Week 5, Day 1 didn't seem hard enough. I guess that's a good thing, since I hiked 10 miles on Saturday in some evil boots that tore my feet up. I have blisters on 5 toes, my right heel, and the inside of the ball of my left foot. Oh, and my right big toe looks and feels like I hit it with a hammer. I band-aided up this morning before my run and my feet didn't bother me at all during my run. I did have some sore muscles from the 10 mile hike, and my left knee was really hurting after the run. I didn't have any pain while running, but when I got back to the car my knee was really throbbing. I'm not sure what's up with it, but I'm going to take it easy the next 48 hours and hopefully be healed and ready for W5D2 on Wednesday.
I took it pretty slow this morning due to the soreness and wanting to go easy on my feet. That may be why it seemed like an easy run. I did 2.25 miles in 29:51. I did the first half in 15:50 and the second half in 14:01. That's 14:04/mile for the first half, and 12:28/mile for the second half. Looking at my chart, I really must have messed up my calculation on W4D3. I don't think there's any way I averaged 11:43/mile.
As far as mind over matter, I think I may have broken through a barrier this morning. I didn't have any serious challenges, but I found myself just enjoying the process of running. I caught myself smiling at the end of the last 5 minutes (and glad there was no one there to see me grinning like a fool), and I had been pushing pretty hard at that point. I kept going for about 20 more seconds, just because I was enjoying it so much I didn't want to stop. During that 20 seconds I kept pushing to go faster and my body just did it. I was breathing hard, and my legs were tired, but I feel like I could have kept going. It feels good knowing I have something left at the end of the workout, having to hold myself back from pushing too hard.
I find myself looking forward to the 20 minute challenge on Friday.
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