I woke up this morning and it was 38 F outside. The sun was on its way up but still too cold for shorts. I had to do an hour with two miles at MP this morning. I wished I had waited until after work to do this kind of workout because in the morning my Achilles were tight. After 20 minutes of warm up I decided to get going with the MP miles. Using the 20-22 mile marks of the course I was able to get a measured distance for this workout. My legs felt dead, and my Achilles hurt...not what you want to feel during this type of run. It was the mental not physical aspect that bothered me the most. I know I am fit enough to get through this marathon, but having your legs feel like crap on an easy run is not good for the mind. After looking back, I think I took it too easy last week and had a unplanned taper (down from 72 miles to 52 in one week.) Not that that was high mileage to begin with, but the change may have been to drastic. At any rate I know my legs will come around and I have two opportunities to get massage and make the best of these last two weeks.
Totals: 56:00 ~8.5 miles (MP miles 6:03, 5:53)
2 comments:
Gregg,
Having had Achilles problems myself and being a PT. I thought I might recommend you put a small heel lift in your shoe or shoes. It can be as small and as simple as taking an old insole, cutting the heel part off of it and then sticking that heel piece into your running shoe underneath the insole in there. This helps by lifting the heel up just a bit reducing the tension on the achilles. It can work wonders.
And remember mornings suck! :-)
Cheers,
Greg----one g
Thanks for the advice...I will give it a try, I have a massage tomorrow, and next tuesday as well. I think the right achilles and low gastroc. will be my main area of concern come marathon day. when I did the half marathon a few weeks ago and then again on my 24 miler, it seemed that that area was the first to fatigue and get stiff. I'll try the lift, thanks.
G
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