Dear Diary,
My leg feels pretty good this morning, and I just jogged around my office a bit. I have also gained about 5 lbs in the last 8-10 days and I need to get to the gym.
Trying to decide if running 90+ is too much for me (especially of the course of 10-12 weeks, but a sensible cutback week might have made all the difference). I have tightness in my right PF, which is better but could have got ugly. I have the beginnings of a neuroma in my left foot (4-5 metatarsal), which can be pretty devestating (I've had it in the middle of my foot), and of course this as-yet-diagnosed leg issue, which didn't seem to be getting better but I did some core work that involves legs lifts and I could feel it but things worked out.
I realize I didn't stretch enough for the mileage I was running. Some people never stretch, don't do this, don't do that, but I am guessing this is a big mistake.
Newton runner Fernando Cabada does 90 MINUTES of strength and plyos after faster sessions. Of course, this is not feasible for everyone (at peak I was running 80-90 minutes in the morning, and 40-60 minutes in the afternnon and much more than 20-30 minutes of "extras" would seem unjustifiable). But I recall Rob taking from a talk he went to that too often we think of strength training, core, and stretching as an afterthought and this is a mistake. Makes sense to me.
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