I got 8 hours of sleep last night and I was completely dead and weak
after getting done with my wife's Daycare facility setup last night.
Finally, opening day today! No more double shifts of running over
there after work to get things setup, or taking up the whole weekend to
get things ready. I'm happy for my wife, and the hard work we put
in. It really does show, and it was well worth it. Hey! do I
need to talk about running. I guess this is a running blog. Last
night I planned on either doing a tempo run on the 10k race course I'm
running Saturday or doing some 8 x 400's on the track. Well, I didn't
do either one of those for three reasons: 1. The wind was blowing up
to 30 mph. 2. It was raining and the track would have not been a good
idea in those conditions, but it wasn't really cold. 3. My legs were
dead, and I bumped my knee last night while moving Daycare equipment
(the one that's been bothering me after my runs). I did run 11.5 miles
at an overall 7:07 pace in 1:22, and I just ran by feeling. My knee
hurt more than it has in any run for sometime this morning. It's even
aching right now. I did run the last mile in 6:12, because I was mad
and determined to at least get one fast mile. Tomorrow I will try
and run the course if I can get up at a decent time to drive up there
and run it before work. Then head down to the University and take a
shower there at the gym and then go to work from there. I'm done
probably running anymore today. Here's my plan for the rest
of the week to get ready for Saturday's race (please provide input) My
problem is I haven't ran a lot of short competitive races so I'm trying
to work on the strategy leading up to the week. Wednesday 8 miles: 6 on race course at 20k pace.
Thursday 8 miles easy run
Friday: rest
Saturday: 10k race ( I would at least like to run 16 miles that day,
so I'll run more after the race). If my knee is hurting I will just
treat this as a training run and call off the wheels in the race. (Asics DS Trainers 13 - 97.8 miles)
Lunch I did 500 sit-ups and 200 push-ups. My knee is still real sore from this morning run. I'll have to see if I can ice it while I'm sitting at work. Evening More sit-ups and push-ups.
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