Run Log: July 2012

Yeah, Really.  I should title this the NON-run log: July 2012.  6½ miles for the month of July.  UGH.  My foot just started to hurt all the time & I decided I better wait it out.  I read a LOT about foot pain & kinda figured I had plantar fasciitis ~ and I really didn't WANT it.  All the literature says the same thing...Don't Run.  Hard to treat.  REST.  May last YEARS.  UGH.  Horrible.  It still only HURT when I ran, but it was tight & uncomfortable & not getting better.  So I quit running the first week of the month.  I tried a week later & it was pound pound pound on that heel.  I rested & I rode my bike & my pants got tighter.  I like to ride my bike, but it's just not the same as running.  I have to go at least an hour to get a good workout in.  Even then, I don't get that, "oh this feels good for me" feeling that running gives me.  I HAVE seen some cool things.  I rode all the way out to route 45 along the lake one day.  I rode past the entrance to the Perry Nuclear Power Plant & I SWEAR I could see the snipers on top of the towers.  
As I've already blogged, I did finally go to the doctor.  Despite my unwillingness to accept the diagnosis, she told me I had plantar fasciitis.  I think the prednisone she gave me worked.  My foot has felt really good for the past weekend.  I bought new {more expensive} shoes & we walked while at UPGW ~ I had ZERO pain or tightness.  SOOOO {even though I read that even when the pain stops, it's important to continue resting because it's not yet HEALED} I ran a mile yesterday.  I could feel it tightening while I ran...and it was tight all day yesterday.  I was KICKING myself...but this morning it felt MUCH BETTER.  I don't think I'll run again for another week...& then I'm keeping it short.  It will be good to run with the kids @ Stig, on the softer ground.  I'm praying I'm doing the right things.  I will also take my Aleve...which I can't take until after my surgery on Friday.  I know that's way more than anyone wants to know about my running-thought-process! ~ but there you have it.  I will try again & I will run again.
I MISS it.  It felt so good to be running yesterday.  I NEED to run.  


June's totals:
6.5 miles for the month 
429.5 miles for the year
163 biking miles for the month
266 biking miles for the year
255 miles in my now retired red & blue Asics
1 mile in my NEW SHINY $150 VERY WHITE turquoise Asics
Some interesting facts:
Longest run this month: 3 miles
Favorite place to run this month: the first 1/2 mile out to Dimo's house & back.  As it was that first run after not running for two + weeks.
# of bags of Candy Cane Kisses left in my cabinet: Still that ONE bag...I think the only reason I'm not eating it is because I don't want this count to go to zero!  {and my pants are getting tighter}
# of books I read this month: Four  

Monthly mileage record: 80.5 miles March 2012 
Highest mileage ever-at-one-time:  13.1 miles ~ May 16, 2010 (Cleveland 1/2) 


PR's:
5K: 22:45 (Rabbit Run 10/30/11~ but I think it was a short course)
10K: 52:02 (Cleveland 5/15/11)
10-miler: 1:21:29 (Hermes Cleveland 10-miler 4/28/12)
half-marathon: 1:55:04 (Cleveland 5/16/10)
marathon: 3:50:05 (Akron relay {team run} 9/24/11)