Recovery Run + Core Conditioning. 5:13 am, 27°F, 48% humidity, wind 3 SSE. I ran four slow miles in my really old Brooks Adrenalines and then changed into my VFFs for a little over a mile. I figure if I do a little over a mile in the VFFs twice/week for about 3 weeks consistently, then I can up the VFF mileage to 2 miles per run and keep increasing in like fashion. I have short recovery runs on Wednesdays and Fridays for the next several weeks, so those work out to be good days to do it. This was the coldest weather I've ever worn the VFFs in. The tops of my feet and ankles were cold when I first went out in the VFFs, but within a few minutes they felt fine. Of course, I was only out there in them for just under 12 minutes. My lower back was sore all day yesterday. It's somewhat better today. I figure it's either from the core conditioning, which has doubled in quantity since last week, or from the "falling forward" proprioceptive cue I've been focusing on this week, possibly both. The core conditioning exercises really aren't that hard. I had to do one set of each exercise each time I did the exercises last week, and I had to do two sets of each exercise each time I did then this week. Next week, I'm supposed to do three sets, and then it switches to a different set of exercises. This first group of exercises is pretty easy, so I think the more likely culprit for the sore back is the falling forward. AP: 10:13. Splits: 10:26, 10:09, 10:06, 10:10, 10:14, 0.13 @ 10:36.
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