I'm house sitting at the moment Pamela and the gang are enjoying the beach while I stay at home and work. What did I do wrong :(
I rested my heel/achilles yesterday so no running.
Tonight my Garmin battery was low so for a moment I actually thought I'd put off the run until the battery charged. But... I knew that once I sat down on the couch I wouldn't get up again. So I put my need for GPS data to one side and put on my old stopwatch and went for a run. I can't remember the last time I ran without the constant pace and heartrate feedback. It felt good tonight - it felt free.
I felt so good my 'easy' run turned into a 'steady' run. 6.25miles in 44:23 (7:06min/mile). Maybe I should run without the Garmin more often!! Not the quickest I've run the course but it was about a 1:20min faster than the last time I ran the same route in May and only 40seconds slower than the time in March. A sign of some progress but still more to do!! The achilles area was a bit sore to begin with but it seemed to ease out after a few miles and it isn't too sore now.
A real 'easy' run is planned for tomorrow and hopefully the Corkbeg-5 on Thursday....
A blog about my ongoing attempts to delay the ageing process......
3 comments:
Good luck with the 5 mile race, be interesting to see how you run!
It's great to run free - provided always you can get the stats when you finish.
Good luck on Thursday. It will be interesting to see where your fitness is relative to your late spring race form.
thanks guys... it will be interesting - first real test since last March. Not sure I'm really ready but who knows....
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