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6 down, 12 to go…

January 13, 2014 by MCM Mama 6 Comments

Training weeks, that is…

Yesterday, I may have had my worst run ever. And today I am paying for it. I ran 8.2 no good, very bad miles on a beautiful sunny day. My left calf was so tight that it made my foot go numb.  Seriously.  I stretched it about every half mile and finally, about mile 5, things loosened up. (Sign you are a distance runner – your body doesn’t start enjoying the run until you are 5 miles in…)  For such a short “long run”, my body is feeling pretty sore today.  Of course, it may have something to do with standing in heels for 4 hours on Saturday evening at a party.

But, in general, training is going well:

  • I’m up past 30 miles per week, hitting my goal for Jess’ Winter Challenge
  • I’m getting in double digit runs every other week
  • I’m running with friends and generally enjoying the process
  • I’m getting *plenty* of hill training
  • My aches and pains are varied – no one part is giving me trouble

I’m debating whether this week will be a fallback week or not.  I’m trying to build for three weeks at 5% and then take a fallback, but if today’s run feels anything like yesterday’s run, I’ll be cutting the mileage this week.  My goal with this training plan is to stay flexible and listen to my body.

The big question for the week is whether I’ll run the 20K race I have on Saturday.  It’s starts crazy late and we are having a bunch of people over for dinner at 5.  Guess it depends on how productive I can be this week LOL.

Have you ever had a body part go numb when running?  What did you do?  I really don’t ever want to go through that again…

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  1. Laura @losingrace says

    January 13, 2014 at 10:07 am

    I have had feet and toes go numb- sometimes from muscle cramps working their way down my leg, and sometimes because I have a bad habit of tying my shoes too tight.

    I think your ‘flexible’ plan is a good thing, help you stay strong and healthy for the big year you have planned!
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  2. Kim @ (Just) Trying says

    January 13, 2014 at 10:19 am

    12 weeks? That’s all we’ve got? Yikes!
    My toes have gone numb when my laces on new shoes were too tight. And, it usually takes 3 miles to warm up my feet when it’s 20 degrees out. So, numb, shmumb.
    I’m impressed that you are up to 30 miles per week already. Way to go after it.
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  3. Jamoosh says

    January 13, 2014 at 11:57 am

    If you think that standing in heels for four hours contributed to your run, I would reconsider wearing heels. You have no good argument for heels because I am willing to bet any amount of beer that your husband and your kids will love you whether or not you wear flats or heels… Just saying.
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  4. Kim says

    January 13, 2014 at 2:00 pm

    I’ve never had anything go numb running – toes on the stair master but not running.
    I hope that your run today is better and that the calf issue really was just the result of the heels!!
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  5. Diana says

    January 13, 2014 at 6:11 pm

    I’ve had my foot fall asleep while running before. It was very weird, but I don’t remember being able to do anything to make it go away – it just did, eventually. No fun.

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  6. Char says

    January 14, 2014 at 4:16 pm

    I’ve had my feet go numb a couple of times. They were on very long runs in shoes that I’m pretty sure weren’t quite wide enough. It’s not a fun feeling. I hope the rest of your runs feel better this week. A tough run can be so demoralising.
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