Going With The Flow

AM - Rob Murphy and Jake had a killer 15 mile run planned all the way up Emigration Canyon, but I figured that I could hang on for a while before turning around until 1) my foot hurt or 2) I got too tired and could blame my foot. Once we got to the zoo with crazy winds, I was quite relieved when they decided to turn on Wasatch Dr. instead. The run became really nice from here - I'm a big fan of that road. An old guy stopped in his car and said that the three of us looked like springtime with our bright green, orange, and pink jackets. Cute. Both of my feet got a little sore around mile 10 so I decided to call it shortly after. Since it was both feet, I'm fairly confident that was due to lack of running and not a problem. First 4 miles were 8 min pace, then averaged 7:10s for the rest. 

Hung out with the Murphy crew for a while afterwards - fun times. Make us feel like family.

I'm planning to take tomorrow off just to be safe, but I'm happy with how the last couple days runs have gone. Now time to relax, eat, and watch the Superbowl!

AM - 30 minutes on the recumbent bike followed by some weights. Finally upgraded from the 15lbers to the 20lbers, although my arms still look just as scrawny as ever.

PM - Decided to try running at the Olympus track on the turf. As soon as I started, both my feet felt terrible. An extremely sore, painful feeling with every step. I don't understand...can two weeks off then two days of running really make my feet this sore, or is it something else too? Went home and ate a bunch of chocolate and ice cream in depression mode - I gotta stop doing that! Finally got myself motivated enough to ice my feet then do 30 minutes of strenghtening exercises.

Today is National Frozen Yogurt Day!!! You can get free yogurt at Yogurtland from 4-7pm tonight :o)

AM - Spin class. Took a while to get going this morning but still had a good workout.

PM - Tried out running again today. My feet immediately felt like they had just run a 22 miler plus some- very very sore. It didn't hit the point of pain, though, like yesterday. Kept it only to 3 miles in hopes that I will be able to run 10 miles tomorrow with JAJA. Icing now.

AM - JAJA Run, we tried to stay close to the cars since the gimps (James and I) wanted to be cautious. My feet started hurting a little around 7 miles so I called it for the day. Glad to get in a solid run this morning! And hopefully I convinced Jake to stay home and get over the upper respiratory infection that I gave him....

PM - Super circuit strength training workout 30 minutes.

AM - Spin class for 50 minutes.

I AM SO BUSY AT WORK!!! Good thing I'm going on vacation tomorrow, I do not like stress.

PM - Cycling for 30 minutes with a little weight lifting in the middle. Feet still hurt too much to run.

AM - Challenging cycling session, 45 minutes. Tried to stay at 90RPM with sections of increased resistance followed by a few sprints. 

PM - Not sure if this can count as exercise, but I cruised on the bike in SEDONA, AZ with Jake for his shake-out run. Loving it here so far. 

AM - We have a pretty action-packed day in store for today with hiking and mountain biking in Sedona, but I wanted to still try to run a few miles beforehand. Started out with Jake, and my feet felt good for about 0.25 miles, then hurt, then went numb. So I turned around at 1.5 miles and got 3 miles total. I can definitely tell that my running fitness is fading quickly - it's been three weeks of minimal running so that is to be expected. Anyone that says you can be your best at running without some solid mileage has no idea what they are talking about. Anyway, I'm excited about the rest of the day and enjoying the vacation.

PM - Went on a 2-hour hike that was just beautiful, followed by a nice bike ride cruising the area for 45 minutes. Fun times!