Nothing extraordinary about Saturday’s run. My usual training partner was missing in action due to her fall last weekend and she said she tweaked something and was going to take a few days off. Another hot day although during the first three miles there was still a slight breeze. Turning to 6th Street and going up the hill, the breeze was gone and remained that way the rest of the 10 mile run. I was fortunate to have run with Kate who pushed me into running a tempo effort for about 5 miles. She was extending her mileage so I let her go at about the 7 ½ mile mark. I don’t know if I would have been able to keep up if I joined her in extending the course. Finally brought my MP3 player in case I wouldn’t have anyone to chat with during the run but didn’t have to use it until the last 2 miles when I had to run solo. I was lucky that the hot spot I felt on my left pinkie toe last week didn’t turn into a blister and I didn’t feel it today.
After the run, a podiatrist named Dr. Braverman spoke to the runners about running injuries. Mine of course is stage 2 PTTD which is not a run of the mill type of injury that runners commonly hear. The good doctor got Tam to model her Achilles tendonitis and me my PTTD. Here is a link to a previous blog entry about that injury: http://noeldlp.blogspot.com/2009/02/q.html
I got to thank Gavin for putting a link about this blog in the Wrigley River Run/Long Beach Neighborhood Foundation newsletter. I received the most number of hits I ever had in a day when the newsletter came out.
For comparison purposes, I ran this 10 mile course last year at an 8:40 pace per mile, and today I ran it at 9:16 pace. Last year’s pace was before I tore my posterior tibialis tendon in October. Still, despite getting slower, I’m happy that I’m still running.
I’m writing and posting this entry later than usual. I got home close to noon on Saturday after picking up my prescription medications from the pharmacy and buying a couple of coffee cakes for Sunday night’s potluck at work. After showering and while icing my ankles and eating lunch, I watched the movie “The Soloist”, then finished reading the day’s newspaper before taking a nap prior to going to work. Well, better late than never.
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