After a week with no running I was anxious to hit the treadmill on Saturday in a controlled environment that would allow me to stop if at any point I felt like I was making my toe issue any worse. I felt good with both feet taped up pretty good and a focus not on time and pace put purely on keeping my heart rate at an average of 163 and never above 170, which is unheard of on any other training run since this running thing began.
Overall things were very successful. I had only planned to go about 10 miles max, but I felt so well and my heart rate was going so well that I decided to keep going and pull off a full 13.1 miles. My heart rate was fantastic, being indoors, with no hills I'm sure contributed to the heart rate being stable as well as going nice and slow. I averaged about 9:40/9:45 a mile which if my goal is sub 4 should be where I am running my training long runs anyway. I had some normal soreness but felt amazing. The toes were a little uncomfortable but nothing major. After talking to some of my friends on the message boards, I received some good encouragement to go another week or two of working just on the bike or pool for cross training during the week to continue to give my body time to heal. My major goal is going to be to get to the start line healthy and not killing myself training will be key.
I'm looking forward to a meeting with my chiropractor tomorrow for an adjustment and a possible x-ray of the foot to see if there is anything major going on.
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