Craig Hudman - Simply Live

Easy 5 mile warmup with Nikki and then I repeated the loop at a faster but still relaxed pace. It was good to run outside this morning but I almost choked on my balaclava trying to breathe. These things are going to be the death of me.

Lunch speed work out. Heart rate was way high so pace was more conservative and I really didn't push it too hard. 8/51:17/6:25. I feel like the top of my foot is bruised?? Seems weird.

Started taking antibiotics a couple of days ago. I can still tell I'm not quite right when I run hard I can feel the infection in my teeth and nasal cavity. Energy is still low but it is improving. 

So, I wanted to see my marathon fitness level and where I'm at right now after a fairly heavy load yesterday. Hopped on the trusty TM and set the pace to what I would like to run, did not move pace until reset and last mile. First 4 miles I was wondering if I was going to make it very much longer. Pushed through it and settled in nicely around mile seven. From there on I upped the pace at reset and finished off last mile at 6:00 pace. Overall I ran 13.1/1:24:17/6:26 which is 2:30 faster than my fastest half I've ever ran. I know it was a TM and there were no outside weather or elevation factors (I did put a fan on me from behind, does that count as a tail wind?) but it made me feel good.

Energy level after the run is really good which means I must have eaten right. Still taking antibiotics but feeling much better.

My foot still hurts, has anyone ever had problems with the top of their foot? I really don't want to be developing a stress fracture and not realize it. wrapped my foot with KT tape to help. 

Easy recovery run for today. My wife was wanting to run outside until she actually walked out into the wind. I was thinking "this is why I have a gym membership"... we both ended up on treadmills. Looks as if it could be a nasty storm and we could be running in a lot of snow pretty quick.

So, I think I've been a bit of a princess with my foot. After Jeff's post to loosen my shoe I've been doing it and it seems to be getting better, that and I've been staying away from anything with laces other than running shoes the last couple of days. I think my problem starts with hearing so many injury stories that any little hint of something now throws me into princess mode and I panic. Just look at what the running culture is doing to me.

Today's boring TM run was the usual channel surfing, mind numbing event that I am now too used to. It was soccer, HGTV, ESPN Classics and anything in between. Legs are feeling pretty good ran 11 miles at 6:40-6:27 pace with out too much fatigue, 4 mile cool down.

I'm also looking for a body lube sponsorship after today. You'd think I would learn, but nope. So if anyone has connections I could do some testing. 

I've also decided to start eating like a horse at breakfast and it seems to be paying off with much better energy throughout the day. We'll see how it effects my weight :) ... Not that I care about a couple of pounds if I feel better. Although, weight watchers does have a special going on .... hmmmm. 

Never watch Man v. Food while running on a treadmill. It will make you want take off your shoe and eat it. 

Recovery run if you call 12 miles recovery. 

AM - This was a run full of surges and slow downs thanks to Hutch the pace husky.  Maybe it was the rain that did it but it was not fun. Had a couple of good miles but I haven't ran hills and the wind killed my. Didn't eat breakfast or anything before the run and hit a sugar low around 7 miles when I ran into my wife and her friends. I was told by all three that I looked like crap. 

PM - I had an obsession with 80 this week. Now I can sleep. 1 mile warm up, last 4 miles of the week at MP. Body still feels strong. I did actually eat before this run which helped tremendously, crazy how that's important. 

63.45 miles on a TM, that stinks. I really need to get outside more.