[Day 10] - Marathon Training

After running on the track for three times with a duration of ten minutes, I decided to try the treadmill today.  Although my shin still hurts the last few run on the track, I felt there was an improvement after a long shin stretch/warm up.  

Today was a new beginning for me and it sure felt great and brought a big smile on my face.  I was able to carry on a non-stop run for 20 minutes at the speed of 6.  This was an overall improvement since the last time I was able to run.  My speed has increase to a constant speed of 6 (a .3 speed increase) and it was only 5 minutes shorter than my old time duration.  I was extremely cautious when I ran on the treadmill today.  Ironically my right shin began to hurt instead of left one within the first 5 minutes.  I am glad that I kept pushing on because the pain slowly went away after I hit the 15 minute mark.  

My workout routine consisted of:

Streches

4 minutes of my usual stretch

5 minutes of stretches focusing on just my shine

Track

3 laps around the track (walking)

Treadmill

5 minute warm-up walk

20 minutes non-stop run/jog

3 minutes walk

Track

3 laps (walking)

3 sets of 30 sits ups

3 sets of 10 push ups

         

[Day 9] - Marathon Training

For the first time in three weeks, I was able to hold a 10 minute non-stop light run.  This made me incredibly happy and brought a smile on my face.  

Although, I have to start over from scratch and build up my endurance and stamina again, I am up and ready to tackle this obstacle.  The last two weeks has been very tough on me because my shin has been failing me with tremendous painful shin-splints.  I was unable to hold a run that was longer than 5 minutes.  No matter how much I increase my running speed, my max duration was 5 minutes before my shin would begin to hurt.  I began to feel very discouraged.  

However, today I wanted to push myself to see if I could run again.  So instead of running on the treadmill, this time I ran on the track.  Although, I still felt pain in my shin, it was not as painful as running on treadmill.  

My workout today consisted of:

5-10 minute warm up stretch

10 minute non-stop run/jog (track)

3-5 minute walk

15 minute row machine

3-5 minute walk

2 High Intense Interval (sprinting)

3-5 minute walk

1 mile on the elliptical 

3-5 minute walk

My running mate today was Henry Tang.  Props to him for sprinting at an avg of 32 seconds per interval.