Well hell, time for a bad post. Remember my whole love for distance running? Remember my constant posts about bettering my times? Here was my last run:
Starting from the bottom, you see my best time on that run. It was 33:29 for a 3.8 mile circuit. That's awesome. This is where I started when I first did this lap:
That was 3.8 miles, and I improved my time by 7 minutes in a course of two weeks. My goal was to increase my distance by 10% every week (3.8 x .10 = .38 - rounded to .4, 3.8 + .4 = 4.2, then 4.2 x .10 = .42, 4.2 + .4 = 4.6, etc.), run that, follow it up again by another 10% the next week, and so on, slowly until I got to 8 miles (two laps), then I'd try to get my best time on those two laps. Following me? If I did one lap in 33:29 minutes, I could technically do two in 67 minutes. Awesome. Then that meant if I could do three laps in 100 minutes, I'd be ready to run my first half marathon, and I could do it in 1 hour and 40 minutes which is a fantastic first time for a first time half marathon runner!
Bad news? I think I injured my MCL (on the side of your knee, it's the ligament facing more towards your body), so that means no running anymore for a while. That really burst my bubble because I cant workout. I'm going to try other methods but I'm not really happy about it. So now I'm going to see a doctor and I hope it doesn't take me out for more than 6 weeks, and that's being optimistic. I read that it might not be a tear since I'm not buckling under my weight, so that's a good estimate for something like this. I might need to be on crutches for a while. It seems like every year, I end up being on crutches for one reason or another hahaha. Last year I had foot surgery, now my knee is messed up. Good game, I say.
Now I'm going to try and be positive about this, so let's see what happens!
Starting from the bottom, you see my best time on that run. It was 33:29 for a 3.8 mile circuit. That's awesome. This is where I started when I first did this lap:
That was 3.8 miles, and I improved my time by 7 minutes in a course of two weeks. My goal was to increase my distance by 10% every week (3.8 x .10 = .38 - rounded to .4, 3.8 + .4 = 4.2, then 4.2 x .10 = .42, 4.2 + .4 = 4.6, etc.), run that, follow it up again by another 10% the next week, and so on, slowly until I got to 8 miles (two laps), then I'd try to get my best time on those two laps. Following me? If I did one lap in 33:29 minutes, I could technically do two in 67 minutes. Awesome. Then that meant if I could do three laps in 100 minutes, I'd be ready to run my first half marathon, and I could do it in 1 hour and 40 minutes which is a fantastic first time for a first time half marathon runner!
Bad news? I think I injured my MCL (on the side of your knee, it's the ligament facing more towards your body), so that means no running anymore for a while. That really burst my bubble because I cant workout. I'm going to try other methods but I'm not really happy about it. So now I'm going to see a doctor and I hope it doesn't take me out for more than 6 weeks, and that's being optimistic. I read that it might not be a tear since I'm not buckling under my weight, so that's a good estimate for something like this. I might need to be on crutches for a while. It seems like every year, I end up being on crutches for one reason or another hahaha. Last year I had foot surgery, now my knee is messed up. Good game, I say.
Now I'm going to try and be positive about this, so let's see what happens!
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I met them when i went to Vulgarathon '05 i believe it was. Got to see Big Helium Dog and Now You Know. ssoooo good. the feature film of the night however eehhh, well, it was the extended version of Jersey Girl... That was a pretty fucking rad night though, got to meet the whole crew and got a big goody bag of stuff that i still have. Jason Mewes signed my shirt!
and yes, i would rather blaze it with you. face doesn't seem like he'd have much to talk about...but he's definitely invited if he can find the time
I hope you recover soon!