After a week of no running, my Achilles was feeling a bit better. Last Saturday I tested it out for an easy walk/run in lieu of going out with the group runners. My calf is what hurt the most, mainly just some tightness, so I kept it short, around a mile.

Sunday afternoon I went to Fleet Feet to get some new shoes. It was not long before closing, but Jason there was willing to help me out. After trying on a couple different brands, I settled on the Mizuno Wave Rider 13. It is a lightweight shoe that felt the best of all.

Monday night after work I decided to test out the shoes. I still had some tightness in the calf, so took it easy, but did about 3 miles with a short walk and stretching break halfway. The shoes felt fine and seem to have good arch support.

This morning I got out and ran before work, a fun sunrise run. I do enjoy the low angle sun filtering through the trees. My leg wasn't 100%, but was better and not really bothersome. I'll keep up the stretching and hopefully soon all will be good.

I have kept up with going to the weight room pretty regularly. I need to add some variety there as I feel that doing the same exercises doesn't help as much as changing it up sometimes. I also did a bike ride each of the past two weekends. Those were both around an hour or so long, between 15 and 20 miles.

After blogging yesterday I decided to do a several sets of push ups over the course of the afternoon. I started at 2:15 and did a set of twenty, five minutes later another 20, and then a set of 25. And so on for the next hour or so. I did 285 push ups over that time. Then I took almost a two hour break while doing other things. At about 5pm I started up again and over the next two hours, I did another 265 for a total of 550. I'm not sure if this will help in the 100 Push Ups challenge, but I thought it was worth a try.

This morning I got up and did some weights. While there I was looking longingly at the sunrise coming up and thinking I wanted to get out for a bit but didn't want to run as I had done four days in a row already. So out came the bicycle. The temperature was about 50 which made for cold toes and fingers, but it was a good ride anyway. I got about 15 miles in before having to get back and get ready for church. The spinning felt good, though my back is always a bit sore after biking, especially when I don't ride regularly, other than my work commute. I hope to fit some more rides in this year.