glidergirl

• 8.5 slow miles, avg pace 9:38

Felt great!  It's a beautiful day out there...perfect for running. :)  I've had two days off since my long run, so everything has been able to rest up nicely.  It's as if nothing has every happened to my achilles; it's not even tight when I wake up from sleeping!  The only thing that has been bothering me the last couple of days and towards the end of my run today is my peroneus tendon on my right foot.  This hurt on my left foot a few weeks before my achilles injury.  What is up with that?  I'm trying to figure out how to get it stronger.  I'll keep an eye on it and I'll keep running slow as I build up my mileage for Ogden!

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• Extended rest day

Normally I would run 8-10 miles today, but my right peroneal tendons are still recovering from Friday's long run.  On the other hand, my left Achilles/calf muscle is like a shining star! :)  Each day my right foot is feeling better and stronger, so I think I'll probably run again on Saturday or Monday. 

*I do not believe this will be a long-standing issue...just an issue of doing long runs too early after 3 months off running.

• Another rest day (except for the 3 miles I walked to and from school today)

My right foot is still not back to normal - it's probably at about 75%.  It feels better everyday, so I'm not worried.  I'll just give it some more time.  I think by next week it will be great and at that point, I'm just going to run 6-8 each day as opposed to two 10 milers and one 18-20 miler.  I'm feeling a little lazy for not x-training in the mean-time, but I figured I would give myself a "bye" this week since things are getting really crazy with school now that we're 2 weeks till the end of the semester...lots of papers, projects, tests due all over the place.  And to be honest, it hurts to do the elliptical or bike...which is funny because it hardly ever hurt my achilles.  So basically, I'm feeling a little sedentary right now and look forward to running again! :)  Don't be hatin on me even though I'm sedentary!  You'll all still be my friends, right?!  Haha.  Someday I hope to be the runner I once was pre-injury!!  I'm sure it will help once I get this school thing behind me...ya think?

• 4 easy running miles
• 5 moderate elliptical miles
• strength training

I went to 24 Hour Fitness this morning and did a little strength training then jogged two miles up 21st South to watch for Teena and there she was!  GO TEENA!  Then I jogged back down to the gym where the course passed again and waited for Teena to come by.  She looked so great.  You did so well Teena!

My foot felt better, still niggley, but better.  And now I'm pretty sure I know what hurt my foot...my worn out shoes.  I don't know why I didn't learn from last time.  I wear my shoes out so fast on the outer top part of both shoes so I really can NOT go past 300 miles.  They are so worn out right there...no padding whatsoever.  Last time I went past 300ish miles, the same thing happened to my peroneal tendons on my left foot.  I figured this out when I looked back at my garminconnect and I said something about my shoes.  It feels like all the bones and tendons are crunched and bruised when I walk, so it makes sense.  So anyway, I should not have ran the 16 and 18 milers in those shoes.  So I bought two pairs of shoes on www.runningwarehouse.com (they were having a closeout on the shoes I was looking for so I was able to get 2 pair and even with 2, the price was STILL $20 cheaper than at the running store for ONE pair!!!).  Hopefully that solves the problem!

** I haven't given up on Ogden yet...I think I just may be able to pull it off as long as I keep being careful!