Week 7

Week 7
I was dreading this run all weekend and that’s why I put it off until 3 PM on Sunday afternoon. I wasn’t sure how far I was going to run but I know it wasn’t going to be easy for a few reasons. I knew not running long last week wasn’t going to help plus I was tired. I started off easy and just eased into the run. During the run I started to feel better at which was encouraging. At around 90 minutes, my knees started to ache my right one was really giving me some issues and at the water stop (90 min) I did some light stretching (IT band) which helped. There were a few times were it got pretty cold because of the lack of sun and wind. I almost cut the run short to go home and get another shirt. I powered through the loop part of the run and then it came to decision time. The last part of the run there were a few places where I could make the run longer or shorter. Every decision I picked to extend the run and in the end I am glad I did. Overall I felt pretty good except for the knee pain. My energy remained constant and my usual problem areas felt okay. Once again I took a ten minute ice bath. I actually look forward to these now and this week I put a sweatshirt on which made a big difference.
On the IPod – I started out listening to WEEI and then switch to my IPod. Up first was an interview with Johan Bruhneel. It was a really good interview. I particular liked the story about winning a Tour stage in his father’s memory. I then switched over to s few tunes. The memorable one was Tiger Lily off of Luna Live, what a great tune. I then went back to another interview which was a Mark Allen interview from last summer. The bulk of the interview was about his training and race for his last Kona title. I think this was what helped extend my run. I cruised to the end to the Clash’s Police on My Back, which is an awesome running tune.

The details – 16.25 in 2:30:04 a little over 9’s.

Next week’s goal – 17+ under 9’s