Training 6/22/08 - 6/28/08

6/22 - 23 miles

AM: 23 miles, first 16 hilly but real easy, little quicker last 7

6/23 - 18 miles

AM: 13 easy, w/ 8x50 hill sprints

PM: 5 easy sore right foot

6/24 - 18 miles

AM: 7 easy, feel awful, lots of smoke in the air from fires

PM: 11 easy, right arch really sore

6/25 - 19 miles

AM: 11 easy, foot sucks

PM: 8 easy, 6x 150

6/26 - 11 miles

AM: 11 easy, really smoky air, foot still bad

PM: no run, ART massage on posterior tib tendon in the right foot/lower leg. Much better afterward.

6/27 - 23 miles

AM: 16 easy, foot better

PM: 7 easy, tired, but foot feeling ok

6/28 - 23 miles

AM: 13 easy

PM: 10 easy, sufferfest, but foot felt ok

Total miles - 135

My right foot really bugged me this week. The problem seems to be the posterior tib tendon (not sure if that's the scientific name) that runs inside the tibia and then attaches in the arch area. Ice helps, and so do exercises done with an elastic band, but the ART massage on Thursday really drilled down on the problem. Fast running makes the symptoms worse so I only ran easy this week. On the bright side, running big miles only has a small impact on the symptoms so I loaded up this week for the first time since March. I'd like to max out at 170 - 180 miles per week later in the summer, which would be bigger than the 160 weeks I've done in the past. Every time I've increased the mileage, good results have followed. Lets hope that trend continues.

Comments

[Ryan Song]

Hi Peter.

Nice blog. Sorry to hear about your injuries and illnesses these past couple of weeks. Hope things heal up quickly. Also, I can't wait to see how you build up to and structure a 170-180 mile week. Talk to you soon.

Ryan

[Sky Pile]

Hi Pete,
I ran with Egerton in high school and met you briefly a time or two when you were at Cal. Thanks for throwing this blog up - I'm resurrecting my running using Jack's book and I'm really interested in seeing this daily routine of an elite under his guidance.

Good luck with the hip and foot - hopefully the new PT is still working out.
Sky