Ronikage

Tapered Running Went Wrong, But No Regrets

April 20th, 2010
Tags: training

Last week started slow but ended otherwise. I managed to log in three trainings in Daily Mile excluding the one I did at FTS Running Clinic.

Monday – 2.5km in 28mins
I was suppose to start RN W03 today but I could only last 1min on the 2nd run so I opted to walk the rest of the mile. I don’t want to push myself this week, not with a 5k event this Sunday. So I’ll be taking it easy for now and will just resume W03 next week. Also, I’ll change prefix from RN to RK as I decided to come up with a tailor-made training plan. I am experiencing minor shin splints again. I think I’m doing something wrong. I’m not sure if it’s my form or my landings or my legs are just not ready for running. Bummer..

I planned to do an easy jog last Wednesday but I was too tired to get up. I thought that it is wise to choose rest at that point and so I went back to sleep. Running last Thursday also did not pushed through because of the cool Cavite morning breeze.

Friday – 2.5km in 25mins
After two instances this week of choosing bed over road, I finally managed to step out of the door today! I didn’t follow any plan, I just run when I feel like it and walked when I’m already tired. I don’t want to strain myself too much with Earth Run 2 days from now. Would like to go to FTS Running Clinic kaso wala akong kasama.. waa!

Despite not having a companion, I went to coach Frank’s running clinic at ULTRA last Saturday at 6AM. I thought that I could get something from it that will help solve my shin splints. I’m glad I came. I’ll elaborate on the experience on a separate post.

Sunday – Earth Run – 5km in 48mins
We were late for the gun start and failed to do warm-ups and stretching. Muscles became tensed and experienced a number of leg pains during runs. The night before, I had to take Alaxan FR to ease muscle pains from doing FTS drills. Haha! Amidst all this, I’m happy to have self-clocked 4-minutes more than my target time. I will be more prepared next time…

What I planned to be a tapered week turned out to be a tiring one when I attended the fRUNk Training System Running Clinic. A last minute decision but one I’m glad I made. Also, thank you to a new found friend who was there for the last 2 days who gave relief when I was in pain…

No worries. I’m better now.