- 10 miles with down and uphill (walked every 9 mins)
Wow, it's amazing how 24 miles running/17 miles x-training in one week can wipe ya out so easily when you're just getting back into things! However, I was so happy to be running "long" today, so I'll take it. I was dragging; the avg pace was very slow (10:25). The achilles was tight at times and it's tight after I stand up from sitting for long periods of time today (along with LOTS of other muscles). For the past couple of weeks, I've been periodically checking my achilles for the bad signs (crepitus, swelling, warmth, sharp pain), but they are never there, so I hope I'm doing OK! It's just a little tight on the bottom of my foot every now and again and my calf and achilles needs to be rolled out religiously. My thoughts are I'm pushing it just enough to strengthen it, but not too much that it's injuring it. Hopefully that is true. I'm almost certain if I were to go out at my previous paces, do speedwork, and do the long runs I normally would be doing 9 weeks before a marathon, it would get injured again. So I just need to keep easing into it and be patient!
Splits, elevation, HR details here | 