Happy Easter! And congratulations to all Lent participants for surviving these short 40 days. Hopefully your post-Lent binges do not leave you with any unplesaent side-effects
I actually thought I had mapped out a 6.2 mile run, but no luck. I missed a street in the route...I'm an idiot. I completed a 6-mile run (30F, no wind, not bad at all, really) with a total running time of 66 minutes. Slower than the 10-minute pace I had on Saturday, but I'm going to blame Friday's 4-mile run for the slower pace. Oh, my stupid knee as well.
I intentionally picked a route with hils in it to see how the bad knee would respond. It did okay for the first 3.5 miles, and then it was nice enough to let me know it didn't want to run anymore. I pushed through and finished the run, but it was obvious I had slowed down (I really tried not to). And I'm still compensating because that grapefruit sized knot is back in my right calf. Actually, its only the size of a small orange this time...hopefully by race day (7-days) it will only become grape-sized.
No more outdoor long runs until the race. May try a short one or two, but more likely that I will stick to cushioned treadmills, ellipticals, and possibly bikes.
By the way, my NCAA bracket is a terrible mess thanks to Clemson, Duke, UConn, and G'Town. What were these teams thinking?!?!? |