Archive for April 11th, 2008

Woke up yesterday and the foot was still tender. Figured out that switching between the two pairs of new shoes aggravated my peroneal tendon, which is a tendon you don’t want to mess with, so I took yesterday off, iced twice, ibuprofened twice, even took a rolling-pin to my calves since that’s where the trigger points are, and last but not least, I wore my ole reliable 2120s all day.

Wonder of wonders, woke up this morning and nary a twinge. Nothing! So I decided to go with my planned speed session since it wasn’t going to be short fast intervals, but my favorite interval length in the world (cough, cough), the mile.  Or, as I say around these parts, the goddamn mile seeing as how I hate them so.

My reason for tackling the dreaded mile today was for a better clue of whether I can break 23:00 for my 5K on the 19th, and while my 1/2 mile intervals have been at faster than race pace, they don’t tell me much since they’re relatively short with full recoveries between.

Granted, I also took full recoveries today (1/2 mile jogs), but longer intervals mean longer work periods (aka extended discomfort – my fave!) and I’ve noticed a lot of arm tension in my last two races, so I wanted to deal with that if it arose, but most importantly, I wanted to get acquainted with running my projected goal pace.

Now, looking back at my logs, I’m embarrassed to admit I have never even completed four mile intervals – I always wimped out 3! So today’s workout was satisfying on a couple levels.

Splits were 7:15 (too fast), 7:26, 7:21 and 7:27 for an avg. of 7:22. And this was on the first warmish day of the season, so if I want to be really anal, I can go to the Runango calculator which makes that 70-degree 7:22 a 60-degree 7:16. But that’s just for shits and giggles.

One icebath later, all extremities are feeling fine and dandy, as are the mental meanderings. The windows are open and Spring is all over the house. Going to wallow in this beautiful day since it won’t be long till every day is a sweatfest. And as Nick always says about Springtime in Philly…blink and you might miss it.

Hope you’re all feeling Springy wherever you are, too. Enjoy your Friday, folks!