Elite Jogging For Dummies

A combination of factors meant it was a five mile kind of morning. I'm going to try to take the boys out in the jogger this evening if it's not raining.

 So impressed with Paul Petersen's performance at Boston.  Awesome, just awesome.

 PM:  In a remarkable burst of motivation, I took the boys out for a 3 mile run in the double jogger at about 7pm.  It was raining but we had fun.

Workout with the Black Sheep, my first in several weeks. A small group today. We did a ladder workout 400/600/800/1000/800/600/400 followed by 3 x 400m.  My times were generally slow, with 400 splits pretty uniformly in the 85-88 range. Really no leg speed at all, in fact.  The longer intervals were lungbusters.  I have a long way to go!!!!

Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.  Plantar fasciitis in both feet, hurting worse than ever.  I don't know what's going on.  I have been mixing up my shoes as I've been waiting for a new pair to arrive, but they (Ascis DS Trainer) are more "stable" than the shoes I've been wearing and am waiting for (Asics Speedstar).  I wore the Kayano with inserts this morning in the hope that a super cushy ride would help, but it didn't. It just altered my gait and probably aggravated the problem. 

I tried to run again, and it's just not working. Right foot was fine, left foot is "unrunnable" without significant compensation in form and gait, and foot landing due to the PF.  Usually the foot warms up, but that's stopped happening these last couple of days.   I had to turn back after a mile, it was pointless.  I iced when I got home and that seemed to help.  Rolling out the foot now.  May try again tomorrow. 

Up at the Bear Lake Cabin, Heather and I ran a 7 mile loop around the trails and dirt roads at the bottom of the hill.