Well, then end of training week one is complete. I confess, I have been better at running than blogging. I skipped my 8K run on Thursday because my legs were SO sore but I got back into it on Friday, running the 5K chip trail at UVic with my friend Lindsey. The trail turned out to only be 4K, but it was good nonetheless.
Saturday was a rest day (which was delightful) then on Sunday I had my scheduled 10K - eek. I decided I was going to run the 10K trail that goes around Elk and Beaver Lakes.
The trail was gravel and maybe it took more effort to run on than pavement, but the run definitely didn't feel good. My overall time was somewhere around an hour and fifteen minutes which is quite a bit slower than my 10K race time of an hour and seven minutes. Right from the start I knew it was going to be a hard run, but I chose to finish the distance and not worry so much about the time. There will be plenty of opportunities to run 10K and improve my time.
After the run I spent most of the day relaxing on the couch. At about the 9.5K mark my right ankle started hurting a bit. This is really the first time I've had any pain in my broken-foot foot in quite awhile. In October 2009 I fell rock climbing and broke my right talus, then had next-day surgery and spent the next three months doing a combination of wheel chair and crutches.
After a full day of rest it is feeling much better and I'm hoping I'm back to normal for tomorrow when I have 8K on the plate.
Here's to a successful week two!
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