Craig's Running Blog

AM: A good morning run on the mostly flat Porter Rockwell trail. I was a little tight from Saturday, but it was fine after a mile. I will probably keep my mileage this week similar to last week, with the exception of a shorter run on Saturday (14 miles instead of 20)

AM: 5 fairly easy miles on a hilly course. The calf muscles felt tight this morning, but no big deal. Once they got loosened up after 2 miles, things were good. I got some annoying bruising on the ball of my left foot from working on the backyard shed over the weekend in my Vibram 5 Fingers. I accidentally stepped on a hard rock and I think I slightly bruised the bottom of my foot. It should be ok in another day or two.

Lunch: 1200 meters swimming to keep the aerobic fitness level high

PM: Some light basketball

AM: 6.5 miles, fairly easy on the paved trail. I'm noticing the achilles starting to flare up again. It's not a problem yet, but I need to stay on top of it. I can take a good break in 3 weeks and really get to the core of the issue.

PM: Had to go to work early, so I cut out early and ran the Bonneville Shoreline trail. It was a good time. I took it fairly easy and I was out for well over an hour.

AM: Shorter run. I was surprised how good I felt. Again, I didn't push the pace. Kept it at about a 7:30 mile.

Met up with the group out at the new Legacy Parkway. We got out on the new paved trail, that apparently extends for about 12 miles. We turned around at mile 7 (some turned around at 7.5). I found the trail to be suitable for winter training. It's right next to the highway, but the highway is asphalt and not concrete, so it's not too loud. There's no trees or other vegetation along the trail yet, so it's pretty exposed. Fortunately, we left at 5am so we were back before the sun was out.