The King of Controversy

AM - 8.5 miles. No school today so we just met up at 7 am. Workout was 6x1000 (goal - 4:06) with 1.5 warm/cool. Coach wanted it to be a progression workout because most of us have had slower second halves of races. My times were 3:57, 4:03, 4:10, 4:03, 4:00, and 3:54. I started out way too fast on this so I decided to hang back with Jake and that really helped me. Fairly good workout for me.  My foot didn't feel good today at all. Car wash after went pretty well.

PM - I decided not to do this today because of my foot.

AM - 3 miles. My foot wasn't feeling much better today. I hope it won't bother me to much in the race today.

Race - 6.5 miles. Warm up of about 2.5 miles. I felt like I did pretty good today. I felt that my start was way too slow and I spent the first half of the race trying to get where I needed to be and that really burned me out. By the the time I was where I wanted to be, I had pushed almost all I could. My second half was, as always, terrible but my first half was at least fast enough to help me get a decent time. I really need to keep working on stronger second halves in workouts and that hopefully will really help me. Cool of about 1 mile. My foot is still hurting and now my left foot is developing some pain in the same spot. Something is wrong with me.

AM - 3 miles. Just the usual. My right foot (one that bothers me most)  barely hurt but my left foot hurt a little bit more today. 

PM - 7.5 miles. 6 miles with striders. A run up foremaster today. I didn't feel too good today. My stomach was giving me some fits and I wasn't as hydrated as I needed to be. I stayed with the boys for most of the run, nonetheless. Striders were good as always. My foot (or feet really) felt about the same as this morning.

AM - 3 miles. Same old. Foot pain was mild and faded away throughout the run.

PM - 5.5 miles. 1/1 workout today. My distance was bumped up to 290 meters (because I improved on my 6 min. test). I ran with Andrew (and Krenny for a few) and I was feeling pretty good for the first five but The next few were really tough and so I stopped after 9. I didn't feel too great today. My foot was still hurting so I went to see Mark but he wasn't there. Luckily, his assistant was there to help me. She didn't really know what I had so she decided to tape my arches to see if that would help. She told me to walk around and stuff tonight and see if that works and report back tommorrow. So far it feels about the same,

AM - 3 barefoot miles around baseball field. My foot still hurt even though it was taped up.

PM - I got padding put around the painful part of my foot after school. Hopefully this helps.

Runathon - 2 miles. I showed up late because of work but it all worked out in the end (except I missed almost all my Race Walking events). I got in 2 miles during my first shift. I timed the second mile I did and it was a 5:34. The padding around my foot actually worked really well and there wasn't any pain while I ran.

Runathon - 2.25 miles. I also got two miles in during my second shift but only got one 400 in during the dash for cash. My foot progressively got worse throughout the night but that padding really helped which is good. Super fun but tiring night. I didn't get all the mileage in that I was supposed to but I'm not super concerned. It might just give my foot a little extra rest.