The good thing about having a holiday week is that you sometimes get a chance to run during the week. Since this was a week where we started to get our mileage ramped up, we moved the Wednesday long mid-week run to Thursday. On Monday, we ran together for a short 3 miles. We actually had the largest mid-week group ever, with six of us. Because Tuesday was Christmas, no one ran. Wednesday, I trudged through 3 miles on the treadmill which I have grown to hate. However, it was raining (a cold rain at that), so at least I stayed dry.<\/p>\n
Thursday, we ran 5 miles outside, again with a fairly large group. At about half way, the congestion got to me and I had to walk long enough to blow my nose. I figured out a long time ago that I cannot blow my nose and run without paying for it for at least 1\/4 of a mile — it really screws with my breathing. Anyway, just before mile 4, the bottom left of my left foot started to hurt badly. I have had this pain in the past, but it always seems to correct itself. I walked for almost a minute, then started running again. Part way through the 5th mile, it did the same thing. A brief stint walking and I was back to muscle through the final mile. We’ll have to see how Saturday goes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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