30 degrees, overcast/partly sunny I slept in a little today. Planned to get up about 7:45-8am but didn't roll out until about 9:15. After about 7am I kinda just toss and turn and rest more than actually sleep, but it's rest, right? :-) I had planned to start from my house and if I was feeling good, go out 4mi and back, making it 8 miles. After walking around a little getting ready, I realized my achilles tendon was still slightly sore and I knew running wouldn't help it much. So I decided to drive up the route about 1/2 miles since from my house to that point is just a big long, steep hill and that wouldn't be good on the achilles to start with out of the gates. So, I ran out to the 4mi mark (3.4 miles) and back very slowly. Figuring I had only run about 5.5 - 6.0mi I decided to do another 1mi out and back to get closer to the 8mi I had planned. It actually made it 8.8 miles - slightly longer than planned, but I took it really slow. Achilles was tender most of the way, but I focused on proper form and figured that unless it got really bad, I'd keep going. When I came back from my first out and back (6.8mi total) I was about 1/4 mi from the car and what comes on the iPod? None other than Can't Touch This (yes, by MC Hammer - embarrassing I know) but when he sang "Either work hard or you might as well quit," I knew I had to make sure I got a full 8 miles in. :-) Here's my splits: 1.0 - 10:43
1.08 - 10:37 (a good down hill section here)
1.34 - 13:36
1.34 - 13:36 (yes, exactly the same split on the way back)
1.08 - 10:55 (uphill here, took it easy)
1.0 - 10:31
1.0 - 10:17
1.0 - 10:20 Overall, I felt really good - jogged the whole way, no stopping or walking. Glad to get the miles in even though it would have been easy to skip the workout today. The nice thing about running this route is that it's quite flat and it's through a couple of small communities, so quite a few people out and about, and so it's nice to say hello or good morning to everyone. Lots of people are surprised. Maybe because I have my earphones in and they figure I'm not going to be friendly, but it could be my skull & crossbones doorag and goatee, too. Who knows. I made sure I was properly dressed so I didn't scare anyone with any bare skin that they wouldn't want to see. :-) Anyways, came home and took a nice hot bath, downed 30oz of water, some Ibuprofen, and now I'm off to work on the Honey Do List! Hope everyone has a great Saturday!
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