I never ran in the entire month of July. Wow. I haven no idea how I did it. There were times in which I wanted to run or needed to run but never got out there and did it. My weekends were busy with the boyfriend and then at the end of the month we were getting his place all packed and together and then of course I had RAGBRAI the week before his move.
I mostly biked in July. So my muscles should still be in good shape, save for my knees.
I went running last night for the first time since June 29th. I ran 3.1 miles in 30 minutes. Pretty slow. First 1.7 miles were just over 10 minutes. Second part I sped it up so that I was running faster (yay negative splits!) and was going 9:10 or so. The last half mile I sped it up even more and was going 8:48. For an average of 9:47. Not bad as that's probably what I'll end up doing for the marathon and my training pace need to be slower than that.
Today, the muscles outside my hips hurt. My thighs hurt a little. Calves I feel nothing. I didn't feel any pain in my knee today but did after my run last night. I put it up, didn't use ice, and it feels fine this morning. I must always remember my knee bands.
Brent rode his bike with me last night. It was good to have someone else there with me, able to talk to me. I eventually told him to help me. Then I told him to count and with each number, I planted my foot down. It helped with my foot rotation and kept my mind off my pain. My lungs were also dead, mainly because it was still 78 when I left high humidity and I didn't have any water. I could hear the phlegm in my breathing. Next time, he'll have to bring a water bottle to put on his bike so he can douse me with it every now and then.
Oh and since I run on a bike path that's through some wooded areas, I need to spray down with some bug repellent. Mosquitoes were all over me last night and kept distracting me from my running and disrupting my form.
Saturday is 6 miles. That'll be interesting. I bet I'll be going way slow or even walking some of it. I also plan on doing that out at the Great Western Trail in Sycamore. Maybe early in the morning. It's gonna be 80 that day.
I mostly biked in July. So my muscles should still be in good shape, save for my knees.
I went running last night for the first time since June 29th. I ran 3.1 miles in 30 minutes. Pretty slow. First 1.7 miles were just over 10 minutes. Second part I sped it up so that I was running faster (yay negative splits!) and was going 9:10 or so. The last half mile I sped it up even more and was going 8:48. For an average of 9:47. Not bad as that's probably what I'll end up doing for the marathon and my training pace need to be slower than that.
Today, the muscles outside my hips hurt. My thighs hurt a little. Calves I feel nothing. I didn't feel any pain in my knee today but did after my run last night. I put it up, didn't use ice, and it feels fine this morning. I must always remember my knee bands.
Brent rode his bike with me last night. It was good to have someone else there with me, able to talk to me. I eventually told him to help me. Then I told him to count and with each number, I planted my foot down. It helped with my foot rotation and kept my mind off my pain. My lungs were also dead, mainly because it was still 78 when I left high humidity and I didn't have any water. I could hear the phlegm in my breathing. Next time, he'll have to bring a water bottle to put on his bike so he can douse me with it every now and then.
Oh and since I run on a bike path that's through some wooded areas, I need to spray down with some bug repellent. Mosquitoes were all over me last night and kept distracting me from my running and disrupting my form.
Saturday is 6 miles. That'll be interesting. I bet I'll be going way slow or even walking some of it. I also plan on doing that out at the Great Western Trail in Sycamore. Maybe early in the morning. It's gonna be 80 that day.
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