If there's one thing I've learned since picking up my level of athletic activities this year, it's the fact that in order to be a good runner, you have to be a good overall athlete. In other words, simply eating well and doing not much else between runs is a BAD idea. This routine isn't helping me become a better runner, and it's creating injury scenarios.
As a result of poor cross-training, I have tendinitis above and below my left knee. Not acceptable. In order to properly condition myself for distance running on pavement and to continue to prepare myself for my first marathon in Huntington, WV, on November 10, I will need to focus on cross-training FIRST.
Lower body workout regimen, every day:
32 side-to-side shuffles, knees slightly bent
32 toe-touches
100 jumping jacks
32 squats
24 lunges
Upper body work (done at arbitrary times, like at work! Shh, don't tell anyone...)
100 pushups (sets of 20-30)
96 reps of varied upper body free weight exercises
60 crunches with legs raised and bent
32 butt-drops (full body exercise)
Doing all of these things should greatly increase my ability to run with less overall pain and stiffness, and without hurting myself. I will report back with the results. For one thing, I certainly hope to get in one more decent run before 11/10 if I can get my tendinitis to calm down. And it will have to be in about a week from today, as I do not want to run too close to the race.
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