Chad's Runs

Nice run this morning.  There was almost no discomfort in my ankle so that was good.  After Saturdays run and most of Sunday my ankle was aching but a day's rest fixed things.  It's getting better.  

I got up and got out, but I didn't want to.  I wanted to do 7 but didn't have time.  I had to get back by 6:00 to get the kids up so they wouldn't be late for school.  So I was going to run 6 but the combination of not wanting to be out there and a sore ankle  convinced me to cut it another mile short.  I wanted to run 34 miles this week and now it might be hard to do that.

I used to hate these Mizuno Elixers but now they are my favorites.  Is that weird?  They gave me blisters but now I have callouses so that isn't a problem.  As the shoe got older my right foot started to slide to the left, threatening to fall off the sole.  I tightened laces a little near the bottom and this problem was fixed.  I've also been working on my form so that has helped with that problem.  So now this shoe has almost 800 miles on it and it's still going strong.  I guess it took a few miles to get it broken in.

I haven't run this many miles on a weekday non-long-run in a while.  It felt good.  My ankle felt good as well, almost no pain.  When I have a full day's rest in between runs it has a chance to really recover.  I need it to start recovering faster so it isn't rough running on consecutive days.  I need to bump my running days up to 5 per week in preparation for Utah Valley.  This 9 makes up for my wimpy 5 on Tuesday.  I'll run 14 on Saturday and get in my scheduled 34 miles.

14 miles with my neighbor Richard.  I haven't ran that many for a while and it kicked my butt.  My ankle did alright.  It's sore now but I expected that.  I am waiting to see how it feels tomorrow.  I haven't ran hard or fast now for more than a month and its getting old.  When am I going to be healed up?  I have a feeling that I'm going to be slow at Utah Valley.

 I forget to mention that I'm happy with my miles.  34, yeah!!  They were slow and careful but I am building them back up a little at a time.