February Recap

February seemed promising at first, but... you know... stuff happens. The 9hr slog-fest that was the Lakeshore Trail thru-run put a hurtin' on my left foot. I came into the run with a little ache in the foot and came out with a blue foot that went crunch-crunch every time I took a step. This is not the way it's intended to work. The recovery is going well though. I have had two short runs since, neither of which went too bad, but they didn't go well enough to encourage me to run more. So until I feel the foot is 100%, its biking and lifting for me and maybe a short hike or two when I feel like living dangerously.

When the weather has been too nice, I have snuck out to the woods some. Once to an off-trail route in Greenbrier that has eluded me for years and once to the Chimneys just to enjoy a 60 degree day in February.

88 miles of running this month. My lowest volume month in several years. I always associate the thought of battling injuries and not being able to run as the pinnacle of frustration. I never wait long enough for stuff to heal, or if I do, I jump right back into big mileage weeks and hurt something else, etc. The last couple weeks have been pretty great though. So I don't think I'll have any problem waiting until Spring is really here to start running in earnest again.