Bret

PM - just under 8 miles on some dirt roads along horse farms with Finn.  

AM - 5.75 miles with Finn on a relaxed Labor Day morning.  

PM - 5.25 slow miles on the treadmill 

AM - 3.5 slow easy miles with Finn before work.  Noticed a few little dings...right achilles and left foot top.   

PM - lunchtime - treadmill fartlek workout.  Basically 1 min on/off at 5k pace with a warm up and cool down.  Felt fine on this workout.  Not too taxing. 

AM - I decided that I would prefer not to have the "discomfort" that I noticed in the top of the left foot advance/progress any worse - and honestly it is barely noticeable - but I have been down this road before with stress fractures; so I walked 2 miles with Finn this morning instead of running and then did some rowing and yoga thereafter.  Will likely do some elliptical machine work at lunchtime.   

Looked back at a similar issue I had in February/March 2018.   Took about 10 days of cross-training to drop out of any mention in the day logs.   My memory is that this is probably less severe than that, so I will plan to cross train for a few days or a week and gradually reintroduce some running as tolerated.   

PM - 8 miles on the elliptical at an HR rate equivalent to a solid running effort (without the pounding).   I don't particularly like ellipticals or cross training, but as I listened to the "Running to the Edge" book and the discussion about Meb - they mentioned that he would use elliptical machines and ellipti-go bikes as cross training to moderate the workload/pounding that running was putting on his aging body.   It inspired me to keep at it.  

AM - 2 miles walking with Finn before work.  Foot felt nearly 100%.  Quads were heavy from yesterday's cross training however.

PM - 5.5 miles on the elliptical.   Not as high of an effort as yesterday.  Feel remarkably better with just 2 days of cross training instead of running.  

PM - took Finn to Birmingham Park for a trail run.  Mostly single track - a bit technical.  Soft surfaces were good for my foot.  Really did not notice it.  

AM - Finn got me out at daybreak today for an easy hour of running.  Pleasant morning. Hilly route - horses out in pastures, deer all over and roosters crowing - couple of hot air balloons in the sky as we finished.  No foot issues.