Start time: 6/24/07, 8:00am
Location: C&O Canal Towpath & Cap Crescent Trail
Distance: 12 miles
Average pace: 9:10min/mile
Finally! I got to actually run one of the weekend runs with my new group; between travel and the achilles mechanism strain, it was a while coming. Fortunately it went really well; we took the first couple miles at a 9:30 pace, and then shifted up to our 9:00min/mile pace for the rest of the run. The six of us stuck together on the way out; on the way back, Dave and Cassie zoomed off ahead, Aaron and I took the middle ground, Laura was right behind the two of us, and Paul decided to take some walk breaks and wasn’t that far behind the rest of us. No problems during the run at all, which was nice.
Frustratingly, my left knee has been sore on Monday and now today as well. I’m trying to stretch it out and hopefully that’s all it needs. But bother, bother, bother. We’ll see if I’m up for some LTRs tonight or not.
For the past few weeks, the knees have been giving me grief, but after sunday’s run, they don’t hurt. Stretch, stretch, stretch. That’s my advice. When you have a minute to do so in the office, go for it, you’ll thank yourself come run time.
What exactly are we running this coming sunday?
Yeah, I’m hoping that’ll take care of the problem. The fact that they weren’t hurting during the run itself gives me hope. (I actually have some issues with the new “strength training” stuff at the end which I think was too intense for being right after a 12-miler, and I think actually caused the problem. Hmph.)
This Sunday is a 6-miler, but it’ll be done at our Tempo speed (so knock 30 seconds off of the pace.)