I have a lot of workouts to catch up on. I was recently on vacation and so I didn’t get a chance to update my blog like I normally would have. Here goes.
I am back to my regular mileage and my shin is feeling pretty good. I am trying not to run too many days in a row, and keeping it to 3 days a week, but I am at least able to get all my miles in and am not injured.
Friday I got a 3 mile walk in before taking off for Canada and Saturday I walked part of the route I would take on Sunday’s long run.
Sunday was awesome. I had a running partner for the first 1.5 miles, before she turned and headed back for the cottage, and I kept on my merry way. As luck would have it, from the end of the driveway to the entrance to the nearest town was 4.25 miles. I hoofed it up the highway and into town where I could turn around and run back to the end of the driveway. This put me at 8.5 miles. The driveway was .75 miles long, so I ran 2/3 of that as well and then walked the last quarter mile to the house. It was a pretty fantastic time. I didn’t go super fast or anything. My intention, as usual, was to finish.
1 Mile splits: 10:54, 10:44, 10:50, 10:49, 10:44, 10:35, 10:40, 10:38, 10:44
In the last mile I was pretty tired and my legs and back were getting sore, but I could have gone further. I was in a groove that would have let me run and run. Yesterday my legs felt fine and I was actually able to drive 10 hours home.
I have 11 Miles on Sunday this week. It will be a challenge, but I am pretty confident I can do it.
Some stats:
Distance: 9.00 mi
Time: 1:36:41 (pace: 10:44)
Average Heart Rate: 148 bpm
Calories Burned: 1418
Hey Nathan,
Glad you had an enjoyable vacation. I’m happy to hear your shins are feeling better. Congratulations on your 9M run, I remember that was a big threshold for me.
Thanks Bill! I was pretty happy with how it all worked out. I kind of feel like I can do whatever distance I need to do (with the proper ramp up of course).
Given that you were running in Canada, was it hard to make the transition from running miles to running kilometers?
Human,
The garmin handles all that transparently. ;)
Amusingly while running though I did see a sign that said ‘$TownName 3′ and I was like “There is no way that town is still 3 miles away” :) It dawned on me pretty fast.