There are some good runs and some bad runs. Today was a bad run. I've been taking it easy all week to give myself time to heal from the 1/2 marathon. Today I finally decide it's time to do a little tempo work. Man was it ever work. I've been running all week at 7:08 per mile without too much pain. Today I bumped it to 6:00 minute miles for 3.5 miles and man did I ever hurt!!
From the first 1/4 mile in on my tempo I felt like I was running the last 2 miles of a marathon. I eventually had to slow it down. My legs are heavy, they hurt. They feel like the morning after a marathon. I thought I had worked all the lactic acid out.
I think my legs are still a little broken down from the half. That down hill really must have took a number on them. My hip even started hurting a little.
As much as I don't like to, I think I'll have to resist the desire to do speed and tempo for another week.
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