A Passion for Running

Welcome to the home of Mark aka The Running Blogfather - a 40 year-old dad, husband and marathon runner who’s beaten injury and is on the comeback trail!

a lot of firsts this morning

passion for running category: running on Monday, October 23 2006

First long run in two years.
First morning run in two years.
First time I think I’ve ever run 8 days in a row.

All those firsts really added up. I stuggled greatly this morning. Details:

- sluggish
- heavy legs
- I really had to focus during the last 20 minutes. It got very difficult.
- 30 seconds shy of two hours
- Assuming google maps is accurate, I ran a 10:05 min/mile pace. That’s really slow for me, however…
- heart rate was very low averaging 149. My max on these runs is supposed to be 155.
- 11.8 miles distance

The good news is it can only get better!


5 Comments

Get your own gravatar for comments by visiting gravatar.com

Comment by Andrew

Monday October 23, 2006 @

Sounds like you’re normal.

Get your own gravatar for comments by visiting gravatar.com

Comment by Lara

Monday October 23, 2006 @

And it surely will!

Get your own gravatar for comments by visiting gravatar.com

Comment by runr53

Monday October 23, 2006 @

Love it when things get better! Watch out for obsession, k? Run Good!

Get your own gravatar for comments by visiting gravatar.com

Comment by darrell

Monday October 23, 2006 @

Woot! The come back begins. Good for you.

Get your own gravatar for comments by visiting gravatar.com

Comment by jeanne

Tuesday October 24, 2006 @

(andrew, he’s not ALL that normal!) that’s great mark! are you supposed to eat or drink on a run that long? That might make a difference with the sluggish feeling.

congrats!

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI
A blue box by your comment means you do not have an avatar from www.gravatar.com!

Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.