3.15 Miles Around the Neighborhood in 26:12

I'll tell you what, I have been remarkably sore since Tuesday night's 5+ mile run. My quads took a tremendous beating on those 3 major hills, and I have been paying the price the last few days. In fact, walking down stairs on Wed, Thurs, Fri. just absoutely killed. I am finally just getting over it, but not over the twisted ankle I got in last Saturday's soccer game.

So, waking up this morning I decided to hit the pavement for a few miles knowing that Scott is going to get in at least one run this weekend. Like I said earlier, the quads and ankle were still hurting pretty bad, but I think a short run was exactly what was needed to loosen the muscles up. I conciously avoided hills and decided to go 2-3 miles. So, all things considered things worked out pretty well. I completed the 3.15 mile run in 26:12 for an average pace of 8:18. I burned 424 calories in the process. I can live with the 8+ pace knowing that I never turned it on at the beginning or the end in trying to push things. Had I, I maybe could have gotten subs 8:10 pace, but no big deal.

I have a 10K on the horizon, but it isn't until August. So I've got a bit of time to ramp up.

In the challenge Scott and I have to 50 miles, I'm currently up on him 8.43 to 5.43

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