7 Miles of funtastic
Mmm, it felt so good to be back to 7 miles for a long slow distance day. This was the longest I have run in months. It has been a long slow trek back from my hip problems of last fall. However, it is, as always, ultimately worth it.
I am still having some leg pain. My hip this morning was sore as I was hobbling about the house. I went to the gym yesterday and did 40 minutes on the bike. I also stretched for a LONG time afterward and that felt great.
My neighbor joined me down at the Newville Rails To Trails. We trundled the first 3.5 miles into pretty bad head winds, but the return was much less nasty. By the time we finished I was warm.
I also ended up doing a 3 mile walk later in the day to celebrate day light savings time and the fact that it was light out until after 7. Yay!
1 mile splits: 9:46, 9:42, 9:41, 9:38, 9:38, 9:39, 9:19
I am happy with that pace and those splits. I held back on purpose. I ran slower than I needed to because I don’t want every run to turn into me grinding myself to dust.
Some stats:
Distance: 7.01
Time: 1:07:27 (pace: 9:37)
Average Heart Rate: 144 bpm
Calories Burned: 1024
Hey Nate -
Glad to see your long run went well. The only downside to the DST switch is that early mornings will suck a bit more for the next few weeks.
Hey thanks Bill. I saw on MB that you had a pair of speedy 10 milers this weekend, very cool.
And yeah, going to work tomorrow in the dark is a drag, but I love the daylight after work.
I’ll take dark in the morning and light at night over the opposite any time.