I didn't sleep at all last night I was trying to simulate my run today, and trying to figure out where I was going to run. I tossed and turned all night. I was extremely tired when I went to bed at an early hour to get the extra sleep. Well, that did happen unfortunately. I finally got up at 5am something and go out the door by 6am ish. It was cold this morning but I ran in my race shorts anyway. It sprinkled a bit in the first 5 minutes of the run but that was it. I ran the first 8 miles mostly uphill with one major hill on Olympus Rd. splits (7:23, 7:01, 6:52, 7:03, 7:07, 6:57, 7:06, 6:35) Then I decided to do a tempo run where part of the course for the next four miles was either flat or downhill. Good simulation for Ogden since I just finished a lot of uphill running at this point. Mile 9 - 6:20 Completely flat (wanted to start the tempo slow to see how my knee felt, and it actually felt fine the whole run. I love my good old Asics Ohana Racers Mile 10 - 5:49 3/4 Downhill the rest flat (Felt real easy and the effort wasn't hard. The knee felt fine) Mile 11 - 5:36 Completely Downhill (Felt real good and still felt sort of easy. There's a lot of rain clouds, and I was thinking the weather could turn ugly here soon.) Mile 12 - 5:40 Completely Flat (Turned into a strong headwind so I worked harder on this mile. I passed our new Golds Gym building that's almost finished, and it's beautiful.). Mile 13 & 14 cool-down (6:47, 6:46)
I ran 14.2 miles this morning at a 6:39 pace in 1.34. Usually, my knee hurts every other day, and its when I run in my Mizuno Precision 8 shoes so I'll try a little bit of an experiment here. I'm not going to run in them tomorrow, instead all run in my Saucony's to see if maybe the shoe is causing the problem. (Asics Ohana racer #1 - 260 miles)
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