8:00 AM I can't believe I'm saying this, as even just two or three weeks ago it'd be a different story, but went for an easy 6.5 mile run in 49:58 today and felt great. Minimal soreness from the last two days. Felt nice and relaxed. Only problem was mile 3 my left shoe came undone. Decided to keep running with it, but then it came undone to the point my foot started to slip out of the heel so stopped and retied.
Total Mileage: 6.5 Miles Total Time: 49:58 Pace/Mile: 7:41
On a side note, not sure if it's a problem because my body hasn't complained about it (maybe it's actually helping me for varying paces during my races), but my treadmill has been zapped a couple times in storms since we bought it in 2002 or 2003. Nothing too major, we had to replace the circuit boards once, but I've noticed especially if on 0-.5% grade, the treadmill speed fluctuates. i.e. today I set it at 7.8 mph to 7.9mph which reflects my 7:41 pace, but as I glanced at the speed as I ran it was constantly fluctuating from 7.8 to 8.4 down to 8.2 back to 8.4 or 8.3. Any ideas about what might cause that? Does that mean I'm actually running a little faster/further than I think? Also my treadmill maxes out at 10mph, but if I max it out for an interval... it's not uncommon for the speed to register as 10.7mph or higher!
8:30 PM Just got in from work and did a quick de-stressing run. 2 miles in 14:31 avg 7:15.5/mile pace.
Total Mileage for Day : 8.5 miles Total Time: 1:04:29 Avg. Pace : 7:35 | 