Going Long

First run in two weeks, following the re-injury of my calf at Around the Bay.

Nice and easy 4k around the neighbourhood, to drop an envelope at a friend's house.

Picked up the girls from daycare at the end of the run.  Jamie declared "I want to go running with you" when she saw me in my run clothes!  hehehe

Time  28:46

Distance  4k (2.5mi)

Pace  7:11/km (11:30/mi)

HR Zone  116-136 bpm

HR Max 145  Avg 134

In Zone 51.8% of run

My first serious test of the calf since ATB on March 29.  Even before that, I had run sporadically for three weeks - so I'm thinking I've been off for close to five weeks this cycle.  Ugh.  Not setting myself up for a stellar race at the end of May.

Got out for 10k Tempo today.  Hoofing it hard to make it to the daycare for pickup before it closed at 6 pm.  If I would have made it, it would have been a PB!  As it was, I dialed it back and called Christine to revise our plans for the evening.

It was nice to be out and working hard.  The calf seems to be healed, but my mind is still worried about it.  I'll be happy when I'm out there and not trying to avoid injury.  That's when the injuries occur, right?

Time  1:03:34

Distance 10k (6.25 mi)

Pace  6:21/km (10:10/mi)

HR Zone  136-156 bpm

HR 163 Avg, 181 Max

In zone 19.8% of the run

Same distance and route as Wednesday's run home from work, but it's incredible the difference in feeling today.

The other day I went harder early, then backed off late.  This time I was steady at a slightly slower pace the whole distance.  The ultimate result was a slightly slower time today, and a more sluggish feeling after the end of the run.  Weird that the same distance and route yielded such different results.

Distance  10k

Time  1:04:32

Pace 6:27/km (10:19/mi)

no information on the HR Zones and min/max