And it's been ugly. Seriously. All of a sudden the L ball of my foot has been screaming at me. Friday afternoon, top 'o foot was. Oh no - don't need a stress fracture. Yep - I piled on the miles quick the last 8 weeks. Now we are in damage control. Fortunately, I think all will be okay. But feel free to opine otherwise.
M: rest / core
T: 5.23 recovery (9:28) / core
W: 9 easy (9:12) / core
R: unplanned rest due to busy schedule and sore foot / core/ abs
F: 11 w/ 5x600 meters; 90 sec recoveries - turns out I did them too slow - coincides with my HR data.
Sa: 2.6 and bagged it. Foot hurts. Work is in the bag. No need to push it with an easy/recovery run (hopefully)
Su: 3. 5 w/u; 10K at 46 even; 4.5 c/d. Not a great race. As always, the arb kicked my @ss.
More so than I was hoping for. It was awesome though. The race was for the Capital Candlelighters, a charity for kids with cancer. The program itself is top notch in helping families cope during the tough times after diagnosis. Suzy Hamilton has become involved, and in case you are unaware of her, she is a 3 time Olympian and 7 time national champ. Best of all, she is a big philanthropic supporter in our community. I have encountered her with Girls on the Run and she has started her own women's running group in Madisin. She is bubbly, boisterous, and incredible for all of those kids.
At 9:30 am as I was stressing about a tune-up race, I was hearing about a 6 year old dealing with cancer, well. It was perfect and appropriate.
My race was hard, but I felt I ran it evenly. Just not my day. I hit the finish at 46 flat. Would have been much happier with 44, but I am not letting that be an obstacle. I need to recover, rest and kick Chicago in the @rse. I have no doubt I will. :)
Ha. And awards were funny. Suzy is an Olympian and has done her rounds. Today the top two M and F got awards for 5K and 10K. But she insisted we all got the bi-cheek kisses and congratulated each other. We also had to give words of advice. Mine: thanks to all the kids out there today. That's why we are here and the are all an inspiration. Yeah. Fighting cancer is a whole lot harder than any 10K.
One of these days I will channel my inner Greg and 10K train. For now, it is my big weakness. And I can't see giving up marathon training since it I love it so much. But days like today make me think I should. Just so I could kick that arb loop....
2 comments:
Did I miss something? Why did I think you were running Columbus? You are doing Chicago?
Rest up and I hope the left foot thing heals/goes away!
?? Maybe because I ran Columbus last fall? I was on the fence b/w Steamtown and Chicago, but it looks like Chicago will win. We'll see. Thanks re the foot. It actually feels much better. Didn't hurt at all yesterday and feels good today. I think the cut-back really helped.
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