I massaged my calves to death this weekend and occasionally iced my foot when I felt a bit of inflamation. It felt really good after not running on Sunday, so I decided to continue with my scheduled monday run. It felt pretty good in the morning, I tried to warm it up before taking off on the run. It hurt a bit during the run, but felt better than on Sat and much better than last week.
I ran the Millville and Providence hills loop with more clothes on today. I overdressed this time, so as not to be hypothermic this time. Started with 2 easy miles warmup (7:18, 7:13) then wanted to run a tempo 5-6 miles at 6:30 pace. I started out just right for the first two miles, 6:30 and 6:30. Then the uphill started (6:42 with same effort). The next mile killed me as it was a progressively steeper hill (7:41). The next mile, I was at 6:30 pace for the flat half and then it climbed again for 1/2 mile (7:00). The next mile started at the peak of the hill and was a fast downhill that started to hurt my foot so I layed off a bit (6:14). The last three miles home were slight downhill and at a comfortable pace. (6:25, 7:05, 6:50). I feel good to have got that one over with. The uphill section was meant to help me for the striders 10 Mile race but we will see.
Total Time: 75:26 (6:52 ave)
Ave Hr: 163 | 