Stops and starts

I've been back at work for a few days after taking two weeks at home to spend time with the new roommate. I used this as an opportunity to reset my training as well, going to a run-focus through the rest of year. With commuting by bike and one solid ride per weekend, I'd keep my cycling sharp enough. I'd still be swimming 2-3 times per week, depending on my sleep levels. That left me 4-5 runs every week, lots of time to build some real speed. I outlined the next two months, using a variation of Hudson's 5k plan to build short-course speed before preparing for the half-marathon in the fall. And I've had two pretty good runs, although they were just easy runs.

And now I tweaked something in my achilles/soleus. I can't say for sure which, but definitely in the lower leg. I tried some trigger point therapy last night, but there's still a lot of tenderness, which could be a function of the tweaking, or a function of the trigger point. (It does that if I haven't done it for a few weeks, which I haven't.) If I'm still hobbling this afternoon, tonight's run gets postponed to tomorrow. Hopefully the day of rest will be enough to get things back on track.

At the very least, I think this is a major sign to retire a couple of pairs of shoes. Being cost-efficient (read: cheap) and getting every mile out of them isn't worth an injury.