The Life and Times of the Watters Family

Resuming Exercise After The Race

Since finishing the marathon

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, I’ve realized that I need to keep exercising. Often. I think for now, I’ll definitely continue running, but I’ll focus on maintaining a manageable number of miles per week, probably in the neighborhood of 20-30 miles per week. At least until I have to start training for next year’s Portland Marathon, which will probably begin around the end of May.

I’ve also been looking into cycling. It’s a little less hard on the joints, which is probably a good thing considering I’m a pretty big guy at 6′ 2″, 250 lbs. The Cascade Bicycle Club

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Transmorphers: Fall of Man divx has an annual ride from Seattle to Portland that looks interesting. Recently, one of my coworkers, a cycling enthusiast, showed me around the cycling equipment world at a nearby local bike shop for which he used to work.

All told, a basic setup is probably going to cost between $1750 – $2000 for a decent bike, pedals, shoes, bike rack, a new helmet and other assorted equipment and apparel.

I think I may even be able to find a few people around town to train and ride with.Alien Trespass movie download

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First Day Back On The Trail

It felt really good to get back out there. Today was the first day of a re-started Stage Five: Jog 5 min/Walk 5 min; repeat twice. Because my route is out-and-back, it always takes me more than the prescribed amount of time. There are two jogging legs going out, and only one coming back in. I guess I need to turn around sooner. The knee felt pretty good, but the route I’ve been taking is uphill on the way out and downhill on the way back, and jogging back down the hills hurts a little. I may need to find a new route.

I left the house a little earlier (5:45 am) than usual this morning. I think I like training at that time better. Fewer people on the trails. Also, as Summer gets closer and closer, it’s getting lighter and lighter at that time so early doesn’t necessarily mean dark like it did even a month ago.

Preliminary Training – Stage 5 – Day 1

Distance	3 mi
Time	35 min

Since I wasn’t updating for the first couple of weeks, I’ll mark this as my official starting point for record keeping purposes. Here is some reference info as I begin. I’ll start with these three, and update every so often. Maybe weekly? Anyway, I don’t know if I should keep track of more stuff or not. If so, I’ll add it when I know about it.

Physical Data

Age	26 yrs, 329 days
Weight	253 lbs (115 kg)
Resting Heart Rate	64 bpm

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Weak In the Knee

So far, my knee troubles have put me two weeks behind. Fortunately, I had about 4 weeks of extra time.

After about a week of issues, I started reading up on different conditions online. The condition that is most consistent with my symptoms is called chondromalacia patellae, or patellofemoral syndrome. Much of what I read suggested a program of stretching and strengthening the hamstrings and quads. I thought I’d give it a shot. Wish I’d done it sooner. After stretching my left hamstring for about 5 minutes (slowly of course), most of the pain was gone. To be on the safe side, I made an appointment with the doctor just in case. He confirmed my self-diagnosis and also recommended a knee brace. With the brace, I can now walk and jog pain free.

We’ll see how it goes tomorrow as I restart stage 5 of the preliminary training — five minutes jogging and then five minutes of walking, repeat twice.

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Choosing A Marathon Training Program

(NOTE: This post describes events that occurred between March 9th and March 21st)

Having never actually run more than a mile or two in my life, I knew that running a marathon wasn’t something you just wake up and do one day. Or, at least it’s not something I could just wake up and do one day…without hurting myself terribly and, quite possible, irreversibly. So, considering my total lack of experience with long distance running, I knew that I was going to need some help defining and planning my training. Not being the type naturally inclined to join a group for this sort of thing, I hit up my old friends Google and Amazon for a little help. I found lots of options both places, but in the end I selected this book: The Non-Runner’s Marathon Trainer. read more…

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