5.28 Mile Run in 46:22
This was my longest run since May 25th (over 1 month ago). All things considered I felt pretty good, which is a relative statement. About 45 minutes before my run I ate half of an individual sized pizza at Bertucci's. Needing to get some exercise, I decided to hit the road, especially since Scott just challenged me to a 50 mile race on nikeplus.com.
I hit the road tonight at 7:40pm in 70 degree temps with considerable humidity. I started off way too fast, mostly due to a little bit of adrenaline and it being my first run in a while. I ran a 8:26 first mile, which also includes the first of three major hills (picture beacon hill type hills. The run took me from my house, all the way down to the Ashland Resevoir (about 2.6) miles away, before coming back. As mentioned, there were 3 pretty big hills, all over 1/5 mile in length, and all pretty steep. My quads took a beating, but they should recover in a day or two.
I ended up finishing the 5.28 mile run in 46:22 for an average pace of 8:46, and burning 711 calories in the process. Not a bad showing in my return to the road.
Check out the route here: http://tinyurl.com/34dmvy
This was my longest run since May 25th (over 1 month ago). All things considered I felt pretty good, which is a relative statement. About 45 minutes before my run I ate half of an individual sized pizza at Bertucci's. Needing to get some exercise, I decided to hit the road, especially since Scott just challenged me to a 50 mile race on nikeplus.com.
I hit the road tonight at 7:40pm in 70 degree temps with considerable humidity. I started off way too fast, mostly due to a little bit of adrenaline and it being my first run in a while. I ran a 8:26 first mile, which also includes the first of three major hills (picture beacon hill type hills. The run took me from my house, all the way down to the Ashland Resevoir (about 2.6) miles away, before coming back. As mentioned, there were 3 pretty big hills, all over 1/5 mile in length, and all pretty steep. My quads took a beating, but they should recover in a day or two.
I ended up finishing the 5.28 mile run in 46:22 for an average pace of 8:46, and burning 711 calories in the process. Not a bad showing in my return to the road.
Check out the route here: http://tinyurl.com/34dmvy
No comments:
Post a Comment