[ripvanracer]

<p>After going 90 straight days earlier this year running at least one hour,  I have started another training method that is based on some successes other runners have had.  The plan is to run  every other day or even every third day for a lot of recovery but run very long workouts on the running days.  I never really plan these things, they just sort of happen.  After my failed attempt at a 50k making it 17 miles, I went out the following week and went 15 miles but at a faster pace.  A few days later I did a 14 miler.  After my race/workot on saturday, my foot hurt so I took 3 days off and gave it a go today.  The foot seems to have some sort of tendinitis that really only hurts after I run but not so much when I am running.  I felt good the first few miles today so I just kept going getting in my goal of a 16 miler. </p>
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<p>The first 5 was at 7:40 pace.  The next 5 was at 7:19 pace and the last 6 was at 7:06 pace.  The total time was 1:57:40 for 7:21/mile.  It helped that the weather was a perfect partly cloudy 70° as I didn't get started until about 11:30.</p>
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<p>Icing the foot now to see what happens.   Mr Eliptical is always waiting for me when I can't run.</p>

 

[HappyFeat]

<p>Hope your foot heals up quickly, Rip, and that your new game plan works well for you.</p>
<p>I've been doing something similar for the last few months with the goal of building up the distances on Mon/Wed/Sat. I take off Friday and Sunday; then on Tues/Thurs I just run 3 or 4 miles slow.  It seems to be working well for me.</p>