Larry, Wayne and I started north on the canal road then decided to head up to Battle Creek. We then, eventually, got on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail and headed south. We saw a lot of deer, a rabbit, some quail, a mountain biker, another trail runner, and beautiful clear views of the valley. We need to do more trail runs like this. I very much enjoyed it, and it seems like good preparation for the Squaw Peak 50. While it was only 10 miles, with all the hills it was hard work and took us well over two hours. I'm figuring it may have been equivalent to a 12-14 mile flat road run. I could feel stretching in my heel/PF area, especially on the steep uphills, but I backed off when it felt overly stressed and it never got too bad. I feel like there has been some improvement in the PF arena. I've been using NSAIDs, Myomed cream, a massage ball, icing, stretching, some barefoot strengthening exercises, and the Strassburg sock every night. I should get my new orthotic in a week. Thankfully, the PF pain is not getting worse with continued running. I'm cautiously optimistic. For my own records, I switched yesterday to using aspirin as my NSAID. I've traditionally used naproxen because you can take it less frequently. I switched to ibuprofen for a while because it was widely recommended and used by so many. I am now trying aspirin. My family has a history of heart disease. When I asked my dad's heart doctor what I could do, he suggested maybe taking a baby aspirin everyday. That was years ago, and sadly I have not been doing it. I've decided that now that I've turned 50 that maybe I should start. I figure I can take the 81mg low dose table daily, and take the higher recommended dosages when I have the need...headache, injury, etc. We'll see how it goes.
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