The Road To Boston IV

I got back to running this week, but it may be short lived. On Monday morning, I swam 1600 yards, then later in the day I did 4 miles at mid-tempo pace, 7:25 per mile. Foot felt good, so I decided to plan a track workout for Thursday. Tuesday I did intervals on the bike trainer in the morning and lifted in the afternoon. Wednesday morning I was back in the pool for 2150 yards. Thursday at lunch I went out to the track for 6x800s @ 3:10. Started out well enough, but the fast running aggravated my arch. I'm going to have to train without doing speed work for at least a couple of weeks. I'll probably just run tempo runs and a weekly long run from here on out. Wrapped up Thursday with lifting in the afternoon. Rested Friday. Saturday I was up at my dad's and step mom's in Perry Valley (Liverpool, PA). I did a very hilly run in the Appalachian foothills. My foot didn't feel too bad, but it was still a bit sore when I started out because of Thursday's 800s. If it wouldn't have been for the speed-work, the long run would have been much better. Consequently, my foot is a bit sore today. I'm going to lay off for a bit, and stick to cross-training. I'll resume my running again after next weekend's backpacking trip.