The plan for today was to run for 35 minutes, or five more than two days ago. Originally I was planning to increase the pace slightly, but given the fact 7:53 pace felt slower than a jog I decided to crank it up to 7:36—i.e., a longer distance at a significantly faster speed. Once again, I cruised through the workout with minimal discomfort during and afterwards. I did a fair amount of stretching, strengthening exercises, muscle massage, and walking afterwards, which I am guessing helped as well.
While I am obviously more excited about the continued recovery of my left leg, I am honestly really surprised at how little fitness I lost given the fact I barely ran for over a month and a half. I guess I had a better base than I anticipated, and I was pretty good about keeping up the cardio while I wasn't running. I still need to reign myself in and not push too hard, too fast—as I got toward the end of my run I was really tempted to add another few minutes on just to get to an even five miles. I now think I am just going to gradually increase my weekly long run based on time as opposed to distance, with the goal of getting up to 1:20 minutes at 8:00 pace (10 miles) by the start of my formal training program.
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