Much needed rest week

Tuesday BIKE 70 mins 21 miles

Wednesday RUN 8 miles in ~1:18 mins?

Thursday BIKE 60 mins and ~18 miles

Saturday RUN 1:29 and 10 miles on treadmill

Sunday RUN 1:16 and 8 miles in Illinois

Rest week must not have been too remarkable, if I didn't right anything about it? WRONG.

On Tuesday, the bottoms of my feet were still hurting. To the point that I was getting certain that my Cascadia 5's were over the hill. I ran to rest more, figuring the scheduled 4-miler wasn't too much too miss.

On Wednesday I ran from home in the Cascadia 8's. I got 0.79 miles before I was back at the house for the Adrenalines. The Cascadia's hurt and felt too big. But is it fair to judge them on pavement? When my feet already hurt?

Wednesday night a focal pain was still present on the left side of my left foot. I was getting certain that I had a stress fracture. Stress! While in bed trying to fall asleep my feet continued to be uncomfortable. Hurting here, then there, then here, then over there...like a test or a mind game. Stress fracture? Conditioning pain?

On Thursday the fear of a stress fracture kept me away from the Thursday morning run.

On Friday, I rested. And drove north to Illinois. That night my resting HR was 39. Yikes. 

On Saturday, I went to the ILVY for 10 miles on the treadmill. I could have run outside, but I wanted a fast sustained workout and I also wanted to squeeze it into family time. I set the tready for hills, so one 1 min of hill then 1 min of 0% incline for the first hour. I also alternated a 6-something pace for 1 mile and a 7-something pace for the next. This felt easy enough until about mile 7, after which I didn't fully recover. YES! For the first time all week, for the first time in what seems recent memory, I had a speed based burn out workout. This burned the carbon off the plugs, so to speak. Felt great the rest of the day.

On Sunday, I ran up to the school road. It was 35F outside with minimal wind so I was almost overdressed. This run felt great too! I held a sub-9 in some of the miles. I felt fresh and strong. This was a much needed feeling. 

Next week is a race week but still a training week. I need to decide on how to handle the mid-week runs, start packing, and set solid goals for the 60K.