Time To Take A Couple Days Off

Well, to some degree I think the 10 miles on Sat are catching up with me a little.

The calf issue I mentioned in the last post lingered until I went to bed Sunday night. As of now, that issue is gone. However, during the easy walk on Sunday my left foot starting acting up on me. I started having some light pain along the outside middle of the foot.

However, none of this prevented me from doing my scheduled 30 run on Monday. But, I did take it easy and only did 2.77 mi in 46:21. I was more focused on my calf than my foot. During the warm up I think I may have found something that could be part of the cause of my right calf issue. I realised that I transitioned from each walk interval to the run I tended to make the first hard move with my right leg. Do that 150+ times and I imagine that it could cause something. So, I focused on either pushing off on the left leg or making the whole transition more gradual. In the end I had no pain or discomfort in my right calf. But, my left foot did bother me some during the warm up, but seemed to be better once I started into the intervals.

My foot continued to bother me some last night so I babied it today, even limping when I didn't really have to just to give it a chance to recover some. Ultimately, I think it has paid off. The pain has disappeared but it still feels a little off.

With all that said, I am going to skip my scheduled Wednesday run with the hope of resuming with 4 mi on Saturday. This might jeopardize my sub 300 weigh-in this Friday. But, I would rather put that off a week than get injured and jeopardize the 1/2.

But, picking up from last week I want to get in a core and weight workout before Saturday. And speaking of last week, I got in every workout I wanted. I may also get in some bike time to get some extra cardio.

Till Next Time...Keep Moving Forward!!!