Week of Feb 21-27th, 2005

Thursday 2/24 – I’m BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s been way too long since I’ve posted here. As one might have suspected, I got injured after that good steady state run in January, SIX WEEKS ago. I got a stress reaction in my 4th metatarsal. But don’t worry too much, it feels ok now, there is a little bump on the bone, but it doesn’t hurt. I’ve been keeping in some kind of shape on the bike, but of course it’s very tough. The road back will hopefully go smoothly. In any case, here we go! Today I ran 20 minutes on Town Lake. I was running at about 8 minute pace, and very careful to over analyze any pain in my foot. It felt weird, but that’s about it, so I was really encouraged afterwards. My legs feel like they’ve been biking too much and have forgotten how to run!
2.5 miles

Friday 2/25
Ok today I talked with Vig, and he told me that running 20 minutes a day is probably too much to start. So, I will back off a little bit, and of course I will add-on anything with the biking. I ran probably 15 minutes total today, and then did a couple of calisthenics and light upper body weights.
2 miles

Saturday 2/26
I ran probably 10-15 minutes today. I hit the weight room with Tom and John, we did some solid squats.
2 miles

Sunday 2/27
After biking hard today I went on the elliptical trainer for about 15 minutes hard, and then ran for 15 minutes. The foot felt ok, I think I’ll take off from running tomorrow to make sure it’s progressing, it may need some rest. But I’m very optimistic.
2 miles


Week Total – 8.5 miles