2mile Quickie
Poser August 9th, 2008
Ran a little over 2 miles yesterday, just to get out of the house for a little bit, and to start with getting my miles up. I figure in between my actual training runs, I’ll do these shorter runs just to keep active and and get used to running more miles per week, without having to increase my other runs.
The Conditions:
Distance: Roughly 2.4 miles
Pace: 8′ / mi
Weather: Warm, but not too bad. Ran about 7.30p, was darker out with a small breeze.
Route: The Cherry + 8th to R on Magnolia, down Mag to L on Right Sac, R on Citrus to 6th, L on 6th back to Cherry and stopped.
The Run:
Before: Another 8 hours of sleep, leisurely day. Spent most of it inside troubleshooting Nike+, and watching tv. Two soft taco lunch, with half a Regular Black Forest Ham sandwich from Togos. Drank two bottles of water in the three hours before run, last sip was ~ 1/2 hour before out the door. Warmup was 3×15sec wall squats, 10sec leg raises for each leg, 2×10 bicycle crunches, and 10 pushups. Was a little sore in arms from pushups the day before, as I hadnt done pushups in quite a while (weeks).
During: Leisurely jog to loosen up before run from drive way to Cherry + 6th. Once I hit 6th I started off, and half from Cherry to Mag I felt my left knee acting weird, nothing bad, but I could tell it was a little tight. Should have done my other stretches like I did the day before, but forgot to log. Once I hit 8th and Mag I quickened pace till 7th, and decided to do Fartlek type bursts. I would burst for a full block, then take two blocks to recover a little, running at race pace, or little slower. Did about 4 bursts total, which I think resulted in the post-run problem (noted below). Otherwise I felt good, a little tired since I was doing the run so late in the day, but it was better than doing it during extremely hot weather.
After: Once hitting 6th and Cherry I stopped, and walked back home. I felt left shins feeling a bit sore, so walked slower than usual. Once back in the apartment I could tell they were hurting, possibly splints. Definitely hurt once I got my shoes off, so I grabbed my ice pack and a Powerade, and iced left shins while drinking 1/3 bottle of ‘Ade. Once shins felt better I showered up and relaxed in front of TV. Possibly too much running, especially with the speed burst parts, but today no problems, pains or aches.