I must be doing something right because the foam under my right armpit is back.
Friday, July 20, 2010 (45 minutes)
Longest run in a while. Feeling good. My pace seems to vary widely, but it depends on my train of thought. I can still hit a good clip easily, but I can't maintain it like I used to, at least not without lots of effort, so I wind up speeding up when I'm thinking about something, then slowing down when reality settles in again.
Monday, July 19, 2010 (36 minutes)
Nice run around the grove. I keep saying I need new shoes and then not getting them. This has to end. I guess I'll just stop saying it.
Tuesday July 14, 2010 (30 minutes)
Woodchip trail for 30 minutes. Actually about 29 minutes for five laps.
I took an extended rest because I smacked my knee hard against a wall while rock climbing just after my last update. It never looked bruised or swollen, but still took a big chunk of time to heal. Now it feels pretty much better, but I definitely need new shoes.
Saturday, July 3 2010 (40 minutes)
Good 40 minute run around campus in the morning. The dirt trail along Stanford avenue has been improved out of existence, though.
In the afternoon I went climbing and banged my knee. It continued hurting enough on the 4th to keep me from running.
Friday, July 2, 2010 (20 minutes barefoot)
Yesterday afternoon, after running in the morning, I was assigned to lead the track activity with the campers. I would up running 4x200 at a decent clip (old mile pace), and was sore this morning, but the good kind of sore.
Since I did my longest run yet yesterday morning and a bonus workout in the afternoon, I decided to take it easy today with a 20-minute barefoot jog on the grass at Wilbur field. It felt good and my foot held up.
June 30 and July 1, 2010 (5 and 6 x grove)
I've moved up my run length gradually over the past week. Doing six laps actually felt fine this morning. That translates into a 35 minute run at about 7:00/mile, or maybe a little slower.
I think it will be a while before I truly feel comfortable running again, but I'm at least able to do it.
I've been running in shoes on a wood chip trail, and this seems to be working well for my foot. Going barefoot seems to be harder on it. My current pair of shoes is a little old, so I guess I need some new ones.
Also, I have to run with my work cell phone when I'm on duty. It naturally has a clock, so I was using that to see how much time has elapsed, and hence not lose track of how many laps I've run. I ran in the dark. To see the time, I opened up the phone and looked at the clock. When I closed the phone, the time was still displayed on the outside.
Later on, I hit a button on the outside of the phone accidentally and the time popped up again. So ten minutes (or so) later, I wanted the time. I figured it would be easier to hit the button on the outside of the phone than to open it, so I hit a button on the outside. Instead of the time, a little picture of a bell popped. I kept pressing buttons, trying to get the bell to go away and the time to pop up. Then I ran into a pole.
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