The weather once again decided to play nice with us. It was cold and a touch on the windy side at times, but no rain. The trail itself was gorgeous and well maintained. I will definitely be back this summer with the wife and our bikes to take a ride here.
I started out on this morning's run at a relatively slow pace. I was following a group of people, chiming in on the conversation at times, and basically getting warmed up properly. After about 20 minutes or so (just about the time my toes thawed out), I decided to speed it up a bit and headed out on my own. Everything seemed to be in working condition, so I tried to slowly increase my pace through the rest of the run time.
For the most part, I was able to keep it up and got a negative split on the end of the run. I never got going so fast that I felt like I was pushing too hard, but I wasn't settling back and taking it easy either. The only ill effects I felt at the end was some tightness in my calves (my enormous, enormous calves). Some stretching and foam roller work took care of that.
The running is getting easier and the injuries are evening out. All good news as we get into the meat of the training schedule and start hitting some significant run times. Next Saturday is a 90 minute run and all the rest after that except for one, I think, are more than 100 minutes. Sounds daunting.
Run stats: 1:12:22 min. | 7.32 miles | 9:53/mile average pace
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