The evening run planned for Friday got canceled because our AC unit when out and we had to get a new unit installed. It took much longer than I thought it would.
So this morning I went for a longer run. I had planned to run on the grass around the soccer fields and so wore my trail shoes. However, they were watering the fields and the grass was soaking wet, so instead I ran on the gravel road around the soccer field.
This past week was not great for running. The coming week should be great. The plan is to run everyday between now and Friday when I will do a long run in the morning.
Thursday night I ran 3 miles. The plan was to take off Monday and Tuesday and to restart running Wednesday night. The problem there was a bad storm that night and so the run got pushed to Thursday.
It was an odd run because my legs were sore, my toe hurt and my knee was giving me problems. It was odd because I had taken three days off and had no pain during my last run. The leg and knee pain was not worrying because I could tell it was just one of those odd days and it would go away.
This morning I went 4 miles. I ran the first 2 at a good clip and then walked and ran some before doing the last mile at marathon pace. It was humid (94%); I'd rather it was raining.
Up next: Two days off. The wife is going on a short trip. The plan was to take off Monday anyway and I don't feel like doing a treadmill run when another day off might not be so bad anyway. I have ramped up from no miles a week to about 30 quickly. Giving my body a little bit of time to recover from the recent increase is probably not a bad idea - especially if it keeps me off a treadmill.
This morning I left the house at 5:50 or so for a 12 mile run. It rained the whole time and it was great. My overall pace was 15 seconds per mile faster than the 10 mile run I did a week ago. So the trend of getting faster is still going.
The weather has been great lately (all rain, little heat) for running. I don't know if my pace will keep dropping if high temperatures finally hit us. However, I'm happy with the pace I am doing the longer runs for this point in the summer. I seem to be ahead of last's years pace at this time (of course, I was doing most of those during the day in the heat).
I took Friday off. My legs were sore from three days of pushing the pace on 5 and 6 mile runs. It was only my second day off in the 14 days since I have started running again since hurting my toe.
Toe update: I'm not sure I felt it at all today while running. It still hurts a bit when I put my tight fitting socks on and sometimes around the house but things are looking good on the toe pain front.
Today I ran six miles early in a steady rain. It was a great run. I got very little sleep but somehow ended up having a very good pace run. This was about 40 seconds per mile faster than yesterday's fairly good 5 mile run.
If current trends continue I should be able to do well this fall.
This morning around 6 I started the Starbucks run. I found the other runners in town. I was wondering when everyone else ran; it's between 6-7 in the morning. Good pace run, faster than the two Starbucks runs from last week.
Tonight I ran 4 miles around the complex. It was a decent run as I planned only for 4 and so tried to keep my pace up during it. Tomorrow a Starbucks 5.
Toe update: It still hurts, but less than it did. Somedays it hurts more than others but overall the pain is going down.
