Time to get healthy!

Ouch! Could I have had a worse week? Maybe, but this one wasn't good. I need to work on getting healthy for New Bedford nest weekend.

03/04/13 – 03/10/13: 5 Runs, 2 Aborted Runs, 1 Missed Run, 1 Injury, 28.09 Miles, 3:22:20.

• Monday: 0.48 Miles in 3:42. Just planned on an easy run but had to abort it early becasue of ankle issues.
• Tuesday: Track Work at Reggie Lewis with Coach Toomey. 2 mile warm-up in 15:01, 2x200m strides: 41, 41. 8x1000m: 3:28, 3:23, 3:24, 3:22, 3:23, 3:17, 3:19, 3:16 with 2:30sec rest. 2 mile cool-down in 15:06.
• Wednesday: 0.30 Miles in 2:06. Aborted early due to ankle pain. It felt like it was worst at the back of the heel so I was worried that I might be getting PF.
• Thursday: Skipped my run to try to get healthy.
• Friday: Rest.
• Saturday: 10.26 Miles in 1:18:11. Ran nice and easy and felt good most of the day but by the evening my right achilles felt like a rubber band that was too dried out and lost its elasticity. I alternated heat and ice and got it kind of okay by Sunday morning.
• Sunday: 7.83 Miles in 1:00:00. Ran easy for an hour. I decided that doing my long run wasn't as important as getting myself healthy to race next weekend.

Remember when I said I wanted to run 60 miles this week? Yeah, that feels like a long time ago now. I'll take the fitness I have today for New Bedford if I can just get healthy. A lot of easy runs this coming week instead of workouts.

Hopefully this week will just be a bump in the road to Maine Coast.

8 week down and 9 weeks left until the Maine Coast Marathon!

May your training miles be ever hilly and may all your races have free beer!