In an attempt to let my left-foot plantar fasciitis heal I violate conventional wisdom and don't practice "Up Your Mileage" as most would. After a painful experience (2011-02-07 - Parking Lot Laps) I avoid all running for three weeks and instead pedal on Paulette's stationary recumbent exercise bicycle in the basement while watching random movies using her portable DVD player propped up on a box nearby. Each 15 minutes corresponds to perhaps a mile of slow jogging. The logbook:
| Date | Duration | Movie |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Feb 2011 | 90 min | Apocalypto |
| 12 | 90 | " |
| 13 | 90 | Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels |
| 15 | 60 | " |
| 16 | 30 | The Lost Room (miniseries) |
| 17 | 30 | " |
| 18 | 30 | " |
| 19 | 90 | " |
| 20 | 90 | Bulletproof Monk |
| 21 | 120 | Scott Pilgrim vs. The World |
| 23 | 30 | Arrested Development (season 1) |
| 25 | 90 | " |
| 26 | 90 | " |
| 27 | 70 | " |
The result of this feeble attempt to maintain some shreds of fitness? TBD. I recommence running on 28 February and thus far the left heel seems no worse. Friend Cara Marie Manlandro asks if I'm so foolish as to try a marathon this weekend. "No way!" I reply, "not a marathon. It's a 50k!" We'll see how that goes.
^z - 2011-03-02