Easy: 4.5 Miles on the Panhandle

After last week's hilly and relatively long Sunday recovery run left my legs feeling not-so-recovered, I decided to make this a real recovery run. I kept the distance short (4.5 miles), the route flat, and the pace easy (~10 min/mile).

My muscles feel more recovered than last Sunday. But I now have this pain in my right foot (around the fourth metatarsal) that I'm feeling for the first time. It's like a small, intense bruise, but the skin shows no sign of discoloration. Just to be safe, I plunged both of my feet and ankles into an ice bath for 7 minutes after the run.

Mileage Summary

This Week

56 miles

This Month (August)

124.5 miles

This Year (2008)

1029.5 miles

Today's Run

Workout

Easy pace

Start Time

9:45 am

Total Distance

4.5 miles

Total Time

41:25

Route

Flat. Out and back to where the Panhandle hits Stanyan

Pre-run

Raisin bran w/ 1% milk

Post-run

Glass Ovaltine with 1% milk, ice bath for both feet up to above the ankle