Another Seven Miler

Posted by Steve ()

March 4, 2008

Didn’t have the chance to run during my lunch hour today, so went for an easy run after work instead. The temperature this evening was a crazy 70°F, but the strong 18mph wind made it feel a fair bit colder than that. No matter, it was nice to be able to run in shorts and a t-shirt and leave the hat and gloves behind.

I felt quite good during yesterday’s seven miler and felt no after effects from Sunday’s 22 mile run, but today was a different story. The first 3 or 4 miles were okay – I even managed to pick up the pace each mile – but my legs started to feel heavy somewhere in the 5th mile and I decided to back off the pace and run easily back to the house.

It’s probably just an accumulation of the last 9 training weeks, but my right shin and right foot were a little sore tonight. Maybe it’s my mind playing tricks on me as the Shamrock Marathon draws closer?

Not sure if this will impact my planned treadmill run tomorrow night, I guess I’ll see how I feel tomorrow..

Here are tonight’s stats, courtesy of my Garmin GPS and MotionBased web site:

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