Friday night was a shorter run. I had a planned speed session at Harvard on Saturday morning with Amory, and I figured I'd try and have fresh legs. Unfortunately, my new route that evening took me just past the Elliot Street Bridge on the dirt section...in the dark. After the rainy week, there were a few sketchy sections and my left foot seems to be a magnate for divots recently. I once again heard the pops and crunching of tendons as I hit the deck in pain. This was far more painful than the sprain in November, but once I got to my feet I could tell this was not nearly as serious, thankfully. I was able to go from a hobble to a very slow jog with limited limping. Still, when I got home I was extremely unhappy. Random injuries like this are a lot more mentally challenging for me than if I had developed an overuse injury due to my own stupidity.
Again, thankfully, the next morning, there was very limited swelling and I was able to walk around without pain or limping. I jogged over to Amory's and the ankle was tender enough that I figured I would likely only be doing drills and strides. I had come up with the workout earlier in the week, structuring it in such a way that I could ease into it, and this worked out in my favor with the newly acquired injury. I did the drills and strides and then I did the first 200 slow, and the second 200 not quite as slow. I didn't have 100% push off on my left side, but I had enough to continue. I finished the workout and all of my splits were on the slow side, for obvious reasons, but I was pumped to finish the workout. Disaster avoided.
| 22-Jan | Long Run (Tom & Kristi) | 2:40:35 | 20.01 | AM: Garmin was off on this, so it was def 20+, but whatever. Great hilly route from Tom & Kristi's and just a fun route in general. | ||||
| Off | 0:00:00 | 0 | PM: Thought about a shakeout, but I couldn't get a nap in and my body and mind weren't up for it. Patriots go to the super bowl - I'm sure Kevin is happy about that! | |||||
| 23-Jan | Easy | 1:04:12 | 8.25 | AM: 8+ at 7:47/mile. Windy. | ||||
| Easy/MLRish | 1:21:16 | 10 | PM: 10m at 8:08/mile. Extremely surprised to get in 10. I was really tired. Ended up doing an Appleton/Sparks loop to get a little elevation change. Rain & wind, meh. Meh. | |||||
| 24-Jan | Easy | 1:00:39 | 7.42 | AM: Flippin weather sucked and I was bonkish 2.5m in. | ||||
| Easy | 0:51:09 | 6.25 | PM: 6+ at whatever. Weather still sucks, and I've been really exhausted all day long. | |||||
| 25-Jan | Easy | 1:04:54 | 8 | AM: 8m at whatever. Upset stomach didn't make this easy. | ||||
| BU Track | 1:52:43 | 14.19287 | PM: Commute home then 1600/(1000/400/200)x3/100x4. MP, 5k, mile, and <mile. I've been doing the 100s to build some turnover and coordination. There are times when those 100s feel really strong and in control, and I can see some benefits to them. Tonight's workout, however, went poorly. | |||||
| 26-Jan | Easy | 1:03:16 | 8 | AM: 8m commute at 7:55/mile. I think the Garmin is funky so this might have been longer & faster. Whatever. | ||||
| Easy | 0:58:47 | 7.09 | PM: Commute home then met up with Eli and Raleigh. | |||||
| 27-Jan | Moderate | 0:58:58 | 8.03 | AM: 8m at 7:21/mile. Not bad. | ||||
| Easy | 0:48:00 | 5.49 | PM: 5+ and an extremely painful ankle injury. Thankfully, I could tell during the final 1.5m that it wasn't as serious as November. Still, I was pissed. | |||||
| 28-Jan | Harvard Track | 1:16:18 | 8.27 | AM: Ran over to Harvard with Amory for a mile paced workout. 200x2/400x2/600/400/600/400x2/200x2. Pacing was off for me, but I was happy to simply be able to do the workout after last night. | ||||
| Off | 0:00:00 | 0.00 | PM: Off. |
1/25 Splits:
mile - 6:01
1000-3:23.6
400-1:12.1
200-35.5
1000-3:19.1
400-1:12.7
200-34.9
1000-3:20.1
400-1:13.5 (really?)
200-32.4
100-14.1
100-14.0
100-13.9
100-13.6
1/28 Splits:
200-38.7
200-37.4
400-1:14.3
400-1:13.3
600-1:52.2
400-1:12.5
600-1:52.1
400-1:12.8
400-1:12.8
200-33.8
200-33.9
Total: 111
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