I dislike running on the elliptical machine because I can really never get into a good rhythm like I can on the treadmill. However, since my left foot is still pretty tender and sore today, I decided to run on an elliptical for the first time in nearly four years (i.e., since early 2006 according to my workout log). As a result, I began the day with a 1-mile workout on the elliptical, which seemed to positively stretch out my muscles in my left foot; therefore, relaxing it a little bit.
During the workday, I consistently kept a bag of ice on my foot, which seemed to further help the issue. After work, I hit the treadmill for 2.2 miles at an easy pace. Then I switched it up by hopping on the elliptical for 2.4 miles.
For the third part of my running workout, I headed outside for an evening run to the Smith-Kiln Chimney then up to Harmon’s and back. The total distance of this run was 4.5 miles at an easy. Also, my left foot felt a little bit better than yesterday and I was even able to pick up the pace for a short period of time (i.e., on 1100 East I was able to clock a sub-7:00 pace between a couple of telephone poles).
Since I’m sort of in the process of tapering (i.e., still logging the mileage, but keeping it at an easy pace) for Sunday’s race, my non-running workout just consisted of 200 sit-ups and 30 push-ups. | 