Who is "your guy"?

Runs:

Tues - 5xHill repeats
Wednesday - 5 miles easy with a few brisk miles in there
Thursday - fanned my speed workout because of a foot issue.  :-(
Saturday - 5 miles with two at about 8:30 pace.
Sunday - 14 miles at 9:55 pace.

Being 42 I'm no stranger to pains, creaking joints, stiff legs, twitchy knees, squeaky ankles, etc.  In fact, the first mile of every run is a montage of aches and pains that traditionally subside by mile two.  I won't even consider them worth paying attention to until that point.  During my long run last week, however, I started to feel a dull ache in my foot toward the end of my run and that is usually not a good sign.  First, when you are 10+ miles into a run, you don't feel a whole lot of pain; fatigue, yes; however, pain, not really.  My foot ached and was stiff through Tuesday morning, but I still couldn't give up the idea of running my hill repeats.  And, as you can imagine, my foot was worse after that run.  After that, I was nearing a panicked state of mind, wondering if I had jeopardized my goal of hitting the RnR Marathon in January.  That's when I picked up the phone and pulled in the help of "my guy,"  Chiropractor, Matt Teusink who is a runner/triathloner and overall good guy.  He did his magic for about 20 or so minutes and got me moving again.  Crisis averted, running was able to commence again. 

So who is "your guy"?  I believe anyone running past the age of 30 needs a Chiropractor or Physical Therapist who knows athletes and can get them through these sticky little injuries so the athlete doesn't miss weeks or, worse yet, their entire event.  Talk to your running/swimming/biking/hiking buddies and find one of these "guys"  (guy is metaphorical, I have a rockin step-sister who is going to be a "go to" person someday too) and keep running. 

Outcomes from last week's issues: 

All the materials I've read on speed workouts suggest you shouldn't do more than one major workout per week.  I, of course, ignored all that info and kept doing hills and 800's.  Naturally it took an injury to remind me how stupid I am.  So my weekly workouts moving forward will only feature one speed workout, probably just the 800's.  I will pass on hills, partly because I naturally encounter hills on a daily basis and partly because I'm going to add squats and lunges to my workout regime.  

This week will feature cold foggy weather in Sacramento along with a kick butt 10k Turkey Trot on FLAT GROUND.  I can't remember the last flat run I had.  Actually, I can, it was at Newport Beach in August, but that's neither here nor there.

Help me send my marathon finisher medal to a person who survived her fight with cancer by clicking on this link: http://pages.teamintraining.org/dm/pfchangs12/mnortonnpu