This past week was not a very productive week of training, but hopefully it did allow my body to recover from the previous couple of weeks. I've done some good training for this first base phase, I can feel my body becoming stronger and faster, and hopefully this week was a good recovery week.

M/8 6mi 
AM Seagull ab routine.
PM 5.8mi 46:59 (8:06) emery/mammoth. Freezing. Was wearing three upper body layers, hat, two gloves, long pants... Stopped feeling toes about 1.5mi in.

T/9 6mi total 
11AM 3mi easy 27:27 (9:09) +Back exercises.
4:30PM 3mi easy 28:01 (9:20)

W/10 1mi. Legs didn't feel good before I started, I considered not running, but went for it. Legs were dead, knew I had to take the day off.

T/11 2mi 16:54 (8:28). Legs still not ready. +Seagull ab routine.
PM Lifting- light chest workout.

F/12 0

S/13 0 AM Back

S/14 0

Week Total= 15 miles.

Knew that I wouldn't be doing anything but going too hard on an easy week, decided to use the week for all that it could be; recovery. That's what the extra days off are about. I'm looking forward to next week, hoping this small recovery stage will be enough to let me get back into training harder.

Now as I review about 600 pages of my anatomy book in preparation for the final exam, I noticed there was a type of fracture that results in a full fracture of the fibula and severe damage to the connection between the tibia and ankle bones. There is a graphic of the type of action that causes this and it is similar to the motion of a stride that makes contact with the ground too medially.

I believe that when I was running hard at the end of my first few races, my abnormal landing position caused the fracture. Basically; I need to land with my feet more laterally than medially. I think what causes this abnormal stride is the shin splints type of pain on the inside of my tibia. My body compensates for the pain by landing in a way that places stress somewhere else. So, when I feel the shin splints pain, I will back off training, and I will focus on keeping my stride normal.