Training Log Archive: Spike

Trails at Wyandotte. Really nice weather for a run -- low 40s at the start and about 50 by the end. I climbed 1560 feet.

Jogging at PNS. Nice weather (finally) with temps in the mid 50s. It felt great. I saw a load of forest rats and a few turkeys. I climbed 1000 feet.

My left knee is a bit sore.

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Some easy cycling in the basement. It was fun. Usually it isn't fun to ride a trainer, but for some reason it was fun tonight.

I got a blister on my left heel near the end of the race on Sunday. It didn't bother me much. But then about 4 p.m. yesterday it started to hurt. The heel seemed a bit swollen and looked red. Infection?

I woke up in the middle of the night and it felt worse. I tossed and turned, thinking about the infection that Mark M. got a few years ago. He ended up wearing a little pump in a pack on his waist. Every now and then the pump would click on, pumping antibiotics directly into an IV tube attached to his arm. I imagined I'd wake up in the morning disoriented with my leg swollen and red from the knee down.

I woke up and the foot looked ok.

I ran today and, while I could feel the heel now and then, it didn't seem to be a problem. A few hours after running and it still feels fine.

I ran at PNS and included 8 x 30 seconds of "old man" sprints.

I'm sick and tired of warm weather. It was mid 80s and humid when I ran today.

I went for a jog. I carried the map and read it closely. I worked on thinking the way I should, instead of the way I did yesterday. It felt ok. I could tell it was going to be uncomfortable to run (warm and humid).

SLOC red course at Cuivre River -- 9.1 km and hot/humid conditions made it tough. I felt drained and couldn't push. Running was more difficult than I expected. In places the forest was a bit thick and in places the footing was a bit rough. I don't think it'd be a problem if I'd had a few weeks of forest running in my legs. The last control wasn't in the right place when I got there.

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