Training Log Archive: Kseniya

Event: West Point A-Meet
 

Decided to go out on a rec orange course today instead of the red and instead of not doing anything. When jogging on pavement there was actually more pain than expected and so I walked to the start without much optimism. I tried just walking once out on the course but that was way too slow and the blueberry bushes were too much of an obstacle. I switched to slow running and that sort of worked but I still did not have sufficient momentum to tackle the bushes. I was cautious with foot placement, and the foot was indeed a distraction. But, the pain lessened as the course went on, and running on soft ground felt better than on trail or road, less impact.
Into the evening foot is feeling quite alright or maybe it's just in a state of shock that I would torture it that much or that I would go out on an orange course.

Orange Day 1 - Splits

Another test run around neighborhood. Foot is feeling better but definitely other parts in the foot and ankle are compensating, esp. the inner arch muscle; the left leg is also compensating even though I tried to run in a relaxed, normal fashion. Plan is to not run tomorrow at WP but maybe go out on a course on Sunday.

warm-up
500 free with decent effort
5 x 50 free hard

same as Tuesday, 20 x 30 sec with 15 sec rest. kind of curious of the gps distance estimate.

Outdoors yoga! So nice out. Mostly core work today.

5 x 100 free hard in middle

I'm getting the hang of this thing. Did the 20 x 30 sec hard with 15 sec rest workout, which is easier in the pool but much much slower.

Based on another podiatrist visit what I have is tendonitis and minor periostitis of the third metatarsal. It is possibly due to an isolated small rock that I stepped on in the beginning of my tempo run. Normally my feet do not react in such way from stepping on rocks but I guess due to insufficient body recovery from previous hard workouts this rock led to actual acute injury. It is also possible that shoes played a role. Anti-inflammatories and rest from running will allow it to heal hopefully within another 10 days. I don't know if I should attempt to run at West Point; there are many rocks there.

C • Looks like a better doctor this time! 6

Event: WCOC Fairfield University