8/22/07- Was going to do Lower Arroyo but foot felt kinda weird so I aborted. Not the old injury, just general funkiness. Went down El Molino left on
Miles: 8
8/23/07- Woah foot not okay. Can’t tell what exactly hurts, but it’s the very outside right two digits, closer towards the ankle than the forefoot. Walking around today was a painful at times. Swam 1000 yards.
8/24/07- Foot felt much better during the day. Ran Lacy park long way, but it still was bothering me. I have decided to take off as much time as I need until preseason until it gets better.
Miles: 4.5
8/25/07- Biked to Chantry flats. Left mid-day, it was hot as hell, sweated dripping off. My cycling muscles are out of shape, it was quite tough. Foot hurt a bit at first when out of the saddle but by the end of the ride it was pain free. Perhaps (and hopefully) it is a sprain or ligamental, as opposed to a stress fracture or something serious. I guess my foot was in a kind of fine balance. Once something failed, everything went to hell.
Miles (bike): 25
Also I found this really cool video about Matt Withrow's Senior year of HS XC. It is pretty ridiculous.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPT9qTbaGH0&mode=related&search=
If you haven't watched the video of his win at 2003 Foot Locker you should see that first.
2 comments:
for me, there is at least one distinction i draw for training, and injuries that come up
1) is this a serious injury? such that if i continue on, i could create long term damage, and hence put myself out of commission for a long time?
2) do i have the momentum, or faith, that when the injury passes, i will be able to get back into the training mindset and then get back into training without missing a beat (run everyday, hard workouts included)
3) so basically you got to be safe, but you don't want to pussy out, and you also don't want to lose momentum you've gained over a long period of consistent training...
100 miles a week for that withrow guy? didn't tarik do 84/week
that is impressive, but it seems not extraordinary.
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