Lisa Sabin’s - Running And Being

Ran from my house down to Kenmore and back.  This is one of the tough courses I do when I want to challenge myself.  Michelle and I ran this course a couple weeks back, but added on to it to make it 12 miles.  Last time, I did a cool down mile with Murphy, my golden retriever puppy to make it 13.

Today was a beautiful day.  It was only 47 degrees, but the sun was shining almost like Spring.  I was a bit tired from a 9 hour volleyball tournament yesterday.  I felt like I was sleeping through the first few miles.  By the time I got to mile 3 I was feeling pretty good though. 

I still feel like I need to work on my gait.  I had plantar fasciitis on my left side.  Sometimes my left bicep tendon gets really tight after running.  I am starting to wonder why all this is going on on the left side.  I went to a biomechanics workshop last weekend.  One of the things I learned in the workshop is that if your body can’t rotate at a given joint, it will compensate by finding a way to rotate at another joint to get the rotation needed to accomplish the task.  I seem to have a weak external hip rotator on the left.  When my gait was analyzed, I internally rotated at the last moment before striking.  Another interesting thing I discovered in the workshop is that I actually pronate more on the right side.  Maybe I am trying pronate equally on the left, but it’s not happening, so I somehow try to make it happen by internally rotating at the hip and shoulder, to make up for the lack in my foot.  I’m speculating here.  It’s interesting what your body will do to get from point A to point B.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 02/17/2008
• Time: 10:30:00
• Total Time: 1:30:05.00
• Average Heart rate: 158
• Max Heart rate: 169
• Calories: 800
• Distance: 10 miles
• Average Pace: 9:00.54/mile
• Ascent: 760 ft