Agony of de feet

Mine hurt. A lot. My legs too. I think it has something to do with the running I did. You see, I've got a race coming up this weekend, and then the Chicago Marathon in 2 weeks after that. So I've got a lot of running to do yet before I'm done, and I'm just hitting peak long runs for the marathon training, as well as my last week of peak workouts for the triathlon race.

This last week saw me do the following:

Monday
Run LT Test ( ~4.5 miles )
Bike 2:00 ( 30+ miles )
Tuesday
Swim 1:25 ( 4300 meters )
Wednesday
Bike 2:00 ( 40 miles )
Run 1:10 ( 8.6 miles ) (this was a 'brick')
Thursday
Run 1:45 ( 10.8 miles )
Friday
Swim 0:45 ( 2400 meters )
Saturday
Run 3:10 ( 20.1 miles )
Sunday
Bike 3:00 ( 52 miles )

Oh my poor aching legs. :) I'm starting to see what it's like to run a lot. My toes are starting to get beat up. I didn't think it'd happen to me, as I've not had any problems with them to date. However, all that running pushed me over the edge I think. It's the front of my toes that hurt.

I set a new PR in the 10k during my brick run on Wednesday. I hit 6.2 miles in 49:04. I also set a decent 1/2 marathon pace on Saturday, hitting the 13.1 mile mark in about 1:57. Presuming I'm able to get a good taper in for the marathon, that could work out to a sub 4 hour performance. Not too shabby for my first marathon if I can pull it off and my legs don't fall off first.

The brightside is there is an end in sight! After the marathon in 3 weeks, I'm on an imposed "no training" schedule for the rest of October. Physically I could probably keep going, but mentally I need the break. It's getting hard to keep myself motivated, and I think the break will help. Plus, I'm going to Hawaii, so I'm looking forward to that! :)