Weekend Update, and the taper into Glacial Trail

FRIDAY: 1hr on bike indoors, ~18.5 miles
SATURDAY 2hr 12.5mi run in FP
SUNDAY 1.5hr on bike (28 miles), 37 min run (~4miles)

I'm still indoors on the bike as my foot continues to heal. Heel. HA!

The clip-in/clip-out is about the worst thing for it, the twisting under pressure does NOT feel good. Running, however, doesn't seem to be a bother. So the long run in FP with TH was not only a confidence-boosting relief but also a test of the system. I didn't wear the Cascadias since it's pretty much a road run, even though I'll be wearing those in the race. And I didn't wear my Camelbak, I just carried a bottle of water. And I ate NO nutrition the entire 2hrs. This was decidedly an simulating sim-run.

I didn't eat and I didn't get hungry. But that's not to say I probably couldn't have benefited from some calories to keep my focus. I ate a sweet potato and full breakfast beforehand and felt satisfied. I'll eat in the race. I'm not sure what yet, but I'll eat. And it's funny to think that my taper into the ultra has me running my longest run in two weeks. hehe.

On Sunday the goal was a bike-run but it broke up into a TAD with the bike in the morning and the run in the late afternoon. Overall I just wanted to wear my legs out a bit without the pounding of running. I did the run in the Kinvara 2.0's to keep me from running more than the 4 miles. I felt great, but the bottoms of my feet were getting pained by the end.

The ankle continues to pain in that one specific spot. I think if I looked at an anatomy image I could pinpoint the problem.

On Saturday I bought the Merrell Arcs, as part of my barefoot/strength building strategy. I just wore them around the house Sunday. I'm not sure if I need to move up a size? They feel really different from the Earth shoes which is good, but when I flex my foot it feels like my toes are hitting the end of the shoe, which is bad. But there is a toe-guard at the end of the shoe and I wonder if that's what I'm hitting, if that's the case it just means I'm curling my toes up since that's where the guard is.