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September 12, 2007
Swimming Long
This morning I woke up a little on the sore and tired side. Nothing really that unusual of course but it sort of made me not want to go swimming. Really nothing (but going back to sleep of course) sounds like a good idea at 4:45 in the morning. But such is life.
Once in the water at the YMCA I was fine and did my 4000 yd workout without complaint. I only groaned once when I saw that the main set included 4x600. :) Regardless, the workout was fine. Nothing spectacular but I survived and am stronger for it.
Anyway, at work there is a new physician that joined the nutrition support team that I am on and today he became my new best friend by suggesting that we all go out to Qdoba for lunch after finishing rounds. Um yeah. Was this dude reading my mind because I have pretty much been thinking "burrito, burrito, burrito" every since I got back from Germany?!?! And boy did that burrito taste good. I will admit I had a bit of trouble concentrating during rounds because (a) I was really hungry and (b) all I could think of was...yes...you got it..."burrito, burrito, burrito!" :) I love me a good burrito.
At some point during the day I decided that the run that I had on my schedule for the afternoon might not be a good idea. You see my foot really isn't getting worse at all (despite running ~13 miles Sunday and ~9 miles Tuesday on it) but it's also not getting better. And I really just don't want to mess around with it. My running days are Tuesday (moderate run of 60-75 min), Wednesday (easy run of 30 min), Thursday (speed session), Saturday (transition run) and Sunday (long run). Of these days it's obvious that Wednesday would be the first to go if indeed something needed to go. And I also figured that my foot might appreciate only running every other day which could essentially be accomplished by taking Wednesday off. So all this makes sense but I still called my coach to see what he thought. Of course he told me to take Wednesdays off and that I could run in the water instead. Excellent idea. Of course by the time all this got ironed out I had missed the open pool hours but next Wednesday I will be more organized and ready to go.
So with my icing, Advil, running every other day and the new insoles I bought designed for cushioning your forefoot (at the suggestion of my coach) I am hoping to keep foot meltdown at bay. I think I will be okay if I stay vigilant!
Oh - by the way - I did get myself to the YMCA for my lifting session.
And that was my day. Tomorrow morning I have a track session on tap and the low tonight is in the 40s. Simply chilling! Get out the long sleeve shirts baby! :)
Posted by beth at September 12, 2007 9:33 PM
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hi! thx for detailing how you are taking care of your foot.
mine is fine when i'm barefoot, but as soon as i put on my sneaker with my orthotics and my foot gets into the "running" position...ow! i think it's some sort of tendinitis. anyway, we shall see.
hope yours feels better!
Posted by: Audrey at September 12, 2007 10:18 PM