June 4th, 2009 – Half Marathon Training Easy Run

OK, so I didn’t run yesterday.  That was supposed to be my easy 7 miles.  An oxymoron to say the least.  However, I actually went to the gym, started stretching and walked to the treadmill and looked at it and turned and walked away.  I just didn’t feel like running and it’s really starting to feel like more work than it is worth.

So, I get onto the treadmill and my left leg is almost in pain.  I’m sort of limping until it gets really warm and even then if I put it down even slightly off, I almost fall.  That doesn’t seem a good thing.  Still, it isn’t a serious injury, there is no swelling or redness, just a dull throbbing ache, so I push through.  I am not sure if that’s really the right move, but I wanted to run and the injury isn’t enough to stop me, honestly.

The run was mostly uneventful.  Yes, my leg hurt.  I probably should not have actually run, but I was there and I was actually into it.  I discovered that I’d selected the metal race playlist, which likely had a LOT to do with my motivation to stay.  Nothing like speed metal to really get me into the run and ignoring most everything around me.

Housekeeping:  6.5 miles in 57:38 for a pace of 8:52.  The shorter distance means the quarter mile warm up and quarter mile cool down still can drop me below my target pace overall, but even then I know I ran the 6 miles in faster than allotted time.  Still having issues with the foot pod calibration, where it now believes I’m running more than I actually am, instead of it believing I’m running shorter than I am.  I’ll keep tinkering to straighten that out.  700 calories burned even.  For the strength training, I added an additional 292.  I am going to have to pull the trigger on eating more sooner than I’d hoped.

I tried to take the advice of one of my friends that ran in High School and College.  I cut my protein and tried to up my carb intake.  Unfortunately, it also means my fat consumption was higher than I’d like.  I am not quite sure how to get my fat low and my carbs at what he’s suggested.  Oh well, I’m still tinkering in lots of areas it seems. :-)

Cheers!