3 miles in the coolness of the morning brings me to a total of 100 year to date!
No ankle problems.
The workouts will progressively get harder as I work myself into good running condition on the 3-day per week FIRST Plan.
I realized that running in the rain is a progressive resistance workout. As I got out of my wet clothing, I realized how much it weighed. That was a lot of water it held, as evidenced by the dark shadow on the floor, the puddle the rain left as it dripped from the clothing.
It was a good 6 mile run today. One of my favorite routes. The rolling hills along Pleasant St provide a short slope up, incentive to maintain stride, hold the pace, keep the rhythm going. Then the road flattens out a bit, allowing for a brief respite before slopping up again. The slope and flat pattern occurs about four times, then you turn into downtown where is rises again and then on King St the last slope before home.
The rain didn't bother me. Didn't really notice it while running other than keeping watch for the road puddles to avoid.
A nice warm shower after getting out of the wet clothes gave me a good start to the day!
A close up of the finish medal from yesterday's St Pat's 5K Race held down in Providence, RI.
A great event, well executed and for the first time run, it attracted about 2600!
I was waiting patiently for the results to be posted to CoolRunning and shortly after they were, I also received a personalized email with my specific results. Nicely done!
I'll likely return next year. It was a great experience!
Are you going to stagger to the start today?
Or take the inside track with focus and determination?
I did my first track workout this morning. It felt a little strange at first. It has been several months since I was on a track. The ankle and new brace have continued to behave well. Knock on wood, I hope it continues that way.
I started with some simple strides working my way up a small ladder. 100-200-300-300-200-100. With a walk/jog recovery of the same distance for each step. Then I ran home from the track (another 2 miles) for a total workout of about 3.5 miles.
A good work out. I will sleep well tonight.
Yes, the second week for 5 miles on Sunday. The ankle brace is continuing to do its thing. The ankle feels normal.
The run was good today. An out and back route, little breeze, warmer so I only needed the headband. I also rolled up my gloves and carried them most of the way. Helped to concentrate on good arm carry and good rhythm.
I'll run 3 on Tuesday, do some quarters for the first time on the track on Thursday and then go down to Providence for the St Patrick's 5K on Saturday. It won't be a race effort for me, just a good run in plenty of company.
If you are going to Providence, let me know and we can meet somewhere along the way.
To whomever picked this up downtown and took the time to return it to me. This is much appreciated.
I had dropped it when running last Thursday morning. I know I had it in my pocket at the corner of Summer and East Central. When I checked again on Wachusett it was gone. I completed my run, got into the car and retraced my route. As I went along Union, I was dismayed to find that the DPW crews were out street sweeping. Good for them and cleaning up the town but that also meant that if I had dropped it on Union, I had no chance of getting it back. It would have been gobbled up in the sweeper.
With it returned, it must have fallen out somewhere along East Central before I turned on Union.
Anyway, my thanks to the person who picked it up and was kind enough to return it. Franklin does have fine people living here. Don't let anyone say otherwise!
