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So 43 miles last week?! The best way to do it sometimes is just go run and then see what comes out in the end. obv. my foot has defintely switched to the middle under the heel and is getting better. Still a ways to go though. im a little nervous about workouts- but look at it this way i dont have to run faster than 6:00 pace for 2 months. that is not that fast and hopefully i can continue to heal.

Btw last week was 9 runs just fmi. The state meet went well for us obv we need to get more people qulaified but the people who went performed quite well. 3rd place after day 1 for boys heh- we said we needed to have a week of tstorms so the rest of the meet would be cancelled. Watching the races is not really inspirational right now im too far removed for competitive running right now. that can come back fast though. But not too fast! haha.

XC starts in a week which is exciting! Im hearing some good things about lots of fast 8th graders as well. we shall see

hmm whats a little more than mild but less than medium prob

so a while since the last post. my foot is continuing to improve. what i have to not do is keep increasing duration/intensity too much so that it will always stay the same.

Anyway so far this week- 31 miles in 5 days on hm 7 runs i think. all basically distance runs. we did one slightly faster run like 745 pace a couple days ago. really flying haha. hills are still killing me haha. also my knee is pretty much better from its light soreness- just dont increase too fast that will beok.

the PF has moved mostly into a more traditional location off the side and into the spot right under the heel. this is good i think. we shall see. im getting ready to actually start training again in june hopefully. no workouts until july though. my regimen of grass walking is hepling too i think? aim for jogging in july on that.

if things progress extremely rapdily i will run the hashawha 3m in late june. this is probably stupid but well see. if not it is the sweet air trail race which i have no prob running much slower. at hashawha i would be too tempted to run hard probably. it would be fun but thats what started all the trouble in the first place

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Hm well another mild progress day. Ran for 30 minutes with Anna! as she is back from UMD so that was fun. and some yummy pancakes after the run are always nice. my foot was basically pretty much fine during the run which is also exciting. I can still feel it after/during the day somewhat though. At least i soaked it today. However i did not take a nap which was stupid. im going to bed quite early to offset that. I actually sort of feel like i wont be limping around forever. Obv i was slightly doubtful that I would do races anymore if this was permenant. My left foot is a work in progress.

The good thing to remember is that my right foot was bad for years(although usually not as bad). I think it will prob be fine from now on at least for a while as the left one will often be the limiting factor. Another good thing to remember is that it was only 2 years ago that i ran 1559 with prob 50 mpw and 8-10 weeks of one wo a week with the loyola guys. And even last year i ran 1644 with limited training. I just need to be consistent and try to train for more than just the summer heh. Hopefully if i can get started this summer i can continue. we shall see!

champs/foot report

so my foot is continuing to improve at a slow rate. this morning i ran with erika and marc v and my knee was actually moree sore than my foot. so that is good news- its time to get out the hammer and smash my hand before i run since you can only handle so many pain inputs at a time haha. 27 min. anna is home now so im running with her tom am so hopefully i will survive that. also i didnt ice today which is stupid but i dont really feel like it.

i went to miaas after the run(one reason for no soak of foot). the girls won in blowout fashion as per usual. boys put on a good effort and came 2nd to gilman. it was close late in the meet just a tiny bit short at the end it was 19 points i think- mcdonogh briefly led with 4 events to go.

Also i saw the longest HS long jump i have ever seen im pretty sure Justin 24'2 3/4" it was a big one obv.

franklin is doing ok one week to go until regionals its going to be hard to ualify a lot of people this year we just have to learn to fight hard in races next year the girls are going to be very good.

easy day and feeling ok

so 20 min run at franklin today with michelle and gen. then picnic prior to counties. some minor food fights and icing smearing broke out heh but nothing too bad. counties should be fun- 4x8s some good miles and 800s also ashb zak and the field events. also our jv boys sprinters are actually pretty good.

my foot was pretty good today it didnt hurt really hardly at all. i can walk 95% normally now. the big challenge now is to continue doing my exercises and icing and stretching. when im around other people i generally dont stretch enough because it takes too long but i just have to start a bit earlier.

also went to the middle school recruiting thing which was mildly productive. we only had about 2 min at the end for signup but about 12 girls signed up which is good. only one boy which is not so good. the boys team could be a problem in 2 years hmph. we will see though lots of boys in hs are starting to do it.

more progress but not too much

so ran 46 min at mcd with jeff and rory. pace extremly slow. foot basically did not bother me at all. then took nap, went to franklin practice. our slow jv boy was trying to run a pr in the 800 while others were doing easy tempo so i ran the second lap with him in about 91 and my foot def was sore. so some progress is being made def but long way to go. also my heel is fairly sore(on that foot of course) it could be the pf is pulling on the heel (obv). so just be patient obv as i said yesterday easy tomorrow and prob off on saturday. then longer run sunday.

a dim light at the end of the tunnel- or just a mirage heh

so during the franklin workout i was running around on the lax field and my foot felt good so i ran slightly faster a few times and it still felt ok/not painful. of coursse we are talking about 30m runs or something like that. still good sign i guess. then went to mcd and ran 3 miles and it wasnt bad at all. so a good day at least- tomorrow i will run before practice and maybe again after possible double. then easy friday and off saturday.

of course my foot will prob be really sore tomorrow or something haha- no lets stay positive!

hmm possible stall

well 30 min run today. quite slow with franklin. my foot doesnt really bother me while running or walking now of course im running like 9 min pace. it seems to be staying the same now which is a little annoying. i think its still getting better but the improvement is super slow or like 2 steps forward and one back. Really it feels the same as it did(if i can recall properly) in jan/feb/march before i injured it but i want it to go away more completely. the way my foot is messed up that might take a long time so idk what will happen. for now through may really just more easy running and see where we get.

remember my right foot got pretty much completely better(mostly) so hopefully the left one will too. hopefully it wont take 2 years or something though heh.