For the first time in nearly two years, I managed to run for over one hour yesterday. I'm still not 100% health-wise (still feeling a little fatigued and have some chest congestion), but I had a very strong urge to see if I could run for an hour.
It went very well. At the slow pace I was running (9:51/mile), endurance wasn't an issue. In fact, I felt like I was just getting warmed up at about 5 miles. I covered a 10k exactly. I think I could have extended the run by another 2 or 3 miles, easily.
Afterward, as is my standard routine, I iced my right knee and right foot & heel. I then wore compression socks for the remainder of the day.
One day later, my foot feels fine. Due to my work schedule (and because my chest is still congested), I'll rest today and run again tomorrow (Friday). I hope to sneak in a quick weights workout today, though.
I'm excited to have broken the hour mark and hope to continue building my distances, both in my individual runs and in weekly mileage.
I need to be careful, though, and continue listening very closely to my body.
Congrats on hitting the hour mark again!!! I was SO stoked when I finally got back up there again! Next stop, double digit bad assery! Keep it up, both the training and the listening!
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome Colin, well done! You are building up slowly and doing things right.
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