8:00 PM - Felt good today. Interesting food for thought. Was still reading Joe Henderson's Running A to Z and found a passage in there that talked about when running the Pikes Peak Marathon it is important to turn around as soon as you get to the top because if you don't it will take much longer to find your way down the switchbacks; I think this can be extrapolated to the everyday runner, and more importantly those of us that became injured in the last several months. I think there is a commonality among distance runners to continually improve and always strive to set a PR, or win a race. Yet I think what I've learned the hard way in the last couple of months is that we can't continually improve. You can log as many miles as you want, but miles are correlated to wear and tear, and there is only so much the human body can take before it says "Hey! Wait a minute! I need a break here!". I think I lingered too long at the top of the mountain after my November races, and started focusing on more intense training for the 1/2 in January, then jumped right back in to start training for the next race. What I failed to do, was listen to my body and take some time for recovery.
Did warm up walk, then 2 easy miles of jogging in 21:25 (10:42 pace), cool down.
Total Time: 40:06 Total Distance: 3.25 miles Average Pace: 12:20 / mile
PROGRESS! I have done 11 miles of jogging in the last 5 days! Between 2-2.5 each day! Things are coming along nicely. I can't wait until I can run 3 or 4 though! | 