Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Marathon training update (12 weeks left til Chicago!!!)

I guess it’s too late to call this a Marathon Monday post… how bout Training Tuesday?!?

I’ve actually been a little bit swamped with work (which is kinda nice for a change) and with life (also not bad) so I’m going to keep this post brief… Here’s my numbers:

Week 6 stats (2010)                                                                       Week 6 stats (2009)
50.96 miles                                                                                     20.29 mile
8:04 average pace                                                                           8:50 average pace
long run – 18.6 miles                                                                       long run – 9 miles

Looking at the numbers you’d think that I had a pretty good training week last week… and for the most part you’d be right… I had an awesome tempo run: 10 miles at an average of 7:22 including 5 miles at 6:50 pace… I also had an awesome long run: 18.6 miles at 8:13 pace…

My only problem is that my right foot is starting to experience some plantar fasciitis. It started off mild and it’s still not horrible, but running on it isn’t exactly helping it get better either… The good part right now is that it doesn’t really bother me too much during my runs (except for a little at the beginning)… I’m just wondering how long that’s going to last.

For now, I’m planning to just keep running on it while at the same time applying an aggressive treatment strategy of icing, stretching, and denial…

14 comments:

  1. Those are some seriously impressive stats.

    SERIOUSLY.

    Take care of that foot. I'd hate for PF to eff up the awesome training you've got going.

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  2. Heck of a tempo run - nice work!

    Hope you can hold the PF at arm's length. Once that stuff takes hold it's a nasty fight. Lots and lots of calf stretching seems to be helping me lately, but every day is a little different.

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  3. Great mileage. I am a PF veteran and have all kinds of tips to keep you out there--shoot me an email if you'd like.

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  4. 12 weeks...CRAZY! Great job...as Pam said, your stats are seriously impressive! Good luck with that foot...take all the extra time you can to look after it!!

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  5. Wow -What great training weeks! Take care of that PF- sending you healing vibes right now!

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  6. Great run but make sure to take care of the foot!

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  7. Good luck with the foot...hope you can keep the PF at bay.

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  8. Great training week! Go away PF!

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  9. awesome miles!!

    PF sucks. bummer.

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  10. Be careful with that PF. Ice the crap out of it when not running. And tell your wife to send me some of that mango salsa...

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  11. Eeeek. I've heard PF is NOTHING to mess with. But neither are 50 mile weeks. Way to kill it.

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  12. I'm barely over PF and am hitting 50mpw myself. It is not to be trifled with. Try heel drops before and after the run. Icing 15 mins at a time or a golf ball rolling under that foot

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  13. Seriously, contact Misszippy. She is running Stud. I hear it can be nasty. I went to my 2nd Dr. appt. today. The bad news: I probably have a stress fracture. The good news: it's not PF.

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  14. Get a grip on the PF before it puts you into one. Good luck with that. Great stats. They say that PF is like the Vampires Bite to Runners. Hmmm.

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