Half Marathon, Baby

no run... i swapped monday's off day and sunday's long run around because of being out of town.. it was dark and i was tired, and i was pressured to see people who were in town for 2 days.. i feel bad not running the day after a race, argh, but whatever. this is supposed to be a lighter mileage week.

2 strides and a few drills afterwards. coincidentally ran into jake while with nimrod since jake didn't run yesterday, went to the cubs vs sox game instead. pretty crazy that we left at the same time and met at the halfway mark between his house and mine! he hasn't been feeling so good for a long time, thinks it's from the lifting he has to do. he emailed his coach who told him to not do workouts this week, just mileage. i decided i want to take advantage of this to run a speed workout tomorrow with nimrod. does 5x200m, full rest sound right? prolly gonna do a tempo on saturday, this time 4 miles, gah.

run will be in the afternoon. for now, did a core workout. gonna start doing these a couple times a week.

afternoon: 8 miles, ran to a track with nim, did 5x~200m with 5-6 min rest. i'm not sure how accurate the 200m were, but the times were 31.5ish, 32.8ish, 31.low, 30.08, 29.52. i didn't start looking at the decimals really till later in the workout. afterwards did 2 strides. my tendon from my groin to down the inside of my thigh is sort of acting up again, probably from the sprints and sharp turns on this weird track. bargh.

ran with jake, so you know it was prolly a little bit fast, but not too bad.

afterwards did "10 down" pushups, where basically he does 10 pushups, then he rests while i do 10, then he does 9 and i rest, i do 9 and he rests, etc, and from 3 down you just hold in the up position. the groin/hip flexor area was ok during the run, but still can feel it, definitely not great yet.

afterwards i showered, and at the end of it i gradually cooled the water to only cold water (it got SO cold! no reason for a shower to get that cold except for this purpose), then used the water as like an ice spray for my legs for awhile. before getting out i warmed the water up a little bit and thawed out. i think that helped some, we shall see.

ran 5 to frisbee, played frisbee for 3+ hours, ran 3 home. what a day! leg was feeling fine during the games! unfortunately, on the way home i noticed an achy bump on my right ankle, right below that bone that juts out on the outside. i'm icing it now though, and i was able to uncomfortably still run on it, so it should be fine

i swear to god if this is a fracture...

edit: ok, almost certain now that it isn't. the swelling and pain respond to icing, making walking no problem. walking before the ice was difficult/painful. haynes, what is that ibuprofen dosage you always suggest? i'm gonna ice/drug the shit outta this thing. not running today though. i hope i'm ok tomorrow.

did "the pillar" core workout and 2x20 pushups

okkkk, so tried out the run since most of my pain was gone by the time i went to sleep last night. the start was a little shaky, but after a few miles things were good and we actually ended up picking up the pace a lot for the last 3. decided to let it go today, whatever. no pain when i finished running, or almost none. the pain i did feel was not in my foot, but was instead up in my hip flexor again. what a relief! took some ibuprofen and going for the long run tomorrow. also did 5 min core with jake.