It will come as no surprise to many of you that my foot did not follow my recovery plan. It showed me who’s boss by flaring up after a few days of declining pain and waning discomfort. There’s no swelling, and I can’t replicate the pain by pressing or prodding, but it does hurt to walk.
The podiatrist didn’t see a fracture or avulsion on the x-rays, but humorously prescribed a tincture of time which can be the hardest medicine to take. 🙁
Putting My Foot In It
After making it through treadmill runs on Saturday and Sunday and taking a day off from running on Monday, I took Scooby out for a short run on Tuesday. During that run, I noticed discomfort when I turned a corner and felt a sharper pain once in a while that led me to make that doctor’s appointment.
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The podiatrist thinks I aggravated one or both of my peroneal tendons, along the side of my foot. Between the clear x-rays and lack of swelling, he doesn’t think any traumatic damage was done, but if it’s still bothering me after another 1-2 weeks, he may order an MRI. Let’s hope I don’t get that point!
Weekly Run Down
The big news in the world of Peloton was the release of the Peloton Guide and related updates to the strength classes. I’m not going to review The Guide—the Verge did a good one here—but I am excited about the updates to the strength classes.
The first big update falls under the what took them so long category. There is now a breakdown of each class, including video clips of each exercise.
This is the breakdown for the 6 x 3 circuit of Jess Sims’ 30 min full body woman’s history month strength class. The lateral lunges should be listed as alternating lateral lunges, because she taught the class with each exercise spelling out W-O-M-A-N. 🙂
The second update is what I think of as a “muscle map” for each class, showing which muscle groups were worked.
There also is a muscle map under your profile, showing which groups you‘ve worked cumulatively over the past 30 days and over the past 7 days. Mine isn’t very accurate right now because I’ve been taking lot of older classes that aren’t coded for this feature.
I’ll definitely be looking at the class breakdowns to plan my workouts, although sometimes it’s better off not knowing all the details of what I’ll be in for!
Monday: Core + Lower Body + 25 min Ride
I wasn’t familiar with Jazmine Sullivan, but Hannah F. is my go-to on the bike, and this class did not disappoint. Jazmine is an R&B artist from Philly, and Hannah used her music to set the mood for the class.
Tuesday: Core + 4.15 Scooby Miles + Upper Body Strength
The run that made me face the truth about my foot. ~sigh~
Wednesday: Flash 15 + Bike Bootcamp
I was feeling down about my foot, and knew Jess Sims would cheer me up. I love Jock Jams (a/k/a those songs they play at sporting events to get the crowd excited) and was looking forward to her Jock Jams classes. The Flash 15 was on the easy side for Jess, but the Bike Bootcamp kicked my ass. The tabata at the end of the last bike segment was mean!
Thursday: Core + FB Strength + 20 min Ride
This is the day I took that full body strength class. It was a great class worth bookmarking to take again.
Friday: Core + Upper Body Strength
I made Friday an upper body day. My arms were noodles by the end of Kendall’s class, but I didn’t suffer from DOMS the next day.
Saturday: 60 min Peloton Rides
Saturday is the hardest day of the week when I’m sidelined from running, because I really crave my long run—even if it’s not that long. I opted for a stack of Peloton rides, including my first “sweat steady” class, which is based on long intervals. After a warm up, we did 4 min at a moderate effort, 4 min at a hard effort, and 4 min at a harder effort. After a 2 min break, we repeated that pattern with 3 min efforts.
Sunday: 60 min Tread Bootcamp + Upper Body Strength
I know, I know, but it was Joslyn’s premiere Tread Bootcamp class and I wanted to support her and the 6:30 am Sunday time slot. And it felt so good to run even if my foot wasn’t thrilled with it. The bootcamp format isn’t usually my favorite, but with only 6-10 min of running at a time, maybe it’s a good compromise for now. Daniel’s bootcamp was fantastic. He usually does EDM playlists, but this class was alternative rock—Kings of Leon, Linkin Park, The Killers—my jam!
I guess my last new pair of InkNBurn shorts—
from their “final” clearance.
A huge thank you to Deborah and Kim for hosting the Weekly Run Down link up.
Do you like to know what’s coming in a workout or do you prefer totake it as it comes?
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oh, I’m so sorry about the foot Coco! Good for you for getting to the doctor right away, better safe than sorry / trying to push through it (that’s my motto!) I have an appt with a podiatrist about my widening feet just to get his thoughts. Happy to have medical insurance as a runner, right? Ha!
I definitely like the addition of the class breakdowns now, so I can pass on the ones that are not my jam. Great addition Peloton!
I learned my lesson pushing through with my Achilles. It is so HARD though.
Oh no! So sorry about that foot pain, Coco! Now that finally the Achilles has quieted down here is something new. But let’s see, maybe it’s really just a bit of rest that is needed.
I think I prefer to know what’s coming in a workout session. It somehow feels less painful! 😄
It’s so frustrating. At least it’s my other foot?
Yikes! Sorry about your foot. I’ve had a peroneal tendon strain and the remedy was a stretch of pool running to let it heal. I noticed the muscle maps in the Pelo app but I haven’t paid attention to the Guide. I guess I don’t really are if I get a preview of the exercises.
Mostly I want to avoid classes with too many burpess!
Ugh, I know that “recovery plan.” i have a similar one right now which is “I’m sick and tired of this, foot, so you can just stop hurting RIGHT NOW.” The fact that you were able to do the tread bootcamp is promising. Oh, and I know what you mean about missing your long run- every Sunday that goes by where I don’t do one just hurts my soul.
Good luck with it- hopefully it just needs a little extra time and will soon be 100%.
Why don’t our feet listen to us???
I am sorry to read that your foot is still bothering you. Sounds like a sprain of some sort. Looks like you found lots of other ways to stay busy. I am psyched about the Peloton updates it will be much easier to see if a class is what I am looking for
The bike is a good diversion for a day or two, but it’s not as good as running. 😉
Ugh. I am so sorry about the foot. Fingers crossed for healing sooner rather than later.
I saw the guide email, but didn’t bother to read it since I don’t do my ST with Peloton, but I do like the idea of knowing what muscles are worked — even though it’s all connected!
The info will help me avoid strength classes with a lot of plyo moves — I prefer to use my high impact days for running.
I have not paid much attention to the Guide yet, but the maps are helpful (because sometimes I don’t “feel” it until later, LOL). I probably told you, I still have not (yet) tried a bootcamp class, but with the Guide now, that may give me a little more insight. Sorry the foot is acting rebellious…I hope that calms down isn’t anything serious.
When you’re ready to try a bootcamp, this Daniel one was great!
I’m so sorry about your foot, Coco! You’ve been battling with issues with your feet for so long–i think tincture of time isn’t working for you. Good thing you have your peloton!
Oh Coco I’m really sorry that your foot is still giving you trouble. I know it’s hard to take time off, but hopefully it will do the trick.
You had a lot of great Peloton classes this week! I’m so glad to see the new class information – it will really help when planning my workouts.
Ugh – so sorry to hear about your foot pain 🙁 I hope that it starts to feel better and that you will not need the MRI in 1-2 weeks.
I love the new updates from Peloton but I don’t think that I will purchase the Guide. Although I can definitely see how it would be beneficial, especially for strength training.
Oh no. Not happy to read about your foot.
Hope it heals quickly or you find out what’s wrong. I find the foot is a mystery. Mine hurt for a year and half and I just ran in pain. Now it’s fine. Neuroma? Who knows?
Good news about peleton. It seems very useful.
How bad is it that my first reaction to remembering that you ran through your foot pain was “Oh, I could do that!”
Ugh, i’m sorry. My right foot is so much more sensitive since my accident, and it can be really distracting. I hope time mends this hurt.
I kind of like to know what’s coming, but sometimes it’s better not to.
I feel the same way. A little information can be motivating, but too much can be intimidating!
I really like those Inknburn shorts! We have some diehard Inknburn fans around here. I think the ones that look like jeans are pretty funny (I always do a double-take!). I’m sorry about the mystery of your foot. I’m also a bit nervous too because my foot is acting up lately. The timing on that is not the best.
Ugh, I hope your foot behaves better than mine.