Monday, February 15, 2010

82.1

82.1 miles for the week, not too shabby, especially since I didn't run on Saturday. Ended up jacking up my left knee and shin when I took a dive during the hash, lots of blood and bruising, but I shouldn't miss any time from it.

3 comments:

Brandon Fuller said...

1.) Consult your Doctor: Discuss your plans for marathon training and participation with a professional health care provider. Your health care provider should be familiar with diseases relevant to athletes AND with the physiologic stresses inherent in marathon running. Your medical provider may wish to conduct some form of cardiovascular disease screening prior to participation. The appropriateness and actual type of pre-participation screening must be determined by a competent medical professional and may vary among athletes based on factors including age and your medical history and medications as well as your family history of sudden death and cardiovascular disease.

2.) Listen to your Body: Pay close attention to your body during your marathon training. Symptoms suggestive of underlying cardiovascular disease that are experienced during marathon training should be taken seriously. These include: sensations such as chest pain,pressure,squeezing, or tightness. Other symptoms include shortness of breath out of proportion to activity, palpitations, lightheadedness, dizziness, or fainting that occurs during or after exercise. Any of these should be reported immediately to your personal physician. Failure to attend to such potential warning signs may increase the risk of a serious health complication during subsequent training and competition.

3.) Train Intelligently: Participation in a marathon places significant stress on the body and specifically on the cardiovascular system. The primary goal of training and race preparation is to ensure that your body can safely handle this stress. Safe and effective physical preparation involves gradual increases in exercise volume with eventual exposure to runs of a similar duration, intensity and environmental exposure to the actual marathon. Ultimately, training should involve runs that closely approximate anticipated race day effort. Working with a sports medicine health care provider, experienced coach, or athletic trainer is an excellent way to ensure that your training plans are optimized.

brownie said...

Hey, that e-mail was good for something!

Unknown said...

Your down week is bigger than my big week. Must be something in the water down South... 71 myles for me and I stoked.

Stay healthy Browneye, it's only February.