Thursday was my follow up with my foot doc. She was pleased with the progress I made...no pain or swelling issues after the 5 mile race last weekend. So, she gave me permission to start running hills again. Never thought I'd be so excited about exerting more effort...
The plan was a couple of loops around Burke Lake, the reality was time to get back on the treadmill...sigh... The good news is I wasn't wearing crazy sneakers like the lady below! Still loving my Saucony Kinvaras.
Image Source: Healing Feet blog
The good part about the treadmill is you can control your pace. I know I should be running negative splits...i.e., starting out with a relaxed pace and running faster as I go. So that's what I forced myself to do today, started out at a 12 min mile and ended with a 10 min mile pace. Added in two "hills" - an incline of 5 - for half a mile each and called it a good day.
Very alert to the possibility of overdoing it. I could have gone 8 miles, but felt some mild strain in the tendon I've been having problems with...so the 7 miles I did (without stopping) was just fine for today. Followed by ibuprofen and ice, of course.
Half Marathon Training Progress Report (Thurs) -
The plan was a couple of loops around Burke Lake, the reality was time to get back on the treadmill...sigh... The good news is I wasn't wearing crazy sneakers like the lady below! Still loving my Saucony Kinvaras.
The good part about the treadmill is you can control your pace. I know I should be running negative splits...i.e., starting out with a relaxed pace and running faster as I go. So that's what I forced myself to do today, started out at a 12 min mile and ended with a 10 min mile pace. Added in two "hills" - an incline of 5 - for half a mile each and called it a good day.
Very alert to the possibility of overdoing it. I could have gone 8 miles, but felt some mild strain in the tendon I've been having problems with...so the 7 miles I did (without stopping) was just fine for today. Followed by ibuprofen and ice, of course.
Half Marathon Training Progress Report (Thurs) -
- .25 mile walk
- 2 mile run (12:00 pace)
- .5 miles barefoot run (forefoot strike)
- .5 mile "hill" (12:00 pace) - barefoot style
- 2 mile run (10:54 pace)
- .5 mile "hill" (10:54 pace) - barefoot style
- 2 mile run (10:00 pace)
- .25 mile walk
Total Distance - 7.5 miles
Total Time - 1:26:32
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