Today I edited the footage my wife got of the Top of Utah Marathon. It is footage of the top 11 runners when they got to mile 21.5. It is found on You Tube by clicking here
Easy run in the light drizzle. Ran the young ward loop. I started out kind of sore (I don't know why) but quickly loosened up and was hitting 7 min pace for the rest of the run. I carried my battery powered glow stick to fend off the cars (in addition to my reflective vest), but I still almost got hit by a paper boy driving a car for his route. I yelled at him.
Small Workout this morning. Providence - Millville loop. Mild first 4 miles not as hard as two weeks ago on the uphills, then hit the downhills hard. I turned 4 miles of the downhill into a tempo effort. I went 5:53, 5:11, 5:56, 6:17 (Sept 12th I went 6:30, 6:10, 6:29, 6:24 on the same miles). After that, it was my goal to finish off with sub 7 effort, which felt pretty easy at that point (6:23, 6:39, 6:42). Nice morning for a run. 34 degrees T-1:13:50 (6:39) 161 ave
My wife had car problems in the afternoon so I helped her out but it involved some scooter rides, Dan and his car, and 1.5 miles of running. All better now.
I think I did something to my foot on monday. I woke up yesterday and it hurt, but didn't think too much about it until yesterday after my run. It really hurt then and for that matter the rest of the day. I woke up today and it still hurt. I thought I would try to run on it and see if it got any better - nope. So I cut my run short to help it heal. Here is what is wrong. On my right foot, at the point where my middle toes enter the ball of the foot area, it hurts. It feels like it is bruised, but I don't know. It was probably bruised and hammering the downhills yesterday probably put it over the edge. I iced it last night and this morning and I hope it heals soon. I can run on it as is, but I feel every step and figured it would be better to not run much on it rather than try and run thru it. Not good...
Went on a hike to the wind caves (3.5 miles total with 1100 feet elevation gain) with the Scouts and Webelos. The pace was painfully slow, but my foot felt better. I ended up carrying one boy's backpack both ways and he still barely made it. Although I am proud they did as well as they did. Some of these boys don't leave the couch unless they are changing video game consoles. So it was easy being careful and slow around the rocks. I am icing the foot right now. It actually feels better with shoes on than without as I suspect the padding spreads the weight around better.
Today, to be nice to the hurt foot, I ran over to Logan High and did laps around the grass field. 9 of them. How boring. The foot really hurts walking around the house barefoot, but gets better if I wear shoes and even better if I run on grass. It felt really good today while on the grass. Good sign I think. I think it may be a tiny bit better than yesterday, but it is hard to tell. I'm trying to balance fitness loss and letting the foot heal. I plan on riding my bike this afternoon to keep up the aerobic activity.
Foot is getting better, slowly. It was still sore this morning so I stuck to soft surfaces. I ran over to Logan River Golf Course and ran the course a few times. I found the bathroom on the back nine open and calling my name. The foot was getting sore by 6 miles so I finished my loop and headed home. I took it pretty easy as it was dark and I didn't want to fall in any holes or trip on any ropes (a few near misses).
T- 62:03 (8:17) 139
Took Jaxon over to the park on my bike yesterday (he has a seat on the back). It felt good. My bike has tire issues though and needs some work. I rode the whole way home on 10-15psi. Over 2 miles but I will count .5 of cross training as I got a long break half way though it.
I am a huge fan of The Office
Here is a link to the Episodes (only 1 so far this season) you can watch online
Met up with Paul and Dan at Dan's house. We ran up to the Deer Fence trail from millville canyon over to dry canyon and back. Not a very easy trail with too many hills. We took it easy which was nice for my foot. It still hurts and doesn't seem to be getting better lately. Hopefully tomorrow's day off will help it.
Today's run was completed just in time for the rain to start. Perfect timing. Dan loaded us up with fresh raspberries from the garden. Made for a great breakfast!
Today's run concludes Septembers training. I finished it off with 303.5 miles. One of my best months of training ever. Taper time now! No more runs of over 10 miles until the big day! T-minus 7 days
