Derelict blogger

I have been bad. I have not blogged two of my last three runs. I now have a huge backlog of blogs to produce. Here goes:

Saturday morning, I arose early and hit Forbidden Drive for a four-mile run. I had a pleasant run, finishing in about 46 minutes.  Unfortunately, I don’t remember much else about the run.

I spent most of Saturday and half of Sunday trying to finish up  some work for my day job. When I did get out to Forbidden Drive, it was early afternoon. I’d planned to run four miles. Since it was mid-day, I decided to run away from Northwestern Avenue on a part of the route that is a bit shadier. Unfortunately, I ran into “perfect storm conditions:” I’d not slept well the night before, nor had I eaten much Sunday morning; the course has more and longer, steeper hills than going the opposite direction; and the air was humid enough to have a noticeable effect. To make matters worse, I ran the first mile much too fast—in about 9’45”.  (I wasn’t aware that I was running that fast.) While I slowed down to what turned out to be an 11-minute-mile pace (but I should have slowed down more). My body petered out after a little less than 3-1/2 miles. At least I got a decent aerobic workout.

Today’s run was also somewhat unsatisfying. I’m still having foot pain and even some shin pain on my left side. Before I ran, the foot pain had subsided, but shortly after I began running, it came back. My legs also felt like lead for the first mile. For the sake of my foot, I decided to limit my run to three miles today. I’m disappointed, but I’d rather minimize the risk of injury than to push to do four miles.