Marathon Training

Biked 45 mi in a recreational ride. Weather was perfect. The pain in my ankle is almost gone, although it is still swollen and I don't have full range of motion.

I'm back to running again.  The swelling in my ankle is down to 1/2 of what it was when I injured it and it doesn't hurt to walk.  It is a bit awkward running with a taped ankle, but I did manage to keep an 8:30 pace for 4mi and the last mile I slowed down a bit because the tape was digging into my heal and it started to hurt. 

I did manage to get in almost 9hr's on my bike last week while I was injured, but I'm happy to be back running.

I did an easy 3mi at an 8:40 pace.  The ankle wrap I used (elastic ace bandage) made the bottom of my foot burn.  I won't be using that wrap again.  Other than that the ankle felt much better its probably at about 90% now.

Easy late morning run, very humid but there was a nice breeze.

Ran with my boyfriend and his friend.  The first few miles we ran at a decent pace around 9:30/mi then we started running real slow.  I broke off and picked up the pace and circled around a few times and then went a different route at the end.  They were doing 13mi and I was doing 15.  I felt good & my ankle didn't bother me at all.  My knees were starting to hurt a bit at the end, but not too much.  Toward the end of the run the temperature was in the 80's and it was hot and humid, typical Florida.  It will be better in about a month.