An attempt to track the ups and downs and ins and outs of a boys attempt at, at best, becoming a semi-elite (thats at best) long distance runner
Saturday, February 25, 2006
strange slr - tea minus 57
strange slr today. didn't do a stealth run, the usual suspects weren't there (exception being a joe). the pace was slow and the distance short. Only did 10 miles out and back on the C&O from Iwo Jima and it was over before I really got into it. Pushed the last two miles a little, but hardly all out. Legs felt very tight when I went to push it... good sign in that the workouts this week are tiring me out and pushing me to progress, but I wonder if I'll have anything in my legs tomorrow. 10 miles of racing is a long way on heavy legs. Won't know until mile 2 or 3 how it feels. what do I know? Anyway... didn't do a double today, and will try and double tomorrow after the race - maybe 10 or 12 in the afternoon as well? Thats probably a bit helpful, but my mileage is short this week and with 12 tomorrow afternoon including the race and warm up and warm down I'll only hit ~125 for the week when I'd prefer to be closer to 140. But it's good not too be overly concerned about injury right now. Left foot still has acute pain only if i prod and pull at it. Right tendon which connects directly along the bottom of the shin and on to the front of the top (top of the front) of the foot still sends me little signals, but more when I'm walking after running than actually running. No idea what that is. Ah well. I'll stick some ice on it now, and have some more toast. That'll help it. Right? Right.