So today was the first run over an old route today with the new watch! I was dreading looking at it on the way around, because I knew it would be confirming things I’d estimated, but didn’t want to believe! Now there was no escaping the truth, as leveling as it was.
I ran to work this morning over my (estimated) 13km route…it is actually 12.6km, so a fairly good estimate. Having the watch on today made me run harder, because every time I looked at it and it said I was running slower than 5:30 pace I grunted and pushed a little more. I actually found it quite tough going to maintain the 5:30 but I try to keep telling myself I am 11 months off and just need to keep pounding the pavement and the numbers will improve as a natural consequence.
It was nice and cool this morning in comparison to Sunday’s City to Surf and I was thinking along the way how lucky I am that I didn’t pull up with any stiffness after Sunday’s effort. My new shoes from Eastbay finally arrived last night, and the minute I started running in them I could tell how tired my old shoes actually were! I still need my new orthotic inserts as I’ve just put the old ones in, who have done as many kms as the shoes! I run with Orthoheel sports inserts and ever since I’ve used them, years ago, I’ve never had any problems with my legs or knees. The only place I’ve found them is Athlete’s Foot stores, so I’ll be off there on Thursday night to get a new pair.
After my visit to the chiropractor last night too, my body was all was lined up and ready to go. It was good to learn that the slight throbbing I’ve been experiencing in my right hip is actually muscular, as well as the spot under my scapula! Apparently I am in need of a good massage…I don’t need any more excuse than that and will have to book on today. The fact that it is muscular and not skeletal or an alignment problem is good. Just need to work on more stretching and some stability stuff…which I knew that anyway. It is quite hard to stretch some muscles and ligaments in your body…they are hidden well and in places that don’t really flex enough to get a good stretch; but I shall persevere.
I pulled into work this morning 5 minutes faster than I had on the previous two commutes to work with a time of 1hour 13minutes. So that was great, but it also meant that the last two trips I’d made I was running over 6 minute/kms! My average pace was 5:56min/km with an average HR of 161. I know my avg HR for the City to Surf had been 173, so that’s where the extra speed comes from, running 10 points higher HR! I don’t think I could’ve managed that today; although the legs felt good I didn’t have the push of the crowd!! I did however burn 870 calories!! I’ve never had this reading on my old Polar, so it’s nice to quantify my efforts in calories consumed! And I’ve just realised my hip isn’t aching today.
With rain forecast for the week, and I was rained on for the last kms this morning, I am wondering how the week will unfold. MGirl is off on an overnight camp (in the rain) and Thursday brings the sentencing of CBoy’s attacker…so it might be a mixed bag this week. The one constant is that I still have more tiles to pull up!
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