I went for a three mile run on Wednesday afternoon and really soaked in the joy of heat in the high 90s. Even more disappointing was that my right heal started really hurting again, even though it didn’t hurt too much at the end of the run and the fact that I iced it for a good 10-15 minutes after. Right now I’m not sure I should continue trying to push it, I absolutely don’t want any sort of permanent injury, and I’m trying to weigh my options. I’m considering laying off running for a few weeks and taking up the stationary bike to compensate, and also doing some weight training.
Not sure what to do right now, this is a seriously disappointing development and I’m really bummed about it.

Week before last I suddenly got lazy and stopped running in the morning, instead I started going to the gym in the afternoon and either running around their curvy little track or running on the treadmill. One of the positives of running on the treadmill as pushing my pace up to an 11 minute mile, as opposed to a 12, and I did a four and three mile run that way. The downside is that I feel that running on a treadmill is a poor approximation of actually going out and running, plus it’s incredibly boring. Wednesday before last I did the 4 miler at just under an 11 minute pace, plus I set the treadmill to do random elevations, I felt this would give a better simulation of being outside. I guess that worked.
Saturday before last I went out to the lake and ran six miles and accomplished that just a tad over 1 hour 13 minutes, pretty good considering the run was pretty excruciating. I just never got comfortable. I also finally overdid it and hurt me heel, I forget what it’s called, but it hurts like heck, especially after you’ve been sitting for awhile, or when you get out of bed in the morning. As a result I took last week off and didn’t run at all. I bought some Dr. Scholl’s insoles for my heels and that has really helped, they’re feeling a ton better. The left is great, the right still hurts a bit.
This morning I got up and ran about a two mile run, and that felt great. Wednesday I’ll do 3 and then Thursday 2 again, and Saturday will be 4. I’m going to trim back a bit, as Mitzy thinks I ought to. My heel injury was probably caused by just increasing my mileage too fast. I sure hope that’s all it was.

Distance: 3 miles
Time: Don’t know – about 38 minutes if I had to guess from the outside track clock at the gym.
Didn’t do long run on Saturday, briefly thought about going on Sunday, but it didn’t happen. Poo.
Did run Monday night, was going to go to the gym and run on the treadmill. I find that horribly boring, but figured a change would be nice, that and it’s easy. Once I got to the gym I decided it didn’t feel that hot outside, so I went and ran 6 laps around the 1/2 mile track they have out back. Lord that was dumb. It was hot, muggy and humid, I was literally soaked with sweat by the time I finished. The track is very curvy, and was very monotonous.