Oversleeping today resulted in a late 7:00 start. Its much harder to run during this hour as I have to dodge cars, delivery trucks, pedestrians, etc. PITA. My goal was to run my 4.5 mile Boston Common route at 9:00 pace. I've been running easy for the last couple of weeks and had an itch to run faster/harder. My recovery from last Friday's long run was much shorter and contributed to my desire to get out there. Ended up running 40:22/8:58 pace...PR for the route by almost 2 minutes. I was quite pleased with myself for a few reasons.
- Hit my target time on the nose despite having to run around obstacles.
- Maintained the same split times during the hill segments (splits were 8:59, 8:59, 8:57, 8:58, 4:29)
- No issues with the hamstrings. Ankle only a little sore
- Hucked a lungy a good 15 feet mid stride!
All good signs that I'm starting to get my legs back. Hopefully tomorrow morning doesn't bring any new aches and pains.
5 comments:
Sweet distance on the lugey. And what is PITA? You had to dodge flatbreads? Sounds like a great run. You must feel fantastic today.
Pain In The Ass!
Ah. PITA. Of course.
Got to say, I stared blankly at your response for a good 8 secs asking myself, why is he calling me a pain in the ass?
Too funny!
Ditto FA's comment. Thought it was the VT getting to me. Glad to know I'm in good, smaht company.
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