I could tell she wanted to tell me not to run, but instead she told me she thought I should, “Run less” at least until the foot heals. She poked around for a bit, tightening her jaw at times and nodding her head. I also had stiffness on the medial arch of my left foot. I explained that the fascial issues on the bottom of my right foot had greatly diminished, but I was still having fascia problems in the top of my foot (though it was better than it had been) and was now noticing pain in both joints of my big toe. To make things more frustrating, I saw the acupuncturist yesterday and she gave me bad news. I tried to be good and slow down, sometimes quite a bit, but even then I was getting those stupid pains in my lung. But, if my breath can’t catch up with me there’s obviously an issue. According to RunKeeper, my fastest pace was close to an 8-minute mile and my average pace was around a 10-minute mile. It felt great! I’ve also watched my speed naturally improving and it feels so good to run faster without feeling like I’m pushing myself. It was such a bummer because Thursday night I had awesome dreams about running very fast through a forest. I still ran, but only made it through 2.18 miles. Friday’s run was even worse as I was getting intermittent sharp pains in my back that seemed to be from my right lung. I tried to power through, and in many cases did, but I had to walk occasionally to catch my breath. Just a few minutes after beginning to run I found myself struggling for air. I’ve mentioned some breathing issues in humidity here, but this was worse. Out of the blue, I’m having breathing issues. The bad news is, I really struggled in my runs this week. So that’s the good news I found a new app that I love. I found the accuracy to be identical to Rubitrack. The activities also auto-sync with the website and I can easily view the map of my runs and elevation, with each mile clearly marked and compare my activities. It’s prettier than Rubitrack, includes more workout types and seems to be much closer to the feel of the Nike+ app but is both easier to use and has more character I felt both Rubitrack and Nike+ were a bit stale/sterile feeling. It’s easy to use and consistent with the Apple-app feel. I also have to give RunKeeper props on their GUI, both in the app and on their website. RunKeeper is only $9.99 for the Pro app, but even the free app is able to wirelessly sync with their easy-to-use website. Considering I’m not at the point where I’m completely gung-ho about running I really wasn’t ready to make a $55 commitment. I had only downloaded the free app, but if I wanted to sync the activities to my computer I needed to shell out $14.99 for the Pro iPhone App and then a whopping $39.99 for the desktop app. I mentioned last week that while Rubitrack was accurate and easy to use, it was also pretty expensive. With the Pro version, which I have not tried yet, it also includes coaching encouragement during exercises and built-in iPod support. RunKeeper is another GPS-enabled iPhone app that, like RubiTrack, maps my runs, lets me know my pace and estimates how many calories I’ve burned. First off, a big “Thanks!” goes out to Lillian for suggesting the RunKeeper app as an alternative to Rubitrack. This entry brings good news, bad news, and more tech-talk.
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