I didn’t run much this week. I was hoping to rest up my ankle so I could still run White River 50. While my ankle is quite a bit better, it’s not healed enough yet. I have a bunch of running adventures I’d still like to do this year. I don’t want to chance a prolonged injury and miss out on more.

Thursday, July 17, 2014, 8:00 pm
2.8 mi, unk ft gain, unk. Kellogg Lake Tree Farm Gate #2. With dogs. Altra Superior 1.5
I wanted to get out and stretch out my legs. Just went out to Olney Creek and back. I left my garmin at home in pieces trying to fix the intermittent shutting off and decided to swap batteries too. New battery hadn’t arrived yet.

Sunday, July 20, 2014, 8:02 pm
6.8 mi, 305 ft gain, 1:00:17. Kellogg Lake Tree Farm Gate #2. With dogs. Altra Superior 1.5
Need to get out and move. 10 mi planned, but cut it shorter and pushed the tempo a bit. Warmed up for a couple miles. Stopped a couple minutes at Olney Creek for the dogs. Ankle a little tight. According to Strava, I had my 3rd best estimated 5k and 10k efforts. Someday I’ll actually do some speed work.

Thoughts:
I’m not sure which is working better, still running just as often but shorter, like the prior week, or running less often. Last week (July 7-13), my ankle didn’t get any worse running nearly the same mileage I had planned, and I think the running helped keep flexibility. This week, my ankle was a little better having not run much, but it also tightened up a bit. It was also a little more sore the morning after a run, unlike last week. Now that I’m not running WR50, I’m cooking up a self-supported 50 miler later in the year. I set a goal of a 50 miler this year, and I intend to complete it.