AM: Slept in this morning. I've been having trouble with plantar faciaitis on my left foot for a couple months. Recently, it's gotten worse. Yesterday my foot hurt all day long even when I wasn't standing or walking on it. THis morning it's the same thing. It hurts on the top of the foot and on the heel. I think it got agrevated in the half marathon race this last weekend. ----------------------- PM: 6 miles at 6pm. Weather= 64F, 30% humidity, 12 mph wind, cloudy. Ran the same tempo workout as last week. We ran this 3 mile loop twice. First time was a warm-up, second time was "tempo". Loop 1 average =8:00 mile 1- 8:00, mile 2- 8:00, mile 3- 8:00 Loop 2 average= 6:49/m mile 1- 6:28, mile 2- 6:52, mile 3- 7:09 Ok,so first off, notice that all three of the warm up miles were exactly 8:00. Weird. I don't think I've ever done that. Second, I started off the "tempo" too fast. Tim said he was going to run with me at whatever pace I set. Last week he did 6:15/m and I did 6:54/m. We talked about doing approximately 7:15/m today. Ashley was running too but her legs were sore from Monday track so she said she wanted to do 7:30ish. But once we started running, I don't know what got into me. My ipod was playing a great song... we were going down this hill in the first part... and I just was running so fast. I looked at my watch and was surprised that the first 1/2 mile was at 6:15 pace. What the? Seriously, I did a double take. It felt like 7:00 pace felt last week. I slowed it down after I saw that because I realized I couldn't sustain it. Mile 3 wasn't as bad as it looks... it was against the wind, there was a short steep hill and I had to slow down for a car that stopped over the crosswalk. I'm pretty happy. I think all these races and tempos are making me faster... but they are killing my feet! I went to the doctor today about my plantar faciaitis and he said I need a steriod shot from a podiatrist. I just can't figure out to go before the half marathon on Saturday or after. I know they are going to tell me to not race if I go before. I need to find out if the steriod shot will help me for the race or if it would do more good to do the steriod shot after the race. Hmmmm. | 