Nan and I are super hard core when it comes to snowboarding. It's nearly 1 in the afternoon and we just got done eating lunch/breakfast after sleeping in until 8, working out at the steamboat springs fitness center, and relaxing in hot springs all morning. Oh yeah...and I guess we should sneak some snowboarding in this afternoon since we already have the free pass anyway right? Today's treadmill run was surprisingly enjoyable again. I just warmed up really slow (9 something pace) for the first couple miles. Then increased the speed for the 3rd mile to 8:40. Mile 4 I increased the incline to 2. Mile 5 increased incline to 4 - HR up to about 160 at this point. Mile 6 decreased it to 2. Then I just finished the last 1.5 at about 8 min pace with no incline. It felt great. Total time was just about 1:03 to 1:04. ** I just noticed after posting this that today I ran my 100th mile in my FiveFingers...that was fast...they don't show any real wear yet, but my feet are certainly a lot stronger than they were 100 miles ago...I wonder how the ff's will be holding up at 1000 miles. Today marks the end of my 6th week of running since I bailed on the running shoe scene, changed my form, and started running only barefoot or in Vibram FiveFingers. My legs and feet have worked through many different pains and sorenesses in lots of different areas over the last 6 weeks. I feel like I have come a long way and my body is feeling really great. I think it is due to the combination of rest days frequently, massage therapy and personally stretching and massaging with a roller and with my hands, getting out there consistently, and especially focusing on and continuously working on my form during each run. I currently have some minor stiffness in my right foot around my broken pinky toe, but I have noticed significant and almost immediate improvement there when I have done my own combination of rolfing/push therapy to my foot (which is simply trigger pointing sensitive spots and moving my foot and toes all around).
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