Five miles at 7:14/mile. I was originally going to do these five as a slow post marathon jog to loosen up and get the blood flowing. After starting to run, I felt really good, so I increase my pace, and then some more.
This was a weird run. I did it faster than I thought I could and I felt I wasn't pushing it that hard--especially after three days following the Boston Marathon. My legs were sore the 19th (day after), but the 20th (yesterday) they really came back quickly. Today they felt like a Monday after a Saturday 20 miler.
After this run I am questioning a little whether I pushed it as hard as I could have at Boston. But then again, the last mile of the marathon I was very burnt-up, focusing on not walking. Interesting sport this long distance running is...maybe I should keep it up ;-) |