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Long run – 6.32miles



A big step today.. my first 10k run since coming back from my stress fracture!

It wasn’t the easiest of runs in some ways, but in others it wasn’t too bad at all.

The negatives were the heat (it was supposed to be raining this afternoon – but instead it was baking!) and tired lower legs. I started off with quite tight calfs, but after about a mile they started to settle down. My right achilles felt a little bad as well at one point, but then I just adjusted my form slightly and it seemed to clear it up.

Now for the good parts… my heart and lungs seemed to be handling the work pretty well. I ran faster than I’d planned – at a pretty consistent 8:55 mile/min pace, but even up some tough hills my heart rate only reached 163. The average rate was 150 – which is my normal base training rate.

So all in all a good run.

It’s 3 weeks today until my first race of the year – the Bluewater She Runs He Runs 10K. I’m still undecided about how I’m going to approach it though. Should I treat it as a simple training run, or should I go for a decent-ish time? I’m going to see how I go over the next couple of weeks.

Training this week could be tricky, as I’m going to be out Wednesday, Thursday and Friday – so I may have to force myself into some early morning sessions.


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(This entry was posted on May 25th, 2008.)

2 comments so far to “Long run – 6.32miles”

  1. Posted by: Katy
    on May 28th, 2008 at 7:23 pm

    Hi there,

    Just wanted to say how much I empathise with you about being addicted to running! I’m 22 and have been addicted to running for 5 years – can be torturous sometimes!!!

    Forcing yourself into an early run before work is also something us addictive runners do if going out in the evening – nice to see I’m not alone!

    There’s sometimes nothing I’d like better than to just not go running for a night but I know if I don’t my running demons will be grating on me the next day!

    Also, do you get annoyed when you see groups of runners or amateur runners i.e going with their friends thinking it’s all a bit of fun, a bit of a laugh? When there are people like us slogging it out there every night come rain, wind, sun or snow!

    Was thinking of starting a running blog myself and have created a username as ‘therunningwall’ on some journal somewhere online – must start it soon

    Thanks! PS What’s your top running track? I think trance music is best to run to!

  2. Posted by: mart
    on June 1st, 2008 at 8:25 pm

    Hi Katy… thanks for dropping by!

    I do agree with you, trance is the best music to run to, but since coming back from my stress fracture I’ve actually stopped listening to my iPod when running now. The first couple of runs without music were pretty boring, but now I’m used to it I don’t think I could return to music. I now focus so much more on my breathing, form and generally how I’m feeling.

    Hope to see some comments from you again soon!

    Mart

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