“I expect I will do a bit better after a few days of rest.” Then again, maybe not!
Today’s (well, technically yesterday’s since it’s past midnight now) run was in a relatively balmy 9ºC and under very light drizzly conditions. I wore my gloves.
The flood at the park had almost entirely retreated so I was able to run along the path except for the one sunken SE corner. My calves were sore from the previous run so I took two days off and partway through this run they felt even more sore. I am fairly certain that I have not re-injured the right calf, as it is not getting worse and when I stopped running it doesn’t hurt (unlike before where the pain lingered even while walking). I think my legs are just complaining about upping the time from 35 to 45 minutes. I’ve added roughly 1.5 km to the run as a result.
Because of the soreness my pace was fairly steady but not very swift. Since i had come so close to 8km before I opted to push for it today. Unfortunately I was only at 7.64km at the 45 minute mark and it took two more minutes to get to 8km. Still, I did it and I’m still walking now, so yay and all that.
Results:
Total distance: 8.01 km
Average time/km: 5:53/km (previous: 5.45/km)
Best time/km: 5.31/km (previous: 5.21/km)
Notable incident: a pair of women were throwing a ball for a dog to catch. One of them had one of those ball scoop dealies that lets you pick up and throw the ball without getting dog slobber all over your hand. They mostly stayed off the trail but one lap they were on it and as I moved to pass them the one woman raised the ball scoop up and very nearly whacked me in the head with it. Her partner gently chided her. Good enough for me!
