Running The Road Blog

February 2, 2010

Last week I had less heel pain before, during and after since before the Chicago Marathon and this week has started the same. Did a 4 mile run yesterday and the pain was hardly noticeable so I have high hopes right now that the heel is finally on the mend.

I Did a total of 22 miles last week, the most in a couple of months and going for 24 mile this week with 7 on Saturday planned. Will be glad when I get back into the double digits again!

This week I have included some strides in my easy runs to:

1) See how the heel will react to some faster running.

2) Improve leg turnover.

3) Gradually get legs accustomed to some faster running.

I did some short strides yesterday at approximately 8:30 pace on the TM and the heel handled it okay.

I didn’t waste any time registering for the Chicago Marathon. This will be my 6th running of Chicago. It would have been the 7th, but had to DNS 2 years ago because of a hamstring injury. Also, have run the Country Music Marathon 4 times. The two marathons make a nice mix, Chicago is nice and flat and Nashville is hilly. Also, my son lives in Antioch, TN so it makes it really convenient to run the CMM.

Now, if it would just quit snowing long enough for the roads to clear off so I can get back on the road and off this TM!

Enjoy every step!