EB checking in

Emily Brinkley

P!!! Great news - got 2600 in followed by a 4 miler with ZERO foot pain. Sucked BAD, but it felt so great to be running again... I felt about like this: http://youtu.be/nfyoDlqKqRg  

What is the best way to try and get a bit of my run fitness back? Should I just dive back into my plan, or maybe break up my runs as I go, assuming foot cooperates? I know for a fact that I did not have 2X1 in my today... maybe break them up into 800s, and test after the aquabike?

We missed out flight out of BWI, so had to push the Mitchell climb to Thursday. I'll keep you posted on how that goes. 

Talk soon - EB

Coach Patrick

I definitely want mitchell updates!!!!

You should plan on a very slow reintegration....that's a focus on health first, durability second, fitness third. I'd look to get in 3 miles a run, up to 4 runs a week. When you can do that, we bump that up to 4 x4 over say two weeks. Then, when you can do that, this will be like 6 weeks from now. We can then dedicate part of those 4 miles to some work / fitness.....okay?

Emily Brinkley

Cool - I'm back up to 5 miles 3 times a week. Focused on 1 4X400 at Z4 pace each time I run. I can tell it is still there, it's just going to take a bit. I've got the Oly this weekend and feel pretty confident with my fitness and durability to give it a whirl... and just have fun with it. I'll be OK not seeing a 10k in the :40... (repeating that to myself.) : )

Coach Patrick

You'll be fine...your fitness is like an oil reserve. Just got to tap into it...be patient (in training) but have fun in the race!!