My Tunnel Hill shirt came in this week. Mandatory photo above.
The week didn’t really pan out exactly like the plan but I’m happy about the results as I write this on Saturday afternoon.
Monday – Weights
Tuesday – Run 4
Wednesday – Walk 3 miles
Thursday – Weights
Then on Friday I ran 4 miles instead of yesterday’s planned 5 miles, due to work and other appointments.
Friday’s run finally felt good and I didn’t walk as much as in prior weeks; and I just felt good and somewhat strong. I wasn’t sure if I was ever going to feel good running.
When I ran on Tuesday I decided to run in my compression socks to see if it helps my ankle pain. I usually only use them for recovery. On Friday I didn’t run with compression socks, but I think that is a key component for future runs.
Saturday was an 8 mile run and I felt mainly good. My pace for the long runs is getting faster. I feel stronger already.
Past Long Run Paces
4/4 8.00 mi, 1:49:52, 13:44 /mi
3/29 7.00 mi, 1:30:03, 12:52 /mi
3/22 6.56 mi, 1:31:00, 13:52 /mi
It’s amazing what happens when you just keep showing up.
I’m happy to be on this journey to 100 miles and excited to see how everything plays out the next seven months. I’ve always been someone that needs something to look forward to, and I haven’t had something for a while. This feels really good.
Running Song of the Week: I Can Do Hard Things
Best lyrics:
It’s a lot to look at, all that I got. It’s a lot to see who I am and am not. But I can laugh and I can love and I can dream. I can win or I can lose, it’s all the same. I still dance, and I’ll sing in the pain, And I can do hard things
The Song of the Week feature of my training reports is to show that I’m building my race day playlist.