How many miles did I run today?
Yesterday was rest day. Nuff said.
Today I was due for a 4-miler at the park. My son went with me and rode his bike along side. I started out very fast and a quick check of my watch said 8:00 for the first mile. Yikes! Way too fast for me. Maybe it was the first long run outside in a while. Right about the 2.0 mile mark, however, my son’s bike fell apart. No repair possible. We had to walk out the last mile back to the truck. Bummer.
So after church I headed back to the park and started again. First mile 8:30. Yikes again! Sloooow doooowwwwn. As I approached the second mile mark I saw some bits of plastic on the path that I know came from my son’s bike. Too small for picking up but small enough to see. Mile 2, about 10:00. Ok, that seems good.
As I’m doing the third mile I’m starting to wonder if I need to stop because the total is more than 4 miles. Then again, there was a 2 hour break in between. As a compromise I ran the third mile only. 3 miles with a final time of 27:17, which is right about where I’d like to be (maybe a tad too fast, but ultimately I’d like a faster pace than 10:00).
Shins were a bit tight on the second run but I think that’s to be expected given the sporadic running today. I’m marking today down as 5.0 miles, but putting a note about the 2 + 3 business.
Ice on the shins tonight and I haven’t decided on the cold bath.
Tomorrow is crosstraining day, I think I’m going to need to go easy on it.
