Half marathon training – Week 3 – Allison’s ankle surgery

16/07	-	Rest day, IM softball game
17/07	3.9 miles	Easy run: avg 10:18 min/mile
18/07	4.9 miles	Tempo run: 3 miles @ 8:40/8:44/8:30 min/mile
19/07	-	Rest day (Allison’s surgery)
20/07	-	Rest day
21/07	8.2 miles	Long run: avg 10:24 min/mile
22/07	3.0 miles	Recovery run: avg 10:33 min/mile
Total	20.0 miles	YTD: 618.5 miles

The big event of this week, other than the release of Harry Potter #7, was my sister’s ankle surgery on Thursday. The women in my family all have loose ankles. Seriously, several times I’ve had a doctor check my ankles and then call in the residents so they can feel how loose they are! Allison has sprained her ankle so many times that she had bone chips that needed to be removed and some ligaments that needed tightening. I drove up to Vancouver on Wednesday and spent the rest of the week up there with her. She was a superstar and really toughed it out and dealt with the pain and discomfort. I’m sure it will all be worth it if she can ski this winter!

I ran twice while I was up in Vancouver. The weather was really funny this weekend. It rained pretty steadily like it does in the winter but it was still sort of warm and even a little humid. If it hadn’t been for the humidity it would have been perfect running weather but it was still much much better than the hot, sunny weather we’ve been having. My 8 miler on Saturday was the first run I’ve done since the marathon that actually felt easy. I was just rolling along at a comfortable pace and it felt great. I need more long runs like that!

I finally hit 20 miles in a week. This isn’t big mileage but it’s still nice to be back at this level!