Love2Run

AM: This week is the beginning of Summer Recess from school. Did an easy warm up, then 3 x 2000m @ about 6:50. 1000 m recovery run in between. Ended with a cool run to get 10 miles. Felt really good today.

PM: Ran an easy 5 miles.

AM: 6 easy miles.

PM: 6 easy miles. My left ankle was sore toward the end of the afternoon run. It is the same ankle that I broke. I am a little (actually a lot) worried about it. I think this time it feels more like a tendon and not bone. But I think I will try to take it easy for a few days. I don't know why my left angle and leg are so weak. It is the one I broke. It is also the one that I had achilles problems with.

Tomorrow I start a summer internship working for a company that makes bearings, gears, automobile transmissions etc. I will be working in the Engineering department. My science teacher at school arranged this for me. What I will mainly be doing is to write correspondence in English to overseas customers etc. The pay is not so good, but the learning experience should be great.

I will have to arrange my running schedule to correspond to the work schedule. I will only be working 3 days a week for 4 hours a day, so it is not an awful lot. The transportation time to and from takes time though.

AM: 5 very easy miles. My ankle was still hurting today. I am sure it is tendons just in front of the ankle that are sore. On Monday I wore racing flats during my morning workout and maybe my feet were not ready for it.

Started my internship today. I didn't really have much to do, today mainly had a tour of the office. It is very interesting how all of the departments in the company work in coordination to solve problems. I will be working in the Engineering Division II, which engineers continuously variable transmissions. Even though I didn't have much to do today, I am mentally exhausted.

PM: 5 very very easy miles. I think maybe tomorrow my foot will be bak to where I can run normal again. If not I will take another very easy day.

AM: 6 easy miles

PM: 6 easy miles. I think I will just be doing easy runs this week, to make sure that there is nothing serious with my ankle. Felt very good today. I think I just strained some tendons.

I was very shocked today when I came on the blog and saw that Mr. Murphy has disappeared from the blog.

He meant a lot to me. He was the first to welcome me to the blog and always had very good advice for me. I will really miss him. I hope his knees heal quickly so that he will be able to return to running again.

AM: 6 easy miles before going to my job.

PM: 6 easy miles. Left ankle is feeling better. Today I felt a similar pain in my right ankle, so I think the problem is due to tendons. Maybe running over uneven surfaces is the cause. Maybe I need new shoes.

AM: Short warmup, followed by 10K in 38:20 (best time in long time). I wasn't going to go hard today, but I felt so good during my warmup run, that I changed plans.

PM: 6 miles easy. I have lost 15 pounds since the end of track season. I just wonder how much better I could have done during track if I had been lighter then.

Well, I had a good mileage week this week. I think this is ideal mileage for me.