After finishing my third official week of training I am feeling much better than I have the previous two weeks. I have not been able to run outside due to the weather with temperatures in the low twenties and snow and ice covering the ground including the three inches of new snow that we got today. Instead I did my weekly miles on the treadmill. Tuesday through Thursday were three miles each. They were all slow but steady and I was happy to be able to run pain free again. I didn't want to go too fast and re-injure myself. Yesterday I was able to do my six mile long run for the week.
I also spent about two hours at the running store taking my new Asics Nimbus back. I am happy to report that Road Runner Sports stood by there word and took the shoes back with no questions asked and were very patient and helpful as I tried on multiple pairs of shoes. I am not trying to turn this into an advertisement, but I do recommend them to anyone. After trying on and running in about seven pair of shoes I decided to buy another pair of the Nike Structure Triax. They seem to be the most comfortable for me and I guess there is something to be said for familiarity as this is my third pair.
This coming week will be very similar to last week. I will be running a total of seventeen miles and have one day of cross training. As long as my legs continue to feel good, I will start to build back up to my running pace. Now that my legs are feeling better, I am becoming more confident that I will be able to complete the necessary base miles to run in Cleveland. Regardless of how fast or slow I go that day, it will be a great experience. One which I will use to help understand how my body reacts to completing that kind of miles, and understand how certain clothing and nutrition choices effect my performance. The idea will be to use this experience and improve on them for Columbus in October. I would love to make it to Boston someday!!
-bgw
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