Satisfaction on a Saturday!
Saturday 15/07/06:
As I did not fancy getting up at the crack of dawn today, I had to wait for Mum to get back from her hour long walk, before I could head out on my run. She normally prefers to go a bit later so is happy for me to go first, but today she had other plans. Therefore it was about 9am before I got out the door, but no hurry today as there are no swimming lessons on for Courtney this week, due to school holidays. It was drizzling when I headed out and a little windy, but not too bad and it certainly was not cold. Had no set route in mind, just hoped to do around 10km, but was prepared to wait and see how my knee felt. Picked a loop that I have not done in a while, that I could easily cut short if necessary. However I had one of those runs where everything just "clicked" and it seemed effortless even though I was maintaining a good, steady pace. It alternated between drizzle and rain the entire time, but I really didn't mind! Ended up going a bit further than anticipated and had not a single niggle from anywhere, the entire time!
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Steady paced run: 61mins (12km)
Brisk walk cooldown: 5mins
Over the last 1.5km or so of the run, the wind and rain really tried to slow me down, but by then I was in my groove and nothing was going to stop me. Just concentrated on maintaining form and pace and kept going! It was a great feeling!
Plenty of stretching when I got home, but by evening the old right hamstring was feeling tight again. Did do a few hills today, but nothing excessive, so its a bit annoying. Think that will be the job for the physio next week, now that the knee seems OK - working out how to prevent the hamstring getting so tight and sore, rather than just fixing it when it does.
As I did not fancy getting up at the crack of dawn today, I had to wait for Mum to get back from her hour long walk, before I could head out on my run. She normally prefers to go a bit later so is happy for me to go first, but today she had other plans. Therefore it was about 9am before I got out the door, but no hurry today as there are no swimming lessons on for Courtney this week, due to school holidays. It was drizzling when I headed out and a little windy, but not too bad and it certainly was not cold. Had no set route in mind, just hoped to do around 10km, but was prepared to wait and see how my knee felt. Picked a loop that I have not done in a while, that I could easily cut short if necessary. However I had one of those runs where everything just "clicked" and it seemed effortless even though I was maintaining a good, steady pace. It alternated between drizzle and rain the entire time, but I really didn't mind! Ended up going a bit further than anticipated and had not a single niggle from anywhere, the entire time!
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Steady paced run: 61mins (12km)
Brisk walk cooldown: 5mins
Over the last 1.5km or so of the run, the wind and rain really tried to slow me down, but by then I was in my groove and nothing was going to stop me. Just concentrated on maintaining form and pace and kept going! It was a great feeling!
Plenty of stretching when I got home, but by evening the old right hamstring was feeling tight again. Did do a few hills today, but nothing excessive, so its a bit annoying. Think that will be the job for the physio next week, now that the knee seems OK - working out how to prevent the hamstring getting so tight and sore, rather than just fixing it when it does.
posted by Vicky @ 7/17/2006 02:12:00 pm
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