Week 6 Training Update

This was a productive week for for my marathon training; I visited a chiropractor last week to see if he could do something about my sore calf muscle. I'm happy to report he was able to get to the root of the problem and I was able to continue running the very next day. This was my first visit to a chiropractor and I was more than happy with the results.

I passed another personal milestone by running 9 miles on Sunday July 1st. The weather was somewhat mild so heat exhaustion was not a factor. I was pretty much "spent" and couldn't have gone much further. It was a good feeling of accomplishment though; I'm still pretty much amazed that I could do it.

Later on that same Sunday my family and I went to the studio of KMOX in St Louis to do a live interview segment on their Health and Fitness show. In the studio with me was my Team in Training coach; my daughter Cara was on the phone from Texas. The interview focused on the organization of Team and Training, how I've been progressing in the training, and Cara's history with Team in Training. It was a fun interview and we were able to get the word out on the Team in Training organization and how they are doing tremendous work for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Since I started training I've reduced the amount of golf I normally played. In the past I used to play 3-4 times per week, now I'm usually only playing in my Wednesday night league and believe it or not I'm actually playing better. I think its because I'm normally so exhausted from running I don't swing as hard :>) The last 3 weeks I've shot a 40, 40 and 42 for nine holes; that's really good for me.

Here's my report for the 9 miles I ran this past Sunday; It took about one hour and forty minutes and I averaged about 11 minutes per mile. Not too bad for someone who just 6 weeks ago couldn't run more than 200 yards without stopping. Aside from some soreness and stiffness I'm not feeling too bad the day after.

This week is another 20 miles of training with an 8 mile run on Saturday. Two weeks from now will be another big test - 11 miles.


Until next time

Cheers
Ray Baumann
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