Yesterday I went to put some get some miles on cement in my new shoes. 99% of all my running so far in these things has been on the treadmill. Thought no big deal, 2 blocks around my house is about a half a mile, I'll go get in at least 2-3 miles. First mistake was deciding to bring the dog. Loki loves to run but his pace is like a 7 min mile and I just can't go that fast for very long. So I spent the 2nd block pulling on his leash to get him to slow down and then spent the whole trip around the block doing the same thing. Once we got to the back side of the 2nd block my Garmin auto paused. I thought am I walking so slow that it paused? It stayed paused for most of that block then it started again as I crossed the street to go the back side of the 2nd block and it paused again for half of that block. I blamed the dog and maybe it was my backward motion with my arms causing it to pause. By now, I am in incredible pain. That searing pain in my shins is back and I want to cry. What is causing this??? Is it the ground?? Did I come out of the gate running to fast??? Or is the fact that I had to basically lean backwards while I ran to keep Loki under control, causing lots of heal striking and my body weight being behind me? I dropped Loki off at the house and decided to keep going but the pain was so bad. I got to the back side of the second block again and my Garmin paused again.... It then repeated the same pauses it did last time and I made sure to not be walking to test it out. By the them I got back home my Garmin had been paused for about 25-30% of my run and so I didn't have an accurate measurement of how far I went. my foot path app says that it is .46 of a mile so that would be .92 of a mile twice around. I did that 12:54. So maybe could have pulled out a 14 min mile and that was with a good portion of walking. I stopped after that first 2 loops I was just in so much pain. I was limping a bit and it took everything not to burst into tears, from frustration, when I walked in the door. Hubby is certain that it had everything to do with Loki and not me. Yet I was still crushed. After my 8 miles on the treadmill was done in 2 hrs I was hopeful that things were going in the right direction and I just felt foolish and defeated.
I will do a short run tomorrow and then my training plan calls for a 10K this weekend. I am contemplating doing my 9 miles instead. My other training plan would have me tapering next week and I am wondering if I should do my 9 & 10 mile runs then my 10K the weekend before the half. I've decided that it was probably a combination of why I had so much pain. I wasn't warmed up, I went out to fast & I was leaning backwards instead of forwards. Praying that my long run this weekend will prove that to be the case as well.
Today was also weigh in day, I maintained which is better than I probably should have done. My points were in the negative. Today is the start of a new week and I know if I just limit myself to the points I am allowed I will succeed in some more weight loss this week. Each pound I lose between now and Disneyland is one less pound I have to carry for 13.1 miles. In one of my BFF's recent blog post she took pics of how she preps for a race. I've decided that is a good idea and for my long run this weekend I'll be sharing everything I use when I go on a long run. So be on the look out for that post early next week.
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