48 Days to Go (Vespinae)
Date - Day - Scheduled Workouts (Intervals within desired pace)
4/16/18 - M - OFF
4/17/18 - T - 3 mile WU + 15 x 200m @ R (5:27) w/ 200m RI + 3 mile CD
4/18/18 - W - 7 miles @ EA (8:14)
4/19/18 - R - OFF
4/20/18 - F - OFF
4/21/18 - Sat - OFF
4/22/18 - Sun - MCR Stage 2A
Running duration = 2:19 hours
Running mileage = 16.1 miles
Indoor Virtual Biking duration = n/a hours
Indoor Virtual Biking mileage = n/a miles
Total (training) duration = 2:19 hours
Total (training) mileage = 16.1 miles
Number of running SOS intervals within pace = 7/15 (47%)
Monday
Great birthday. G and Steph took me out to a nice dinner. I'm a lucky guy and I'm not complaining.
Tuesday
It was finally time to start real training in advance of my HM in June! We had to leave the house at 8:15am for G's first professional photo shoot. We also had an appointment with the realtor at 5:30pm and I couldn't be sure whether I'd have time between or after the meeting. So I decided to get it out of the way and do the run early in the morning. So I was up at 4:45am and out the door not long after. It was finally go time!
3 mile WU + 15 x 200m @ R / 200m RI + 3 mile CD
Simple enough. I got the 3 mile WU out of the way and it was time to hit the super speedy paces for the first time since way before December.
R Goal - 41.0 seconds (window of 40.0-42.9 seconds)
Intervals - 42.9, 40.5, 40.6, 39.7, 39.1, 39.1, 39.8, 39.3, 39.7, 40.7, 39.6, 40.1, 40.9, 37.5, 42.0
Was conservative on the first one, and then I let myself settle in. Not quite the right pace, but pretty darn consistent throughout. That 37.5 was because I had an audience. Definitely feeling it towards the end, but I was successful.
Then came G's photo shoot. Needless to say, she absolutely crushed it. I can't say much about it. But I'd say if she can do that again every time, then she'll keep having fun and others will enjoy working with her.
Then came the realty appointment. Unfortunately, I made the decision not to wear shoes outside and it truly cost me. Awwww, my foot hurst. WHAT a WASP??? UGH! It started to swell somewhat and I iced it and soon enough was in bed.
Because I moved the run to the morning, it was not going to be ideal to try and do the McMillan core routine. So I just decided to skip it.
Wednesday
Woke up and while my foot was slightly swollen, it wasn't that bad. I could tell the bridge of my foot was swollen complete, but other than that, good to go. So as the day progressed I never questioned being able to run. I was scheduled for an easy 7 mile day. Things started off fine, but as the run progressed I could tell I wasn't 100%. And my foot was causing me to compensate ever so slightly. I ended up slowing down and just trying to finish it out.
As soon as I got home, I knew I needed some ice and elevation. So that's what I did for the rest of the evening.
Thursday
Woke up and ready to do my core McMillan routine. Put my foot on the ground and it was quite apparent something was wrong. I could barely walk across the room. I made it to the couch and decided to use the "core" time for ice/elevation. I took my sock off and whoa mommy! That was a very swollen foot. I couldn't even recognize it anymore. I could't even tie my shoe! I limped around all day and tried to keep it iced and elevated at work. No running.
Friday
Still swollen. Still no running.
Saturday
Still swollen. Still no running.
We went to go see Avengers Infinity War. I've literally been waiting for this movie for years. It was finally here. It did not disappoint. One of the best movies I've ever seen and everyone must go see it. A-MA-ZING!
Sunday
Finally starting to look like my normal foot, but not quite there yet. I decided to give it until Tuesday. So instead I went with just the McMillan Stage 2A core routine. It was fine and I survived.