1 hour of pool running. Probably only covered 1000m of distance, but it was an awesome workout. The entertainment was the high school swim team practice. The foot didn't get much better over the weekend.
15 min on elliptical and stretching. This was after an hour of lawn mowing. My foot hurt for the first minute mowing then it felt great after that. Weird. Maybe walking is no longer hurting it.
Pool running in the morning for an hour. Did a ladder workout. 2(min), 3,4,5,4,3,2,2,3,4,5 with a min easy between each one. I was working hard today. Time flew by.
Foot still hurts to walk, but seems to be improving day to day. Still not runnable yet.
30 min on elliptical. It was raining therefore the pool was not open. My opinion is that it is best to swim when it is raining. You are all wet, what difference does it make?
20.5 bike ride in the evening. Beth took the kids out of town so I had the evening all to myself. I rode up to Guinevah Malibu Campground and back via the canal trail. I ran into Jon on the blvd and rode with him until he turned around. He was moving pretty good today. Hardly breathing too. The trail was awesome. Hardly any people. I was moving on the lower section of the trail (Gate to start of single-track). 7 mins up, 5 mins down. The single track sections were much slower as they are pretty technical. The hardest part was right before GM campground. As I turned around to come home I read the sign that says that the section of trail I just rode is closed to bikes. Oops. Oh, well.
I thought about counting my biking miles as running to tick people off. Its the thought that counts huh?
T-1:46:30 (11.6 mph) 55:30 up 51:00 down 141 ave hr
Pool Running for an hour. I was eyeballing the grass field next to the pool the whole time. I decided to give it a try. 250 meters (measured later using Google Earth) of jogging in my shoes on the grass. It wasn't painful, but noticeable. I stopped at that point knowing it would only make things worse. I know it isn't ready yet but hopefully soon?? Walking barefoot is more painful than with shoes. With good shoes on, I can hardly tell there is an issue. Walking barefoot I feel it more. Not from direct pressure from the ground, just the lack of cushioning I believe.
Question: How can I tell the difference between a bone bruise and tendonitis? I am convinced I don't have a stress fracture (due to Scott's comment about hopping on one foot. I can hop without it killing. Therefore, likely not a stress fracture. What if my bones (lets say the 5th metatarsal and the cuboid got friendly to each other and now they are mad? Could that be causing the pain? I am still leaning towards a tendon issue, but it is a thought. While I am grasping at straws, what about a bone spur? If I sent to a podiatrist whould he be able to tell me? Or would he say "Just stop running until it heals."
Jardine Juniper trail with Jon today. The only problem was I was biking and he was running. He killed me on the uphill. It was a combination of a rocky and muddy trail. My tires were so caked in mud, I couldn't move. It was super hard. I was working way too hard to be going 5mph up the hills. It was fun though. Did I mention it was muddy? Oh yeah I did. It took me an hour to get up to the top. (5 miles with just under 2000 feet of gain (5400 to 7300)). 24 mins down. It would've been faster but my "shockless" bike beat me to pieces. Jon and I got back to the car at basically the same time. He went and did it again and I went down the canyon to Right hand fork and cruised around on those trails/roads for an hour. I am super tired now.
I went to the Podiatrist today to make sure I was correct in my guess of what injury I had. I was correct when pinpointing the tendon that was messed up. I have Peroneal tendonosis. It wasn't tendonitis as suspected, but either way I am sidelined for quite a while. No Wasatch Back Relay for me. I will focus on getting healed as soon as possible and getting back into it. The doctor took x-rays to make sure I didn't have a stress fracture or a bone fragment floating off the fifth metatarsal. No problems like that. The main issue is that it is still pulling on the insertion point whenever I walk or even worse run. So I need to tape the foot to help keep it immobile. The Doc also hooked me up with a portable 'TENS' device. It is a Electrical nerve stimulator. I use it to relieve pain and stimulate the nerves and muscles near the injury to help it heal. I like it. I am using it right now. He recommended that I lay off the biking and focus more on the pool as that will hurt it less. So that is the plan.
30 min on elliptical. I taped my foot and it gave me no issues. Oh, I was going to go pool running but it was raining until I finished up with the elliptical. Nice.
Hour of pool running. 2,3,4,5,6,5,4,3,2 (min off). Foot has been feeling great now for 4 days. No pain while walking.
PM: Did 2 miles of slow running in the grass at Logan High. The goal was 2 miles or the first sign of pain/issues with the foot. No problems whatsoever!!! It sure felt good to get out running. Now to watch it closely to see if it gets any worse off. If no ill-effects, 2 miles tomorrow.
T-15:45 (7:53) 159 (high due to heat and/or fitness)
Hour of Pool Running 6,5,4,3,2,2,3,4,5,6 (min easy in-between). Foot feels a bit achy, but still ok. Will watch it today and decide on another jog later.
30 min biking then went home and joined Beth and the kids for their run. I pushed the stroller. Felt pretty good and enjoyed it. First mile in 10:05 then second in 9:33. Beth did great for how little sleep we got last night (upset kid-teething?). My foot was still not 100% this morning but about the same as yesterday. Not sure what to do about it. It feels fine while wearing shoes, but barefoot I can feel some tightness/pulling. Obviously, no plans to step it up yet....
PM: Joined my neighbor who is just starting out running (he is a biker) for an easy 3.5. We went to the end of the planet walk and back. It felt good. Iced my foot in the stream by my house after. No issues tonight with it. No running tomorrow just to be sure. Only pool running.
Ran the Wasatch Back Relay Prologue this morning. It took place on a nice flat course with a good portion of it along the Logan River. I took it easy, but felt pretty good.
Wasatch Back Relay - Fastrunningblog/St. George Running Center - BLUE team DRIVER
I really enjoyed my experience as a driver/slave-driver. I had a lot of fun with the guys. I was glad to get to re-unite with old friends and to get to know the others. I was with Bill Campbell, Steve Olsen, Kory Wheatley, Stephen (Steve) Cuttitta, James Moore, and Andrew McClellan. They ran their guts out and really impressed me. Thanks for the opportunity guys!
I finally gave in and bought myself a road bike. I am so excited! I got to ride it today and it is fast. I bought it used. I still don't have proper shoes, so I went in my running shoes today. I biked up to the Quad via the Blvd working pretty hard. 3.6 miles in 13 min (16+mph). Then I ran on the Quad doing laps in the grass. 3 miles in 23:10 (7:43) 156. Then jumped back on the bike and flew down 4th north and on home. 3.86 miles in 11:00 (counting waiting at stop lights and stop signs) (21+mph). I hit 36mph down the hill not really trying. Fun stuff.
Don't worry, I won't put my biking mileage on the blog so you purists won't freak out.
PM: 2 miles with Beth pushing the kids in the stroller. Felt very tired.
Biked to the Aquatic Center - Pool Ran for 45 mins - 2 min on 30 sec off (lots of reps). Biked home - Dropped off the bike - Ran 2 miles (7:00 then 6:45) in 13:45. I got a little carried away. I was putting similar effort into the run as I was pool running and it got me going too fast. Foot is feeling good. I plan on continuing my ramp-up in miles. I will run some more again this evening.
Got out with Beth and the kids. We ran out to the end of the Planet Walk and back. Beth wasn't feeling well so she cut it short. I am sure the heat contributed.
AM: Pool running for 45 mins (convert to 3 miles). 2 min on 30sec off. Followed by 3.5 miles of running to end of planet walk and back. I felt like I was moving pretty good. Still out of shape, but getting better. Still ramping up slowly...
T- 24:05 (6:53)
PM: Ran 5 easy miles with Jon. Great to have some company again. Same old 5 miler on the Planet Walk. This concludes the best training day I have had in a month. Lets hope it wasn't too much.
This morning I biked up to the start of the Logan Peak Trail Race. I watched Drew and Jon take off up the mountain. Good luck guys. Paul was helping direct the runners so I joined him. Afterward, we ran on the Logan River trail to the end of the single track and back. Nice and easy. We did dip below 7 min pace on the way down. Felt good to get out and run. After the run, I biked home passing all the MS-100 riders. To their credit, they were going the other direction though. I got some funny looks. "You are going the wrong way" kind of looks.
PM: Late 4 miler untimed. Foot is feeling great today.
Was not feeling well yesterday and it lingered into today. My body was just toast. I did manage to get in 5 "easy" miles. It is amazing how hard 8 min miles are when you can't breathe right. I biked over to Logan High and ran laps on the grass. I figured it would be good on the foot. It felt ok today. The grass was way soggy so I was squishing the whole way.
T-39:58 (8:00) 158 (way high for the pace)
Met Paul at the Planet Walk. Temp in the 90's Paul worked me over pretty good. I should have made him push the stroller.
