A melancholy monday morning run at work in the wind and a bit of rain. Kinda bummed out that Kim's IT band isn't behaving very well. Also got a touch of sore throat and cold the last couple of days. But I guess better now than next week. Still hoping for the best for both of us and that we can run to full potential at SGM but it looks like that might not quite happen exactly how we were hoping. Hopefully we can be smart and do all the right things between now and then and hope for a little race day magic.
I actually felt pretty good today but not until I was 4 miles into the run. I had the stupid left foot flapping thing going on pretty much upto the 4 mile point. Left hamstring also still sorta buggy but getting better. But the good news is that pain behind my big toe is almost gone. Been putting some callus-remover pads over the pain area and that seems to do the trick. Felt really good the last 2.2 miles and the sub-8 pace started feeling as easy as it is supposed to feel.
Ave pace: 8:10
Ave HR: 153
Tomorrow I'll try the marathon pace run test again to see how the legs feel about running a couple miles or so in the 6:45-7:15 pace range. If they still whine I suppose I'll hit the elliptical again. | 