I took a full week off due to illness, a desire to give my AT a chance to rest, and the fact that my mom has been visiting from Korea for my grandmother's funeral. I was hoping to start my winter base training today, with the goal of working up to 60-70 mpw by December, but I started easy today to test out the AT. I'm still puzzled by the sudden reemergence of the tendinitis and am hopeful that it's not going to get any worse, but I definitely felt the same tightness--not pain--that I was feeling in the week that led up to my week off. It's not painful, but the fact that I'm having issues again on so little mileage gives me concern. I may call Ryan Fuhriman to have him look at it and see whether it requires treatment.
The run itself felt fine, although I can tell that I've lost a step as far as my aerobic conditioning goes.
On a brighter note, congrats to Meb on the big NYC win! Although I think Al Trautwig is a total weenie who has no business offering his opinions on endurance events (he is atrocious on the Tour de France coverage), I had a ball watching the rebroadcast of the race with my wife last night. I was hoping Ryan Hall would have a big day, but seeing Meb pull out the win and having 6 Americans in the top 10 was fantastic. I was especially impressed with the way Ryan fought back from 9th to 4th over the final 3-4 miles. I felt bad for Paula, who clearly wasn't feeling right, but it was great to watch a classy veteran like Tulu win the race. I just hope my form doesn't look as disgusting as Petrova's (who was a total warrior, by the way) when I'm 41. It's probably efficient, but it's just ugly! | 