Tag Archives: stretching

Treadmills and bars

Posted on September 20, 2017 by G

I was quite short on energy this morning. My 3 mile treadmill run was a brutal slog, but I finished in 36:44. And afterward I went to the weight room to do some very strange lifting – long bench sets … Continue reading →

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Rehab suuuuuucks

Posted on April 12, 2017 by G

Day 1 in Angry Backparts Rehab. Everything is a hot mess so I tried to stick to light isolation exercises and core work that should gently hit the surrounding muscles. Bonus: it fit well into my Wednesday morning rush. 4×10, … Continue reading →

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Recovery work

Posted on April 6, 2017 by G

I slept like a rock last night, but once I woke up and started to move around this morning my back pain was pretty intense. I was not a happy camper, but I soldiered on and managed to get to … Continue reading →

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The Angry Hamstring Saga continues

Posted on February 9, 2017 by G

Angry Hamstring is slowly getting less angry but staying fairly inflexible– which is a good thing, I suppose, to protect itself. Hamstring says, "You no bend that way!" Bench is slowly coming back to a good baseline too; today I … Continue reading →

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Twingey all over

Posted on January 17, 2017 by G

Sometimes when I don’t know what to do with myself I just default to getting on the treadmill and running. That was today’s workout, 3 miles with a couple short walking breaks for my twingey left knee and right legbutt, … Continue reading →

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Itty bitty workout

Posted on November 21, 2016 by G

On Sunday, I checked my workout schedule for the coming week: one workout of 6x200m intervals and one 2 mile recovery run before the race on Thursday, so I planned for that. But today when I got to the gym … Continue reading →

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Stretching medicine

Posted on November 16, 2016 by G

Today is the first day of my period so everything sucks. I’m a low-energy lump… but I did manage to get to the gym early for a 1.75mi recovery run (so short! thank goodness) and my weird stretching regimen. Now … Continue reading →

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Tempo runs and hip mobility

Posted on November 15, 2016 by G

I wasn’t looking closely at my plan this morning and it said "1.25 mi". Whaat, that’s barely even a run! That’ll work to ease me back into my plan. Then I looked closely: it’s a tempo run. Maybe that’ll be … Continue reading →

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A good long run

Posted on October 23, 2016 by G

My plan today called for a long run that was actually a bit of a longer run this time: 3.5 miles at a slow 13’35” pace. I set out without being sure if I was going to be able to … Continue reading →

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Recovery day, hallelu

Posted on April 28, 2016 by G

I’m feeling pretty beat up today, despite going to bed early last night and destroying my protes goals for the day. (C’mon body, knit that stuff in!) I thought about skipping the gym today, but I felt bad for not … Continue reading →

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