Turkey Chase

Camp Letts YMCA Turkey Chase 10K

Well its more like a cross country race...

Run time 51:36

6.37 miles

8:06 /mile

914 calories

ascent 387 feet

descent 364 feet

As promised in the Kilt....

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

I did the Joint Myer Henderson Hall 5KTurkey Trot today. Nice and slow... 9:15/mi pace...finished with no pain
First run since the trip to the doc...this Physical Therapy/stretching thing might actually be working

Next run will be Thanksgiving Day for the Camp Letts YMCA Turkey Chase 10K...

BIG NEWS!!!! I will actually run it in my kilt!

3 weeks off..ugh!

Doc says I have to take 3 weeks off... I have an inflamed tensor fasciae latae... see picture to left.

I have a physical therapy consult on Friday. Maybe it will be a quicker recovery with some aggressive PT.

I was scheduled to do the Turkey Trot 5K on the 16th and the Turkey Chase 10K on Thanksgiving morning, I guess we will have to see what the PT says.

Ripley 5K

Had a blast running the Ripley with Cori...
and beating her to the finish...sort of

Post MCM

Well, its’ been awhile since I updated the blog and I do apologize. The last entry talked about that fact I think I tweaked my knee during my daughters field hockey practice. I am really not sure what is wrong. I sure found out that it is something though during the marathon.

Hurricane Sandy stayed away long enough to get the entire race and post race activities in before any rain and most of the wind came. The Marine Corps always puts on a great event. It is super well organized and I never have a complaint about it. As for my performance…I was not going to get my sub 4 hours with the way my knee was feeling, I knew that going in, but I was going to give it my best shot.

I was doing great at the start I found the 4 hour Clif Bar Race pace guy and stuck with him for the first  three or four miles. I got out ahead of him at mile five and was settling into a nice pace of 8:25/mi.  It was between mile seven and eight that disaster struck.  I heard and felt a pop in my left hip and then I lost all power in my left leg on a little uphill just after mile 7 mile marker. The best way to describe the pain was as if someone and punched me. Except if felt that way every time I pushed off and tried to use that leg for power. There are not a lot of hills on the Marine Corps Marathon course, but between 7 and 8 happens to be one of them. So I had nothing going up into Georgetown.

Needless to say, I walked a lot through Georgetown (miles 8 and 9) and spent most of the race just trying to run till I couldn’t take the pain anymore. There goes the 4hr pace guy blowing right by me…Really, really. I can tough this out. I have trained for months and I am in great shape. Suck it up, Sailor….Just three week prior I ran 20 miles in under 2:50 or 8:30/mi pace…tough it out.  Hell, I was supposed to be running this for my Brother-in-law GR who is battling cancer. Cancer sucks! This is nothing compared to what GR is going through…just keep going.

Mile 11 to 12 I run the entire mile at a 7:44 pace, this isn’t so bad…12 and 13 running at 9:00/mile pace. Mile 14 Hanes Point and Mile 15 heading toward Lincoln Memorial it was a lot of walking.  Mile 16 I meet and see Bobbi and I gut it up and run the next two at 9:30 pace. Now on Mall I am running till I cry then walking till the pain goes away and then I go again. I see Bobbi again at mile 20…If I do not  seen her there I might of quit. Now I’m at a 10:30 pace. At least I’m moving…

I run across the 14^th Street bridge in 9:00, but  slow down again in Crystal City 11:00+/mi and speed up to a nice 8:30/mi pace at mile 24 mile when I see the 4:30 pace girl and try to stay with her till the end.  I couldn’t and finished with 4:35:20…10:30/mi…Ouch!

Injuries happen I understand that. I know that I was in position for a 3:50 marathon. I know that but this one will hurt for a long time. I still have three more races to do this year…Sunday I will do the Ripley 5K with Cori, the 16^th I will do my 4^th Joint Base Ft Myer Henderson Hall Turkey Trot 5K , and on Thanksgiving will be my 4^th Camp Letts Turkey Chase 10K.  I plan to take each of them easy and just do them to finish. I also have appointment to have my hip/knee looked at so maybe I can get an answer on what it is….

I think my marathon days are over. I don’t have any planned for next year and I will spend most the time training with Bobbi. She plans to do a 70.3 Triathlon next year and I will train as much as I can with her. I might even attempt a Sprint Tri… Stay tuned…