Positive Running

On a cold (31 degrees) cloudy morning, with a mild wind, Wesley and I ran 11 miles on the south side of the Arkansas River.  We started early so I could take my daughter to Sunday School and usher at church.  That was good because today was photo day for the Sunday School classes. 

When we started, we saw only one runner on the trail.  Wesley's knee is back to normal and he's running great.  I felt good through the first 7 miles, then started to feel my sprained foot and ran on it with an overpronated gait to relieve the pressure.  I wore my Saucony Cortanas which are a little slow with the Archold Maximum insoles.  We averaged 7:54/mile.

When I got home, my foot wasn't badly swollen, but it was very black and blue and quite sore.  I put ice on my sprained foot for 3 hours this afternoon, and this evening it feels much better.

Ran 3 painful miles on the TM in 23:42 (7:54/mile).  Stopped out of concern that running might be causing more harm to my sprained foot.

Took a naproxin sodium and then ran 6.2 miles in 49.00 (7:54/mile).  I felt pretty good about my pace since my first last mile up the Broadway Bridge was at an 8:25 pace.  My foot was not as sore after running today compared to yesterday, and I put ice on it shortly after running.  I try again tomorrow with Wesley.

Ran 10-miles on the north side of the Arkansas River with Wesley on a 50-degree morning.  Averaged 7:45/mile for the first 5 miles and 8:03/mile for the returning 5-miles against a moderate wind.  My sprained foot slowing me down, with a large tendon in my foot causing most of the pain.  Wesley ran great!  I plan to run around 40-miles per week until this sprain heals.  For now, I can't plant my forefoot at all on the left foot, so I'm running overpronated on my left foot and planting heal to toe when mid-foot plants hurt too much (about 1/3 of the time).

Ran 14.25 miles with Wesley along the River Trail loop on the south side of the Arkansas River, over the Big Dam Bridge and back to downtown on the north side of the river.  Weather was 70 degrees when we started, but we ran in a pouring rain from miles 10 through 12.  By the time we finished, it was raining lightly and the temperature was probably 15 degrees cooler.  But it was the farthest I have run since spraining my left foot, and my foot was not nearly as sore today than when we ran on Wednesday.