Yes, this makes sense. I pushed off the 18 mile run from Sunday to Friday, then didn't want to miss the duathlon.
I was supposed to run 18 miles, but managed to get 17.5 in. I think I ran it in 3:15ish (I should probably check out my garmin). After the weekends of bike events and being sick I was happy just to complete 17.5 having not run in 3 weeks since the half marathon, where I was in fact really sick.
My issue with this run was my feet. I broke my sesamoids years ago and also had turf toe aka everything hurt and I couldn't walk. I was eating Advil like candy. Anyway, anytime I get foot pain I immediately send myself to the broken sesamoids and taking 2 months off of running. I don't want to go back to that!
That day I came back and rested, ate, and headed back to my friends in Dover. Why, you ask? Because I was doing my FIRST duathlon the next day. And while this may sound crazy, it was only $15. $15 for a race of any kind is a steal, so if it took me 5 hours it was still worth it.
The duathlon consisted of a 5k, 10 mile bike, and a 5k. Now, typically for duathlons and triathlons you train and do brick workouts, which are two sports back to back. Once or two within the past 4 months I've run then biked, or biked then run. But, that was only twice. Given that I ran 17.5 less than 24 hours before I didn't know how I'd feel. I initially thought 1:30 would be feasible, then adjusted as time went on to 1:45. I ran the first 5k in 29 mins (more than normal, but ok with my long run before), I have no idea what I did the 10 mile bike in or the last 5k. I did finish in 1:43 though, which I thought was decent considering everything else.
And I got this fun shirt!
After I got home from the duathlon I immediately started googling my issue, that had gotten worse. I mean, doesn't everybody? Apparently not, my friends and family always joke I trust google a bit too much. I have to say google has been good to me. As a single woman it's helped me fix, repair, and purchase with greater finesse than any opinion I could've asked for!
What I discovered was that I had plantar fasciitis that had started or was flaring up. This was confirmed by my chiropractor the next day. All week I took it easy and rolled my foot across frozen water bottles. Blehh..
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