I didn't get out of the house until 6:30am. I was really tired last night and didn't want to set an alarm to get up and run...that's what my kids are for, right? Anyhow, my older son woke up a little before 6am to go pee - he hasn't learned the art of being discrete yet, so the entire house was semi-awoken from hearing him run to the bathroom, slam the toilet seat up, turn on the faucet at full blast to wash his hands, etc. I took this as my cue to roll out of bed and run.
I decided to wear my Amphipod water belt this morning. I have been really thirsty the past few times I have run - most likely due to the heat and humidity. I ended up taking my first drink about 3 miles into my run, and then at about 5 1/2 miles I started to drink regularly.
I lucked out on the weather this morning. It was still in the high-60s when I got out the door, and the humidity wasn't too bad. On my walk to synagogue later this morning (around 10am) I saw a few runners and felt sorry for them as it was already approaching 80 degrees.
The run itself was not too eventful - I took it nice and easy, running an 11:26/mile pace, completing the 7.3 miles in 1:23:47. I didn't bring music with me as I wanted to keep it slow and I know that I normally speed up to music when I run.
There were two big positives to today's run - 1) I was able to keep my heart rate down for the most part - my average HR was 151 - and 2) I did not have the pain in the tendons behind my knee! My hamstring and calf muscles are still a tad sore (no longer tender...thank goodness!), but the discomfort that I was feeling for weeks on end did not appear at all during the close to 84 minutes that I was running.
Tomorrow I'll rest/cross-train again and then on Monday I'll get back to the training plan.
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hey we did the same distance today! i did 7 on the CCT, in about the same time. my group decided to start at 9 a.m.--but i started at 7. in d.c., 9 is like high noon in july!
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