Coming Back

So its been a few months since I talked about starting to run with the SeeYas. I got so busy with my final semesters of grad school and work at the hospital that I pretty much dropped running and blogging up until today. Today I come with a Masters in Psychology and eager to work. No more stress of the hospital or having to take exams! WOOHOO!

Just got a new job and in the coming months I will be studying for my CSCS certification as well.

Since September 1st I have been training again. I strapped on my Polar FT80 about 3 weeks ago and started training again. Training plan is simple. Run 6 days a week lift 3 days. Mondays I do plyometrics and olympic lifting as well as speedwork on the track. Wednesday I do 5x5 strength work in the gym and on Friday I do high rep muscular endurance training. All my runs besides the track are in Zone 2 unless I feel tired in which I train in Zone 1.

On Monday I decided to start a 30 Runs in 30 Days challenge. I kicked it off with a 10 mile run with 4 miles of bridge work. I will post all stats from my workouts on Sundays unless I can link my polarpersonaltrainer.com profile straight on here for everyone to see.

As far as the SeeYa goes. I believe at this point I have about 200-300 miles before this challenge started and I am showing some signs of wear. I think 500 miles will be a good number but I am still working on 1000.

If anyone is interested and has a www.polarpersonaltrainer.com account I have created a challenge in the challenge section of the website. Feel free to join. I upload my workouts at the end of every night.

Thanks for reading! Pictures of the SeeYa will be up this sunday as well as my weekly stats.

SeeYa: First Impression

So its been 2 weeks now.  Apologies for the late post but I have only had internet for 6 days now.  I just completed a move into my new apartment and must say that it took me a few days to find a running route. 

I must say that the SeeYa's have to be the best production pair of running VFF's ever.  Not only does feel like you are barefoot but they weigh absolutely nothing! I ran over glass, rocks, and gravel and must say the protection is more than enough to run on the road. I would use them on a soft trail but definitely do not recommend them for anything more than road or grass running.  The ONLY negative I can find is the heel slips a tiny bit.  It feels weird at first but after about 2-3 miles you forget and keep on going.

So my 2 weeks mileage is as follows:

Monday 2/13 - 8 miles - Easy run, this was my longest run since Tough Mudder in December.  I felt strong throughout the run even when running 2 miles on the 104th bridge. The shoes felt fantastic and had me craving more running.

Thursday 2/16 - 10 miles - This run felt awesome.  No fatigue of any kind.  The SeeYa's held up great.  I felt no soreness of any kind on my feet afterwards or the following day.

Thursday 3/1 - 6 miles - So work and School kept me from doing much this week aside from going to the gym twice.  Easy run on the old route.  New route should begin tomorrow.

Totals
Distance - 24 miles
Time - 4 hrs.

Hopefully this week I can get 3 runs in instead of 2.  I am looking forward to running more but school and work has me all tied up.

1000 Mile SeeYa Challenge

So its been a while since I posted but once I complete my move into my new apartment I will have more time to be consistent on here.  In the mean time I have begun a new challenge.


Last week I got a pair of Vibram Five Finger SeeYa's! Its the "Racing Flat" version.  They are ridiculously light, there is hardly any rubber on the bottom and the velcro strap is not almost non existent.  I must say I am seriously impressed.  They feel like a glove, you literally feel more barefoot in these than you would in a pair of KSO. In the past I was able to run 1100 miles on a single pair of KSOs. One half of the pair of those KSO was requested by the Vibram design team to analyze my gait based on wear.  The other pair I kept and usually show it when I work a Marathon or Race expo.

So now I have a new goal.  I plan on attempting to run 1000 miles on a single pair of SeeYa's. I think its possible.  I did 8 miles today and it felt amazing, NO WEIGHT on my feet.  So I will be posting a weekly summary of my running distance as well as monthly pictures of the wear so people can get an idea of how they will be holding up.  I plan on averaging 25-35 miles a week as I build up to a possible 50k Ultra in April. They will be used strictly for running.  I will use my KSOs for the gym.  All runs will be outside and never on treadmills unless mother nature decides to throw lightning my way.

Should be interesting to see the results I am stoked! SeeYa!