Ran Lake View with Tom and Nathan at just under 8:30/mi. I think the PF in my left foot is nearly gone. I think the firmer arch supports helped. I'm still feeling some left achilles pain, but only when I stretch it. My plan is to simply not stretch it. With the holidays, my holiday illness, and these injuries mostly behind me, I plan to try to gradually get my mileage back up to 40 miles per week. My original post-St. George plans were to be at 50 miles per week by now, but my body apparently had other plans. I'll take what I can get. With the Painter's half marathon only two weeks away, my original goal of sub 1:30 is no longer reasonable for this year. I ran it in 1:36 last year. Right now I'd be happy with a sub 1:40. Now that I'm back to normal training runs, and hopefully with some non-frigid temperatures, I may try a tempo run late next week to see where I am.
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