New Logs

The new logs are easier to read I think...if nothing else they're MUCH easier for me to maintain. I just fill in the little boxes.

I'm getting a slow start, but I have good excuses. Cathy and I are waiting on new MP3 players to show up before we can go to the gym. We fear if we go to the gym now, and it's utterly boring, that we will burn out faster.

That, and with my layoff from running, the feet need to ramp up again. I'm reading a new book called "Explosive Running" that has some very good insight into proper running form, and training for running. It basically says that the old method of training was to run more... and then run more... and then run more... and eventually you get strong and can run as much as you want. I tried this, and found that at the some level of running, every time, I would get injured. If I remember right it was around the 4 mile mark. Whenever I would ramp up to running 4 miles, I would screw my legs up. This book says the problem with the "just run more" theory is that running does not build strength in the legs. So what happens is you run more and more, your cadio keeps increasing, your tolerance to the shock of running increases, but your strength doesn't increase. Then logically there comes a point where your cardio takes you past what you have strength for, and you get injured. For me, it was 4 miles. This book is going to put me on a routine of strength building exercises specifically targetted at the mechanics of running. This should be really good for me, because I was a little worried about what strength training I would be doing at the gym. I'm on this Perfect Pushups plan, and so I can't very well go to the gym and lift on top of that. Hopefully I'll be able to do leg stuff at the gym, upper body stuff at home with perfect pushups, lots of cardio, and have all my bases covered.

We'll see....