If you have been a runner for a long time you have most likely encountered a lot of joy and some pain.
Today I took advantage of the awesome 75 degree weather and tested my foot out on the trails.
When I told my wife that I was going to do some trail running she warned me that it might be muddy out there today. Hello Mrs. Obvious, that's one darn good reason to be out there!
My left heel is still pretty tender and my trail shoes don't have quite as much cushion as I would like in them. I decided to try pulling the insoles out of a pair of my Asics and adding them into the shoe. It worked great. I also shortened up my stride and found it kept from aggravating my heel too badly.
I decided that I would alternate running for 7 minutes and walking for 3 minutes just to keep myself from overdoing things. That also worked out well as I was able to run for 80 minutes without much trouble.
I did some mud surfing down a couple of hills and splashed through 6 little stream crossings.
Definitely a joyful part of my day!
Yikes...as I write this, I have 56 days until the Ice Age 50.
