Believe to Achieve

Ran around the track for one mile on drama foot just before spin class.  AP 8:03.  Seriously foot--- "now you listen here, I am in charge!!".  Spin class kicked my butt probably because I expect it to feel like SW running so I am never without tension.  I told the teacher that if I were without tension my legs would fall off from the motion of the wheel at TOP speed.  She wanted us to start out at a 7.5 intensity which she said was no tension.  Now that is ridiculous.  No tension is seriously nothing.  I was worked.  Or rather I worked myself hard.  Stupid foot.  Even in spin I can feel it since I don't have spin shoes and my shoes are too big (trail shoes) and make me hang  off out of the foot holders to be right at my plantar of my foot.  Oh well.  It wasn't at all like running just felt bruised.  Sooooo.....the GOOOOOOODDDDDDDD  NEEEEEWWWWWSSSSS.    Yesterday my husband and home teacher gave me a blessing.  I felt what I am going thru truly has a purpose.  Then today I went to my chiropracter (who I should have gone to when I noticed my hip out over three weeks ago which led to this injury ricocheting to my foot).  He told me my entire leg was turned inward remarkably.  He did ultrasound on my plantar fascia and some light scraping.  Then he adjusted me after massaging several areas.  He worked on me for 40 minutes straight.  Ahhhh.   I was a little skeptical about healing but amazingly I already had 75 percent reduction in pain walking out of there.  I am nervous to think I could walk all day on my foot so I will take it easy.  I am finally getting excited for Boston.  My Aunt Dottie (lives in Rhode Island) just booked me a room for my family 14 miles from the starting line in Hopkinton.  She lives 10 miles from my hotel in Franklin, Massachusetts.  Yahoo!!!  I haven't seen her since 1999!!  She has never married and has always been that wild and crazy funloving aunt growing up.  We have had a lot of good times together.  She is my dad's sister.  My dad died in a car accident with my sister in 1982.  So this will so wonderful to see her and all my other family members!!!  Go FIGHT WIN!!    : D.

AP for 8 miles = 7:34.  445am before work.  It was 30 degrees and I could see my breath.   Oh foot pain trying to resolve...thought about NOT running again today but I was just too tempted to try my foot out.  It started to cramp but never as bad as it was.  Really felt more bruised than anything-- and this is on the bottom of my foot so not really a great place to have a bruise.  And when you have pain there you kind of "protect" it and so other muscles of the feet get quite the workout.  Obviously my lungs are raring to go by the looks of my pace.  First mile was 7:56.  That doesn't happen everyday.  I gave myself my 2nd home IV therapy yesterday-- IRON.  Apparently it is helping me.  As 7:56 feels like 8:56 did.  I am like an old car you forget to do maintenance on..... no oil changes....then there is the leak somewhere.... and then suddenly you are on empty.  Well that is what I did to myself.  Or at least my body just doesn't like absorbing iron from the stomach out.  I  have to do the full body workover to get the result I need.  Take out the part fully, add a new part.  Like my foot for instance.... I vaguely remember my "twisted ankle" I gave myself about 3.5 weeks ago in that early morning snowfall we got...I loved it so much I decided to do some SW in it.  Well....looking back on my blog it jogged my memory to the twisted foot feeling.....which ulimately twisted my hip and knee then eventually led to my foot taking the brunt end of the deal.   One trip to the chiropracter and I am all aligned and functioning correctly.  Old cars don't take much to go under.  But maintenance will help a lot.    And getting to the root of the problem instead of fixing the symptoms with a steroid shot.  This was a good learning experience for me.  I am on the mend.  NOT in time for a PR at Boston but in time to enjoy myself there if I can restrain myself from more harm  ; D.  I am doing the longest taper ever.  I sure hope the 26.2 miles don't get ugly but that instead my body is like "bring it on"  you have been slacking.  Sorry long post. 

decided to turn off my alarm and not run....but  I awoke at 445am and decided to "just run".  Ran 6 miles on my not as bad as before but still not normal messing with my stride left foot.  AP 7:55.  No time for more.  Shower. Work all day.  So very busy.  Non-stop 12.75 hours.  ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz.   i wore my bulky trail shoes.

5:45 am. No TM available.  Just couldn't get myself there by 530am opening.  2 miles on the track no watch but spotted the time clock ever so often which helped me calculate pace-- AP 8:06.

TM hillwork.  I didn't think of this until 1/2 mile into my run.  Everything (run) is impromptu. 

0.75 miles 8:06 pace  1%

0.50 miles 8:06 pace 3 %

0.75 miles 8:00 pace 1 %

0.50 miles 8:00 pace 3.5 %

0.75 miles 7:53 pace 1 %

0.50 miles 7:53 pace 4 %

0.75 miles 7:47 pace 1 %

0.50 miles 7:47 pace 4.5 %

0.75 miles 7:41 pace 1 %

0.50 miles 7:41 pace 4.5 %

0.75 miles 7:35 pace 1 %

0.50 miles 7:35 pace 4 %

0.50 miles 7:00 pace 1 %   pace ranging from 6:30 to 7:30.   (8 miles @ 7:45 AP)  RESET TM

0.25 miles 7:47 pace   1%

0.50 miles 7:47 pace  3.5 %

0.50 miles 7:41 pace  1 %

0.50 miles 7:41 pace  3%

0.25 miles 7:30 pace  1%.  Done.  10 TM miles AP 7:45.  4 miles of hillwork.  Tired, sweaty.  Foot is the curse right now.  Since I try not to put all my weight on my plantar fascia I am shifting it to my metatarsals on the left (left foot) and I have a morton's neuroma between my third and forth toe.  Landing on it causes numbish with electical feelings up my toes.  Just bringing on the fun for me : D.     GOAL for Boston keeps getting slower-- 3:20 to 3:25 would be nice.  : D.  Pain free would be even better. I have another chiropracter appointment tomorrow.  Ahhhhh.......   Work lactation on mom/baby x 7 hours.  Tired.  Soccer game, activity days (I am the 9 year old leader), then hopefully some sleep. 

Been up since 5 am and haven't run (it is now almost 8am!!).  Should have stepped out the door then as when I decided to look at the weather I came to the realization of how cold it was and that from 7 - 9am was a predicted snow storm.  YUP right on time-- 7am and the high winds picked up even more and the snow began flying horizontally.  I WANT TO KNOW did you run in this???????  i thought about it many times just so  I looked tough but you know what I bowed out to protect myself from decreasing my immunity as it is still flu and cold season and running in this will only increase my chances at work of picking something up!!  But now to be enclosed on a TM where more germs harbor ; D.   Running out of time....if it were clearing later minus the wind  I would just run then.  Foot not healed in case you are wondering. But Andrea's advice to look at the link to "trigger points" was very informative.  There is a spot on my calf that is the trigger point to the plantar fascia. I didn't think my calves were tight, rather spongy.  But when I pushed deep on the "trigger point" I came unglued.  It is not on my right calf so  I am sure it is legit.  My right foot feels great.  My left foot is beyond reasoning.  I am getting used to (numb) to the constant pain.   Except now I have a really sore upper/inner calf!!!!  What to do??  : D.    9:15am--- 12 long painful miles on the mill.  It didn't start out so painful but my calf got tighter and tighter which pulled on my plantar fascia which made the run miserable-- 12 miles-- 4 @ 8:27 (it was hard running that slow), 4 @ 8:13, 3 @ 8:00 all at  1 % incline except the last mile of each set (2%).  Last mile I just could not take it mentally any longer and figure I was doing more harm than good so I slowed it way down to 8:27 to 8:57.  No 16 miler for me.  I am not even going to run for 10 days. How's that for taking it easy???? 

TRUE to my word (this time).  NO RUNNING or any excercise besides walking around in the hospital nursery for 12.5 hours in a boot.  Ahh pain free that way.  Calf calmed down by the end of the shift.  Slightly tender now.  But foot needs some bionic parts.  It just doesn't know how to push off!!    Oh  I also fell asleep around 7:15pm, no kidding and awoke at 1030 pm briefly and didn't waken until 5:15am.  I slept 10 hours.  I was sooooooo tired.  I have been unbelievably fatigued lately.  Even after two doses of iron I feel off.  Weak.  Tired all the time.   Plan is to sleep 8 hours plus a night until Boston.  Running with Rachelle in Wave 2.  We are going for 3:20 to 3:25.   We are going to have a blast. : D.