Craig Hudman - Simply Live

So my plans changed almost by the hour today. I checked the weather forecast last night and said "hey I might run outside tomorrow". Then I woke up and it was really cold and said "maybe gym", later on I flip flopped again. To make a long story short around 2PM I decided to run outside. Shorts, long sleeve shirt, hat, gloves and compression socks, I figured I was bundled up enough and took off.

I decided on my route that has several length possibilities. After 5 miles I decided not to go the longest and cut off to the shorter loop that still had 3 options. At mile 7 I was still feeling good but not really ready to go for the longest loop and settled for a good medium distance loop. I was able to hold MP relatively easy for most of the run other than when I went straight into the wind but as soon as I turned out the legs kicked back up. Pretty happy with the run today. I did somehow manage to tweak my right ankle and the muscle right below the ankle joint along the bottom of the foot is very tender. I'm going to heat/ice it tonight and see how it feels in the morning. 11.79/1:18:56/6:42

This is now day 4 of being back on the supplements and I can feel a difference. I seem to have more energy before and the run today didn't tax me like they have been doing. My legs felt like they had more pop for a longer time which was good and I will continue to monitor how I feel and energy levels.

I'm planning on cutting back this week and taking it easy so tomorrow looks like I could be elk hunting with the boys and just seeing how things fall it might be a spotty week of running for me. 

No run today, went hunting with the boys instead. Had a great time, no elk just cold.

On a different note I think I may have really screwed up my foot not ankle as I thought. The exterior bone on my right foot is in just about unbearable pain if I step wrong. I tried ice/heat and boy that was the wrong answer. I made it hurt worse, so if I don't walk or step on the heel of my foot I'm fine. It needs to be loose in my shoe to feel ok. SO now its a wait and see, I might be spinning for a bit if I can't run tomorrow. 

No runs the last two days and the foot is still tender, so I skipped the turkey bowl to take it easier on my foot. I went to the gym and rode a bike for 7 miles on a simulated course. It took 22min and I was sweating like a pig when I was done. Then I decided to hop on a TM to see how the foot would react. I ran 1.5 in 10:22 and decided that was probably enough. It felt ok but I didn't want to push it at all.

Easy run. I was just testing out my foot. Once it warmed up it felt much better and I was able to increase my pace but I never really pushed it. Tried to go a lot on how it felt. It is still tender but doing much better.

These last couple of days have been really good for me, a lot of sleep and relaxation. With the cut back in miles and activity I'm pretty much rearing to go but know I need to heal. I'm still taking my supplements, although I have cut back because of less activity. It has been a good week so far and I'm really enjoying the slow down. This will probably be close to Christmas break for me so two good breaks will put I good kick start into next year's training.