Holy Hamstring Pain

Today's Training: So, I went out for 6 and planed to warm up for the first 15mins and then do 5 x 3min intervals at 10k pace with 1.30 recovery. Before I even set foot out the door this morning, I could feel my hamstring was even tighter than it's normal every day tightness, but still I pushed on with the plan. After my warm up, I started into the first interval, but I felt like I was going any faster than my normal pace. I pushed alittle harder, but my left leg felt like dead weight ...and pretty much like I was draggin it up the west side highway. I finished up the first pick up and recovery and then the second interval felt a bit better but not much. By the third, my hamstring was screaming in rage! I figured this wasn't doing me any good, so I cut the workout short, stopped to stretch and then just kept an average pace the entire way back. I ended up putting in 7miles total, but I decided to push the intervals back a few days.

I foam rolled, stretched and iced immediately after my run but I'm still in pain. I think tomorrow is going to HAVE to be a Wet-N-Wild Wednesday. I need to give Mr. Hamstring a rest. Ugh... so frustrating.

Threshold Training...Easy Peasy

Here's an interesting article on Threshold Training, proving yet again that often, LESS IS MORE!

Sunday is such a great day to map out or tweak a training plan for the week to come. To write down (and commit to) not only what I'll be doing but to also when/how I'm going to fit it in each day. So, I thought the article above was fitting since it's not only Sunday, but this coming week I plan to kick things up a notch and start seriously training for my upcoming events. I've laid down a solid mileage base over the last month or so and now I'm ready to start mapping out my training and incorporating at least 2 threshold efforts a week (ex: tempo runs or intervals) and a longer effort on the weekend.

I'll post what I've come up with after I'm finished mapping it out. :)