18 miles in 2:28:00, 8:13/mi, HR 161. Sunny and hot (78F). Lots of excuses for only running 18 instead of 20 (2 weeks on east coast, internal time clock off, hot day, poor hydration from plane rides, first run over 14 miles since May) but only reason was that I could barely hack the 18. Even required a couple of brief walk breaks. My only solace is that I know I'll get better after I get some more under my belt but does 2 months without really make them this hard? A 10 minute ice soak made the legs feel a bit better.
Also, time to get some new shoes....after closely inspecting one pair still short of 500 miles I saw plenty of midsole showing where outsole should be. Another pair is close to 600 miles. The pair of Asics DS Trainers I ordered at 12.5s are too small....boy are they sized way small. If I can managed, I'll drag myself to the store today or tomorrow. I ran today's run without the orthotics since they've been well abused the last couple of weeks. Asics GT 2120 - 601.98 miles. | 