Taking it easier

I think that Thursday’s five-mile run may have been a bit much. While mild, I’ve had since yesterday enough pain in my left leg—intermittently in the shin, knee, thigh—to proceed with caution. Instead of a four-mile run today, then, I ran three. I also held off on running the last half-mile faster. I think I’m going to keep to limit my runs to three miles for the next week.

I went down to Forbidden Drive a little after 7 a.m. today. The sky was overcast, the temperature in the low 60s, and the air slightly humid. Knowing that a 10K run on the segment between the Valley Green Inn and Northwestern Avenue had been scheduled for 8 AM, I set off in the opposite direction.

I ran faster than I had been the last few days. I finished the first mile in about 10’15", and I completed my entire three-mile run in a little over 32 minutes. I ran harder, too, than I had been on four-mile runs. On the three-mile runs, I’m less focused on pacing.