Week 9
This week saw me do my longest distance ever! On Sunday (as mentioned previously) I ran over 14 miles. It took me just over three hours doing a 1:1 run/walk. I felt surprisingly great during the run, but ever since I’ve felt run-down and a bit flu-ey. I’m not sure if I’m actually fighting off some sort of virus or if it’s just because of the stress of the run. At any rate, I took Monday and Tuesday off to recover. (I didn’t actually have much muscle soreness, which is good!) Wednesday I did my Spudds class and felt pretty great. Thursday morning I went for an easy run just to shake out the soreness from Spudds. And today… today I got my orthotics! They feel weird. He wants me to walk around in them for a few days before I attempt a run. Luckily this is a cutback week so I’ve only got 8K scheduled for Sunday.
Feb. 27: 22.61km
Mar. 3: 6.00km
Total this week: 28.61km (17.88mi)
Total in 2011: 207.64km (129.77mi)
To meet my goal of running 1100km in 2011, I should be at 190km right now. So I’ve built up a considerable cushion. The goal for March is to continue to follow my training plan and to avoid getting sick or injured!
Really well done. Hope the orthotics work for you. But try to get a facsia massage too.
BTW should the year in your ytd stats be 2011?
Whoops! Thanks, I fixed it. I got so used to typing 2010 in these last year it’s a hard habit to break. 🙂
I’ve been doing some self-massage by rolling a frozen bottle around on the bottom of my foot. The podiatrist has also given me some stretches to do. The orthotics felt less weird yesterday, so hopefully within a couple days they’ll be completely normal.