So yesterday after reading my womensrunning magazine again (I got it Saturday morning!) I was politely informed that "Yes Aine, you do talk about running a lot!". Ooops. I was trying to inspire my housemate to start running home from work and I was told that it would be nice if I could take a break from talking about running for about an hour. I'm kinda glad to hear this though coz it means I've got the running bug again and am enjoying running!
This was mainly due to 2 things. 1) I got my awesome high5 gel pack in the post on Wednesday. It has so many gels and bars in it I didn't know what to do! You can check out the picture on my twitter feeds @trillionblue
And number 2) was the fact that I had a really nice 9mile run. Not my legs I must admit weren't as great as the first 8miler I did this year but I did really enjoy my 9.5miles on Friday morning! I took a gel with me and ran past ASDA and onto the canal. My IT band hurt for a bit so going to stretch is quite a lot before my next big run (10miles Thurs) as I really don't want to get injured. But yeah a 9min/mile pace on Friday and straight into lab. My legs did give up at about 6pm where they really really didn't want to walk home but putting my feet up on the couch for a couple hours sorted that!
A bad thing that did happen was I noticed my toe hurting even more. Now it seems like a really silly injury but my middle toe on my right foot is killing me! I think planking for a week without shoes hurt my feet and then not resting or icing it meant it got worse. But I'll delve into that in a but. Recovery Run!
Recovery run turned into a 4.5mile tempo run coz I met my friend Holly along the canal (@hollycall01). We talked about her sore Achilles tendon which held up for all her 12 miles and about running watches. I'm thinking a year on and it's time. Time to invest in a garmin GPS running watch. I think I've decided to go for the forerunner 110. Hope it's worth it!! Kinda scared coz they're expensive and feel it's a big commitment! Ran with Holly anyway for 2miles in the wrong direction for my recovery so hence the longer miles but felt great so didn't mind.
After walking around all day and sitting through a how-to-be-a-tutor seminar my foot felt a little sore. But what do runners do? Ignore the pain and that's what I did. It's only a toe! I took my shoes off though and all my toes bar my big toe were swollen including the knuckle area. Ooops. And that's when the icing began! 2hours later though and my toes were fine. Don't know what's happening but going to ice again this evening I think. It's sore when I bend it certain ways but not sore enough to be anything major. Will just keep in eye on it.
This weeks runs are being chopped and changed as my Mum is in town but got me 10miles on Thursday and may bring a gel again. It was very sugary but did give me an initial boost. Sure we'll see how it goes!! Getting closer to half marathon time!! :) Oh and booked my flights to it is official now!!
P.S. I love that I am excited about running again and it's funny the little things that can get you going again! :D
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