2/11: 6.67 mi/ avg, 9;27/mi
2/12: 6:88 mi/avg. 9:26/mi
2/15: Gym workout: round the worlds, free weight squats, push press, bench press, dips
Approx 2.5 miles running
2/16: Approx 7 miles, 3 walking.

About a foot of snow fell this past week in D.C., the most since Snowmeggedon four years ago. Temperatures are above freezing, which is good but Old Man Winter is making his final push before we start to move to spring.

Sunday’s run was awful. The running app wasn’t functioning, I slipped on ice and almost face-planted. I re-injured my right foot and to top it off, my phone died and I forgot my wallet. So, it’s walking three miles home.

I’m hoping a few days’ rest and some RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation) will do the trick. We’re at t-minus a month or so before D.C. Rock and Roll. My times have been good and I’ve been running the best I’ve ever ran. Perhaps the over-exertion got the best of me this week. That and trying to avoid all the tourists in town for President’s Day weekend didn’t help.

My Wave for runners are great for running, bad for mud. Very bad for mud.

Speaking of my shoes, they got broken in nice and good. What I thought was a shortcut to get by the Capital pond was just mud, ice and a near face plant on the grass. The battle scars are a nice touch but to avoid continued pain with the tendons on top of my foot, I need to figure out a better way to lace these bad boys up.

Talk back: Any tips or methods to lace the shoes so they don’t exert direct pressure on the top of my feet?