While between training cycles my running isn’t quite as exciting as it was during last summer and the fall. Still, I’m going to keep posting my weekly, recaps more as a log for me than an entertaining story for my readers, but I’ll try to make it interesting. Follow along if it interests you, if not, please be sure to pop back by on Wednesday for my Molly’s Knob trail run recap.
Monday
My car was in the shop last week, so feeling very European, I walked everywhere I needed to go. It’s 5.82 miles round-trip to the wellness center so I walked to train my clients there, and while I was there, I lifted for about an hour.
Tuesday
I met my MRTT friends for a 5-mile run around the neighborhood on Tuesday morning (9:37 pace). We still meet near the hills we used to run, but since we’ve all completed our targeted fall races, and are at a relaxed point in our training and between training cycles, we skip the hill repeats. When we finished our run, we stacked our lights for a creative post-run picture.
Wednesday
Bill and I had hoped to leave for Blacksburg on Wednesday afternoon, but my car wasn’t ready yet, and Bill had a late meeting in DC, so we opted to wait until Thursday morning to drive to Blacksburg. That afternoon I walked 1 mile to pick up my car, rather than calling for their shuttle service.
Later in the day, I lifted, working on my new exercises that SMART Lab recommended I do to help prevent injuries.
Thursday
We had hoped to head down to Blacksburg extremely early, but didn’t get started from our house until almost 9 on Thursday morning. We didn’t make it to Roanoke in time to go on trail run to McAfee Knob as we’d planned. We arrived at our hotel with just enough time for me to shower before heading to our tailgate before our Hokies game. Apparently, we think: tailgate > trail run!
Friday
We got up bright and early on Friday morning and drove from Blacksburg to Hungry Mother State Park for a 7.3-mile trail run around part of the lake and up to Molly’s Knob. We ran there for the first time last October, and I returned to run it with Meagan in June.
After lunch, Mom and I went to the cemetery since it was the one year anniversary of Dad’s funeral, and we walked around the uneven ground visiting my grandparents’ and great-grandparents’ graves. By the time we got home, I couldn’t dorsiflex or put any weight on my foot. I elevated and iced it, and even took two Advil. It was hurting so badly (and I have a high pain tolerance), I let Bill take me to urgent care. X-rays showed no broken bones, and the nurse-practitioner that saw me decided that I only had a bad sprain.
Saturday
I woke up Saturday morning shocked at how much better my foot felt! I expected it to be swollen even more and completely black and blue, but it hadn’t bruised anymore, and the swelling had gone down almost completely. Unfortunately, it was still bothering me just enough that I had to be careful walking, and couldn’t take Mom Christmas shopping as we’d planned. I kept my foot elevated and iced it several times throughout the day.
Sunday
My foot felt even better on Sunday morning, and I was hardly limping. We made the six-hour drive home, and I continued to baby my foot. It’s the craziest thing… My foot feels so good now that I feel rather ridiculous that I went to urgent care on Saturday afternoon; but at the time, I was convinced that it was broken.
Total weekly workouts:
Running – 12.3 miles
Run/walk – 0 miles
Walking – 8.82 miles
Lifting – 2 hours
Planks – 10 (longest 2:30)
- Questions:
- Do you live where you can walk to get most things done if necessary?
- What fun fall events have you done this year?
- Who raced this past weekend?
Sorry about the sprain but it sounds like it is improving amazingly fast–I’m glad! Trail running does come with that risk factor, unfortunately, but it will never make me quit it.
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Same here – I’m hopping to get another trail run in next weekend if my foot keeps improving at the rate it has so far.
I am not much of a trail runner. I feel like I will trip over something and kill myself. I have run at Burke lake a few times and it is so pretty. Glad your foot is feeling better.:)
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Thanks, Deborah. Fall is definitely the most dangerous time for trail running (things hidden under the leaves), but the most beautiful.
I don’t live close enough to any of the places I go to walk regularly. I wish I did!!
Glad your ankle is feeling better – that whole intense pain and then better a few days later is why I always wait (and wait and….) about going to the DR when I think I have an injury. (Mostly I just hate going to the DR.)
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I allowed myself to succumb to peer pressure and be taken to the urgent care. 🙂 Anyway, since I couldn’t put any weight on my foot (at all), I, too, was kind of convinced I had fractured it. Now I feel rather silly that I went to the doctor…
Glad your foot is feeling a bit better! You know what I raced this weekend…my recap is coming soon 🙂
Sue @ This Mama Runs for Cupcakes recently posted…Friday 5: 5 Reasons to run a Marathon!
Yes, can’t wait to read your MCM recap!
That is so strange about your foot – I’m glad it’s feeling better! I wish I could walk places from where I live, but I really can’t. The ‘burbs are too spread out.
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Four days later, my foot is turning purple, but doesn’t hurt at all anymore. It’s been the craziest thing!
Glad the foot is feeling better. Injuries are odd things. I love to walk to as many places as possible! Living close to the city enables this 🙂
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That’s great! I can easily walk to the grocery store, but since it’s almost a mile away I have to keep that in mind when shopping, and not buy more than I can carry home.
Glad to hear your foot is feeling better! I love being able to walk to most things I need (not having to drive during the weekends is a plus)
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That sounds nice!
Take care of that foot/ankle!
In summer I often ride my cruiser bike for small grocery trips, or Kelly and I both walk with Harold so one can go in the store and one can watch the beast 🙂
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Yikes! Sorry about your fall – it’s really scary when stuff like that happens and you think you’ve hurt yourself. Thank goodness it wasn’t broken and you’re feeling better now. I do not live in a place where I could easily walk to get somewhere, unfortunately. At the very least, it would involve walking down Route 11, which would not be good.
As you know, I raced this past weekend! 🙂
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Yes, I was pretty lucky with my foot.
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