Ugh, not been so good the past few days.
Lots of juggling and background noise.
Orig. Schedule:
Sat. easy 5-miler
Sun. off
Mon. chest
Tue. easy 4-miler
First problem came up Saturday when my schedule just didn't work out for running (although I did get a 5 mile walk in). Even though I was traveling on Sunday, I figured I'd get to Chicago early enough to get in the 5 at the hotel. No biggie.
Sunday, I check into the crappiest 4* that hotwire has to offer in Chicago, the Knickerbocker. Seriously, how offensive is it to call this fleabag has-been hotel a 4*?? I went to their "fitness center" and found the ricketiest treadmill I've ever seen (and I've stayed at some horrible places in small towns, and never was a treadmill this bad). I made it about a mile until I got too scared of the erratic speed and the way the belt had started to oscillate from \ to | to / (!).
It was probably just as well, as my foot had been starting to bother me. I don't know what you call the bend between the instep and the shin, but it was starting to get sore (before I got on the treadmill, so I don't blame them).
Monday, it was killing me. I was kind of limping around in the office. I was glad I was doing weights and not running, but then I got way too busy to make it to the gym (especially since I was changing hotels so had all my luggage to deal with). So, I got into my MUCH better hotel room, and RICEd it which felt fantastic.
Now, I know I shouldn't have done this, but I had already lost 4 miles from last week, I couldn't miss a weight workout this week. Too much inconsistency. So, feeling good, I headed down to see how my foot would handle the easy 4-miles on a no-incline treadmill. I told myself that I would stop if it hurt at all, but it didn't, so I got in 4 miles in about 42:00. Came back and RICEd some more just to be safe.
Today, got in the chest workout I was supposed to get Monday. Stuck with the long and slow. Chest Press, Dips, A-Frame chest press, machine flys, pushups, and one-armed cable crosses all 6-count up/6-count down.
Tomorrow, I'll do a similar back workout and not run again until Thursday. Was scheduled to be a tempo run, but I think I'll dial it back it to another easy run just so I don't push my foot too far.
Saturday, I did get moved up from my New Balance 1223s (Stability) to Brooks Beasts (Motion Control), and I still haven't decided how I feel about it. I tried them out yesterday for the first time and had one brief moment where I felt a quick shooting pain in my right knee. I immediately focused on form and felt fine thereafter, but I'm afraid it's too much control for me. I believe I overpronate less when running than when walking, and all the shoe guy saw was walking. I also think it's too easy of an answer to jump me to motion control solely on the basis of my weight. But, I want to give it a try. I actually still have about 200 miles left on the 1223s and plan to rotate them with the Brooks (appropriate to the speed of the workout). We'll see.
So much for a quick entry.
