61 Minutes at The Fitness Station

This is the peak training week which means 5 miles on Tuesday, 10 miles on Wednesday, 5 miles on Thursday and 20 miles on Saturday. I ran the 5 miles yesterday but my foot was sore after it and my ankle felt a little weak so I decided to use The Fitness Station for my 10 miles this morning.

Since my foot goes numb after more than 60 minutes on the elliptical machine, I planned on an hour on the elliptical machine and then 60 minutes on an exercise bike. With some discomfort I made it through the 60 minutes and was on the 5 minute cooldown when I felt a sharp pain in my left foot. So I hobbled off the elliptical machine and decided to call it a day. I've read over and over again that it's better to undertrain than overtrain and hurt yourself.

I'll see how I feel for the 5 miles tomorrow but I want to save my foot for the 20-mile run on Saturday.