Week 2 is in the books. It's a good feeling to have made it this far without any major setbacks. I'm encouraged that I still have little to no pain in my feet or legs. I've had a few very slight twinges of possible PF pain in my right foot. It's nothing major, just something to pay attention to. I was studying my feet this morning before my run and noticed that my right arch is considerably higher than my left arch. I'm sure that's why I've had PF there in the past, but never in my left. I've been careful to really stretch my feet and take good care of them since starting to run.
This morning I was back in the park. It was about 75 degrees and insanely humid. I'm looking forward to running in the dryer and cooler fall air. 60 degrees with a cool autumn breeze sounds really appealing to me. I did 2.5 miles in 31 minutes this morning. That's 12.4 minutes/mile. I intentionally tried to slow down a little this morning but it's hard to do. Apparently, I'm a digital person. It seems like it's either full throttle or nothing with me. It's the way I operate in most other aspects of my life, but I know it's not going to work with running, so I'm intentionally trying to hold myself back a bit. I know I'm going to need that for next week's 3 minute runs and I don't even want to think about week 5 day 3. Twenty minutes without a walking break sounds insurmountable. I just have to keep reminding myself to take it one step at a time.
Totally unrelated: I'm pretty sure I saw a fox disappear into the woods as I was running this morning, which was pretty cool. Also, the whole park smelled like horses. I didn't actually see any horses, but I have seen evidence of them in the past.
You'll figure out your pace. Takes practice, but it's easy once you get the knack. I don't even use my MP3 player much anymore. I just run.
ReplyDeleteDon't be knockin' my park. Or horses.