Sunday is the long run! Today I ran 5miles, 8.06 km in 53.16, Avg pace 6:37/km burned 711 cal. for a total of 25 miles this week. It was a good run today, nothing out of the ordinary. I'm finding this a total metal thing, I felt really good running today but as soon as I knew I was getting close to finishing my run it's like my body said 'ok your tiered time to stop' I had to really push it the last 200 feet. I usually finish my runs with a sprint at the end, not sure why, maybe because Dad always use to get us to run our hearts out at the end of a race when we where young. So I always find some stored energy at the end of the race to pull me across the finish line, but today I rally had to go deep to find that extra energy.
This morning, I was the first one out on the trail. I can't remember the last time on a Sunday morning I was willing and able to get out of bed before 7am, must be the running fueling me with extra energy in the mornings. As my family would attest I'm not much of a morning person!
Running alone along the trail this morning got me thinking about safety. Safety for myself if I was ever to get injured out on the trail or if ever unwanted company came around. I'm going to start carrying my cell phone and of course brush up on my self defense skills! I need to cross train in another sport anyway. I make sure to do my ankle exercises every morning to avoid injury out on the trail. I have to be careful when running because even though the trail is cleared, it still has spots where the gravel gathers and it's easy to loose your footing. So all in all 1 week down and 25 to go...
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Hi Laura, just a little note to suggest you read my belated comments on Day 6, re; safety.
ReplyDeleteNice to hear you are expanding your distance. That first run at a higher distance is always a challenge. However, I can assure you that it gets easier.
One thing I alwasys told you was, " your body can only be expeected to do what you have trained it to do, nothing more and nothing less. So, in order to run longer distances you have to build up to longer distances.
In order to have a strong spurt of strength at the end of a race you have to practise sprinting at the end of your training runs to be prepared mentally and phyisically to give your all at the end of a race. It hurts like--all get out--- but it is worth it if you can beat a couple runners just infront of you. You can see I am very competitive!!! Cheers, Dad
Competitive you Dad...never. I know where I get it from :) Always to the sprint at the end of the run no matter how much it hurts. How long before the finish line should I start my sprint?
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