runnin with a friend

Got up earlier than I wanted. Took adevantage and grabbed Hanna and headed out the door for a quick run. Recovered about 12 hours from last night so I was curious how my ankle would respond. It was about the same. After three miles it started to ache but didn't get any worse so ran another mile for an even 4. These are pretty small steps but so far so good. I will get the orthotics in about a week so we will see how that goes.

Woke up to run a Freeman Park with Twinkies (Matt) this morning. 60 degrees and no wind with some clouds. Nice run around the greenbelt. Lots of people setting up for the fireworks. Ankle felt pretty good this morning. Probably just the good conversation with Twinkies. Nice to meet fellow bloggers! Hope to do another run with him again. Happy Fourth FRB

Ran with Sheridan this morning. Nice morning with temps in the low 50's and no wind. Big step today! Ran 6.5 miles without any pain. The last little bit was just a bit of discomfort but nothing to major. Put an extra strip of KT Tape for extra support just for kicks and giggles, and that seemed to help.

Just a side note: My daughter competed in the World Jumproping Championships in Washington DC over the weekend and stuck a couple routines and will be coming home as a world champion! They had teams from France, Germany, Spain and Brazil just to name a few not to mention all over the US. I am a proud dad!

Ran with Sheridan again this morning. Temps in the low 50's with no wind and lots of blue sky. 7 + miles with very little ankle pain. Still worried about dumping too much mileage at this point but I am encouraged about my progress.

Ran up in Island Park this afternoon. On a campout this week. Miles felt good but the ankle acted up a bit earlier than normal. Who knows? Could it be the altitude???lol

Got up early and ran a nice 7 mile loop around the campsite. Hard  packed trails and tons of bugs to keep me moving at a good pace. Still the soreness but all in all things are doing ok.

Just a nice easy run to work this morning. Temps in the 50's I'm guessing and no wind. Felt pretty good till mile 5 or so. What's new???? Hopefully the orthotics will be here today so I can see if that helps. If not, a insiders tip..... I am going through the KTtape like crazy, could be a good thing to invest in.

Had to work early this morning so the AM run was out of the question. Got home and went for a run in the afternoon. Yuck! 80 degrees and lots of humidity. That's what I get for running strictly in the morning. 6 hard miles due to the heat. No issues with the ptt. Hopefully past a big hurdle.

\Channel 6 called today and have set up an interview with my daughter today. They are coming over to the house and then to the gym. If you want to see a 16 year old move fast to clean up her room..... just tell them that the evening news is going to do an interview and you will get results. She is excited along with her parents. I will post when it will be on tv. Hopefully they well have a link on their website and some of you non Idaho residents can view it.

http://fb.me/14Hyjd77p Hey  guys. This is the link to my daughters interview. They didn't do much justice to all the cool things jumpropers do, but my daughter looks cute!

Ran later in the everning to avoid the Idaho heat. Started the run at 8:15pm and had a nice cool breeze to deal with. Temps were still about 80 or so but didn't feel like it. No issues with ptt! So I ordered the orthotics and I am waiting for them with mixed feelings. I am such a tight wad! I guess they will be a good insurance while it totally heals. But then on the other hand, I could sure use that money for other things....

Early morning run that felt just like yesterday. Nothing special about it. I did try to speed things up for a mile or two. My speed has definetly suffered during this stretch of recovery.

Ran at 5:30 this morning with Sheridan around sunnyside. Nice cool temps this morning. Quite a few runners out hitting the roads this morning. Legs felt a bit better this morning than in the previous runs. Hope the legs remember this running game.

Nice morning! Just that good ole Idaho summer morning weather thing going on. 50 or so and no wind. Just wish that I could go farther. I am grateful that I can run everyday now. Tuesday I get the orthotics and maybe that will help even more. Out of the week of running, I think that I had 3 days of no effects of ptt and the other 3 it would hit me about mile 5 or so. I would have to look, but I think that it was the last of April that I ran a 18 miler and felt ok. Its just like starting over.

Okay, I did look it up. The first week of April I ran 68 miles and 50 something the second and on the third week I ran 64 miles. Seems like I have been recovering and suffering alot longer than that!

Difficult run this morning due to gi issues! Arghh! Otherwise just easy miles today with temps quite warm for an Idaho morning. 60 plus degrees and a nice breeze. On the plus side, my legs did feel better and stronger. Tuesday I get the inserts and I am hopeful I can continue with pain free runs..... only longer.

Ran in the afternoon with temps around 83 degrees and a nice breeze. Still, it is a bit warm for me but I hacked out the run. I had to be at work early this morning so I didn't get the run in early. A pain free run today! I did get my inserts today  so I will try them out in the morning. I will for go the KTTape and see if the inserts make the difference. For the price they should do the laundry and mow the lawn.

Nice morning with temps in the low 50's and a nice breeze. Ran with the new inserts and didn't feel them after 2 miles. All 7 miles were pain free so we are making some progress! Can't believe how much they want for them. Oh well, if they help they will be well worth it. Ran a few miles at marathon pace which felt good for a change.

Temp around 52 or so..... no wind and lots of blue sky once the sun came out. Ran to work this morning. Just a slight bit of pain in the ankle after 6 miles so I cut the run a little short and went to work earlier. I might tape up along with the inserts tomorrow and see if that helps me go a little further. All in all I am pleased. Some muscle soreness in my lower legs and I believe that is from the orthotics. I think that they would drive me crazy if I walked in them. Running is just fine. Avg pace 8:15 for the run.

No ride home today so I decided to run....that was my only option. Pleasantly surprised on how the ankle felt. Pain free miles and felt ok.  Temps in the low 80's and a very nice breeze to help me tolerate the summer heat. Wow.... I might be in the 40's for mileage by the end of the week. Its about time!

Ran in the evening with temps at 78 degrees. Okay, I'm not as use to the orthotics as I would like to be. I'm going to try to run half my miles with them next week. I might be putting too much mileage on them to start with. The doctor did say to slowly run in them. I guess 26 miles in 3 days isn't what he had in mind.

Ran with Sheridan after work today in temps around 80 degrees with a slight breeze. Ran along the hills around Iona and back to his house. I need a day off for sure. Hoping that next week I will have some life in the legs. No orthotics today, just the KTTape. Trouble free miles. I just need to get the power back into the legs.

Ran to work this morning with temps around 63 degrees. About half way there, I noticed I was being followed by a young high school runner. He was gaining on me and something kicked in! I picked it up a bit knowing that I haven't ran anything fast for such a long time, thinking that I might crash. I was mistaken! I dropped the kid and finished off the run feeling pretty darn good for a change. Hopefully the rest of the week will be like today.

Ran in the evening with temps in the mid 70's. Ran with the orthotics today and felt pretty good for the most part. Missed tuesday run for a number of reasons...... all good ones really. Hope to get some good miles in the next few days. Ran 8 today and no problems at all.

Evening run with temps in the low 80's. Hanna came along and had a good run. No issues today. Off the rest of the week so I will get in some morning runs. No discomfort with the ankle. Time to change my picture.

8 miles early this morning with temps in the mid 40's to start with. Legs are thrashed! No sleep and running late last night, I don't think that I recovered very well. Hanna quit after 3 miles. I think that she gave me the middle paw........

Got up early and ran up sunnyside and over to 21st. Nice morning, but my legs felt heavy again. I didn't run with the inserts the last two days. I think I am recovering from the last two runs with them. All in all, a nice week. Slowly getting back into the swing of things. PTT seems to have healed up nicely. I will play it safe for a few more weeks before a bump up the mileage.