Another week of training is in the books and there wasn’t anything too special about Raleigh Marathon Training Week 9. My low back has been acting up a little bit…I am blaming the 3 weeks I spent as a juror having to sit all day long and only being allowed to get up when the judge released us for a break.
Usually when I am at work I am walking around most of the day. I might sit for a few minutes on and off, but I consider it a good day if I can sit down to eat lunch for 10 minutes. It also helps that I can also get up when I want, not when someone tells me I can. I understand that we need jurors, and there needs to be some sort of order throughout the process, but there are so many activities in society that expect us to sit for extended periods of time.
Once I started having some low back problems, I became more aware of how I sat and how long I sat for. I found that the longer I would sit, the tighter my hips would get and my back would tighten up too and everything would fall apart from there. (I had piriformis problems for over a year and every specialist I saw blamed it on my back.)
Even for people who are not runners and maybe they’re not worried about tight hips and other imbalances, it’s still not good to sit all day!
Luckily, jury duty is finally over! What was supposed to be a 5 day trial turned into an 11 day trial. (It was also interrupted by snow days and President’s Day.) So tomorrow I can return to work and my usual routine. Hopefully my back will settle down now that I am not forced to sit all day! I am also excused from serving for 3 years, so that is a nice silver lining. I have to admit it was also nice to have more time to run in the morning. We didn’t have to be there until 9:30, while usually I get to work around 8:00.
So on to the running part of the week…
Raleigh Marathon Training Week 9: 2/16/14-2/22/14
Sunday 2/16:
8.25 miles easy (9:35 pace), Quick Strength for Runners Week 2 (Part 1)
Monday 2/17:
AM- 11.26 miles with 6 x 1 miles at HMP (8:55 pace overall), core work, PM: Body Pump
Tuesday 2/18:
Rest…Did you know that Feb 18th was National Drink Wine Day? So that’s what I did!
Wednesday 2/19:
8.25 miles with 6 x 800s (8:52 pace overall), Quick Strength for Runners Week 2 (Part 2), PM: Pilates for Runners
Thursday 2/20:
6.1 miles super easy (10:16 pace), drills, core work
Friday 2/21:
5.1 miles easy with strides (9:21 pace), core work
Saturday 2/22:
16.2 miles with miles 4-13 at marathon goal pace (~8:46)
Total: 55.16
The weather finally came around this week! We had no real snow and by the weekend the temps hit 60 degrees! It was so nice running in the warmer weather, but I think it was just a tease and we still have some waiting to do before spring is here for real.
I guess we will see if winter is going to continue to torture us, or if this weekend’s weather is a sign that spring is almost here.
- Do you sit all day at work? How often do you get up and walk around?
- Have you ever been selected as a juror? How long did the trial last?
- How was your week in running? Do you think spring is almost here?!
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Ah I’m jealous! My job involves sitting staring at a screen all day, from 9.30 in the morning sometimes until past midnight! I can feel my glutes seizing up…. So I’m jealous of your job. Glad juror duty is over for you so you can go back to real life!
It’s no fun to sit all day- hopefully you can get up and frequently and walk around!
That looks like a great training week! I’m supposed to be training for my first marathon, but I’ve been sidelined with a case of runner’s knee, unfortunately. I was selected as a juror recently and the trial was expected to go on for a week but luckily only lasted three days. There were so many recesses and breaks though that we barely had to sit for very long, I was glad. Here in California, being a juror only excuses you for a year, it’s interesting to find out about all the different laws for different states!
Sorry about your knee! Hopefully it will get better quickly and you can resume training. Isn’t it funny how the rules for jury duty are so different in each state?
Your training looks great! Keep up the good work! I am so thankful not to have a desk job! I literally cannot sit for more than an hour at a time!
Thanks! Yes I think an hour of sitting is my limit as well.