Went to practice, Paul and Patrick said it would be best to take two days off before the race this Saturday (hopefully I can run it! Will probably be the only one I can run as a redshirt), hopefully resting it will make the pain decrease. I'll probably start up ibuprofen to get inflammation out starting tonight and continue through Saturday.
Went to the pool this evening. I'll probably start going every day until I can get up to 6 miles again. 10 minutes warmup. Paul switched the workout up a bit halfway through, was kind of nice just to get it over with. It was a ladder at 80% pace effort, 2 minutes on, 1 off, 4 on, 2 off, 6 on, 3 off, 8 on, 3 off, 6 on, 2 off, 4 on, 1 off, 2 minutes all out (mimicking last 800 in race). Was tough, worked hard. But that's the pool for ya. 5 minute cool down I think. Was real nice not to have any pain as I "run," maybe an indication that the pool will become my best friend in the next week or so.
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