Mary Dell out and back through Vettiner ParkUp Billtown, to end of St. Rene and up Willowview.Finally, a loop that goes from Longborough to Stillmeadow to Laverne, and home. Steep hills when......
• A journey of 5,000 miles begins with one mile. 1,189 days ago, on April 24,2006, I began a quest that was doomed to fail like so many times before. I weighed over 220 lbs. At some point during the preceding winter, I weighed over 230 lbs (at just under 5'8").  That's a BMI of 35.5--obese. Something was different this......
• Marathon Training plan and Pushups Plan #twit2fit Smart Coach Plan Created on 1/5/2009 - loose guide for mileage ramp-up and interval/tempo pacing. I plan on slowing down easy days as much as necessary to complete them. The plan says 8'56" miles, but Daniels' 2nd edition has as slow as 9'14" based on a 21'54" 5k time.Start mileage:......
• Mixed Bandolier of Carrots Yes, I stole that one from the Woot.com message boards.Run:1.25 miles (11:33) 9'15"Massage yesterday and stretching beforehand really helped, but I tightened up too much by 1.25 miles. Couldn't restart after stopping. Main stretching was for piriformis muscle, some hamstring, quad, ITB stretches also. This may just be a slow......