Quality: 16 miles on Wednesday.
Trail: 12 miles at Capitol View Park on Monday.
Easy: 1 run for 6 miles.
Cycling: N/A
Total: 3 runs & 0 rides for 34 miles.
Sometimes when you're riding that razor's edge between high mileage & too high you get cut. I knew going into Wednesday's tempo run that the accumulated fatigue was catching up with me, but with next week being a down week I pushed through. I was only able to do about a quarter of a mile at marathon pace before I pulled up, something didn't feel right with my hip & I didn't want to blow my chances of running Cinci on a re-injury of my hip. So I decided to just run the 16 miles as a mid week long run. Everything was going well until about 6 miles into the run when I felt a pretty sharp pain in my right calf. If you know me well then you know I have a tendency to run through things, so I finished up the 16 miler.
By Thursday it was obvious that this wasn't just a niggle, but a real injury. Luckily I spent all last year battling demons brought on by running through injuries that I should have let heal. The calf got a little better day by day & I was even able to go for a short hike with the kid on Sunday. Monday was my first day pain free, but I was sedentary all day so not a good gauge of healing. Tuesday had me on my feet all day & was also pain free. My new rule regarding injuries is that I have to get in one non-sedentary day pain free before I can run again.
While it stings to miss a week of training so close to the marathon it is better than missing the marathon all together. This week is a down week in mileage on the schedule so I'm going to use it to ease back into running, paying very close attention to any signs of re-injury. With all clear I can go into one last high mileage week before the taper & still be in good shape for Cinci.
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