I ran 17 miles today on the hills at Westminster, slowly. I’m still recovering form having a few injuries- my plantar fascia is bothering me on my left side, so as a compensation my entire right side has been bothering me. I did Graston yesterday down both legs, which (especially on my right let) should relieve a lot of tension.  And as that heals, the muscle is just going to be more reactive and better. I did an ice bath today to further calm everything down.  I’m hoping, after that much mileage and pilates, I’ll start feeling better by tomorrow- its hard to tell.  Hopefully by Saturday I’ll be able to gauge my progress.

I started wearing the oxy socks again, which is something I don’t do on a regular basis unless I have to because they are so warm.  Realistically, I’ll know something in the next few days.  I’m still going to run in the Bermuda race.  Its only a 10k so even if things go really badly, I should be able to pull through and run halfway decently. Until then, I’m trying to keep my mileage high enough while still healing this injury and making sure I’m keeping a strong base for future races.

I had another rough week of workouts, almost unbearable.

I think the workouts are too hard and too many, and as a consequence, my soleus has gotten very tight and my plantar fascia is horrible.  I think I’m making too many changes to my routine;  I’m extremely frustrated and trying to make adjustments.  It’s the week after Christmas and I want to go back to hard workouts, but I can’t so this is a very frustrating time for me.

I did massage today, after a ridiculous workout (3×2 miles)- should have easily done them at 5:15’s and 5:05, instead I did them 5:15 and couldn’t hit a 5:10 for my second.

I’m trying to get ready for a second workout now, meanwhile my kids are going stir crazy (my daughters have dressed up my son like Johnny Depp.) because they are still out of school for the holidays and I’ve been gone all day between workouts and massage.  After retaping, I’m going to try for a 2nd run.

Well I got up this morning…..a little slower than usual. But I pulled myself out of bed and managed to make it to the gym- just to find it CLOSED!  I had to do my 3 mile warmup outside until the gym opened up, then was able to run inside- 6.2 miles in 33:30.