I have taken a couple of weeks off running to try to recover from the persistent pain I've experienced on the top of my feet for a while now. Last week I ran only 6 miles at the beginning of the week, and skipped everything else including the long run. I have been popping ibuprofens like candy and tried various freeze creams. Despite all that, I am still sore after my runs.
These small injuries are really frustrating... Pain or not, I am resuming the training this week with a vengeance. Monday was an easy 10 miler and today I did 6 miles of hard intervals on the treadmill: 1 mile @ 7.5 mph, 1 mile @ 10.5 mph x2, then various fartlek / tempo speed changes between 8 and 12 mph. The 6 miles took just 40 minutes and I was pretty happy to be able to complete this workout, especially right after a hard 75 minute bike workout.
In the last week, I didn't do as much weight or core training either. When I slow down the cardio like that it gets harder to stay motivated in any area...
I got a few good days at the pool and finally managed 1000 yards without stopping and without too much struggle. However, the swim remains frustrating. Everytime I stop swimming for a coudple of days I almost fall back down to square one. I have to stop every 100 yards or so and lose my breath quickly...
I plan to post another video of my swim this week to analyse my form...
Finally the weather is starting to get warmer, I'm going to have to get used to working out outside again. The spinning class is coming to an end in a few weeks
