The good news is, my foot felt fine and once I’d warmed up, my shin felt pretty good too. I also wore my new Brooks ST3 racing shoes which I’ll be wearing at Shamrock, just to make sure they felt as good as they have in previous long runs and races. I wasn’t disappointed – they felt great!
After a quick water bottle refill, I was straight into my second Strendurance workout of Phase B. If you remember, the other night I said “I actually found Phase B to be less of a challenge” [than Phase A]. Tonight was a different story – I guess the treadmill workout hadn’t taken its toll and left me feeling quite low in energy. I did manage to get through the workout, but even found the jumping jacks to be a challenge tonight – usually they’re the easiest part of the workout for me. I won’t mention how long the 30 seconds of mountain climbers seemed to last….
The one bit of not so good news – the Strendurance workout, despite only being 24 minutes in length, really seems to aggravate my foot. It must be all the plyometric-style exercises (jumping jacks, flicks, mountain climbers, squat thrusts etc.) If I look back at my other blog, the same thing happened to my foot when I started the Strendurance plan last year. I guess I just have to take things easy, wear cushioned shoes (like I did tonight) and maybe back off the intensity of the plyometric stuff.
Anyway, all in all, quite a successful evening – another 6.5 miles in the bank (21 for the week so far) and another Strendurance workout under my belt.