Okay I know it has been a long time since I have updated my progress, but I was busy wallowing in my own self pity. I had all good intentions of posting up after our first 20k benchmark on 11/20 with my time and how great the run felt. Well the run did go well, so I thought. About 2 hours after the run I started to get a pain in my left Achilles and by Sunday morning it was very uncomfortable and there was a knot about 1.5 inches up from the bottom of my foot. Monday morning I called the Dr. and she was able to work me in later that day. I went in hoping for a diagnosis of Achilles Tendinitis but instead I heard the words that I probably have a partial tear, but she is hopeful that we caught it soon enough that anti-inflammatory, rest and rehab will fix me up and get back on the road.
This weekend I have made some great progress. I was able to Mt. Bike 16.65 miles Saturday and I did 5 miles on the elliptical and walked 1.5 miles on the treadmill with no pain. I have also been able to execute calf raises with no pain this weekend as well. So I am very hopeful that I will be cleared to run this week in PT. The marathon is less than 3 months away and I can not miss much more training.
11/08 4.16 miles 38:49
11/09 4.21 miles 56:48 <- 15 hill repeats, 11 forward, 4 backwards(hello thighs).
11/11 3.03 miles 25:15
11/13 10.00 miles 1:36:01
21.40 miles total
11/16 2.00 miles speed work on treadmill
11/18 3.28 miles 30:31
11/20 12.40 miles 1:56:31
17.68 miles total
