Last week’s training took an unexpected turn.  Hopefully, I’ll be back on the running trail sooner rather than later, because this girl’s got some important races coming up!

Monday
The day after my Leesburg 20K, I took my usual day off from running, but ran/walked 2.5 miles with one of my clients and her daughter.  We kept a13:12 average pace, and other than my legs feeling more fatigued than usual, I felt fine.

Later in the afternoon I lifted weights with my upper body, but let my legs have another rest day.

Tuesday
On Tuesday morning, I met my MRTT friends for an 8-mile run including 12 hill repeats.  My average pace was 9:46 which was about 15 seconds per mile slower than my usual run on that course.  My legs definitely begged for me to take it a little easier, so I did.

Overall I felt great and I was so happy to run 8 miles for Taylor on her 16th birthday.  I would have loved to run one mile for each of her years, but had to settle for .5.

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Tuesday afternoon I had a basal cell carcinoma removed from my arm resulting in 10 stitches.  On Friday I got word that all margins are clear, so it’s just a matter of not lifting anything with that arm so I don’t pop the stitches.

Wednesday
I usually walk, cross-train, or run on Wednesdays, but I’ve been feeling a little off lately (I think it’s allergies), so I chose to rest from any cardio workouts.

I did a leg strength training workout and lifted with only the right side of my upper body.  I’m left dominate, and my left side is much stronger than my right side.  What better time than the next two weeks to do unilateral workouts using my right side only!  I was extremely careful not to lift any weights with my left arm, and was actually quite sore the next day!

Thursday
I met my girlfriends at 5:30 on Thursday morning for 5 miles, mostly in the dark.  I came prepared with a headlamp and sunglasses; and we felt great running at an 8:48 pace!  About 100 yards from the finish, I felt a sharp pain in my left forefoot.  It went away almost as quickly as it came, and I didn’t really think about it again that day.

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Friday
On Friday, I was mildly aware of my foot, but it was so minor that I included my beloved lunges in my strength workout.  Again I focused on unilateral upper body lifts on my right side only.  I also incorporated a few core exercises that didn’t require me to put any pressure on my left arm.

Saturday
I got up bright-and-early on Saturday morning just like all other Saturdays, got dressed, had a banana, and packed my stuff to go on a 12-mile run with Bill, Beth, and some other Cruiser and MRTT friends.  The longer I stood, the more my foot hurt.  I tried running a few times across the kitchen floor, and decided it would be really stupid to go on my run, especially a 12-mile run.  I drove over to the trail with Bill, dropped him off, said hi to my friends, took their picture (cause that’s what I do), and drove home.  Once home I went back to bed and took a two hour nap.  Is it a nap when you’re climbing back in bed at 7:20 AM?  When I got back up, I iced my foot and followed up several more times during the day.

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Sunday
My foot felt great when I got up on Sunday morning!  I slipped on my Sperry’s and headed to DC to watch the Nats play.  My foot started hurting toward the end of the day, possibly because I did quite a bit of walking, or possibly because of my less supportive shoes…  I iced it again when I got home, considered popping an Advil, but decided to wait and see how my foot felt on Monday before going that route.

Stay tuned…

Total weekly workouts:
Running – 13.14 miles
Run/walk – 2.5 miles
Walking – 0 miles
Lifting – 2.5 hours

 

  • Questions:
  • How is your training for your fall races coming along?
  • What was your last minor/significant injury?
  • Do you pop Advil frequently, or try to avoid it at all costs?