Total Mileage: 17 miles
Weight – 218.6
I now wonder just how many miles I have actually been running during training. After my 6 mile run last week, I could not help but think that I trust the foot pod to be 100% calibrated. I had calibrated it to my Saucony’s when I first got it, but have never gone back after I switched to Vibrams. I hit the high school track for a one mile run on Wed night and found out that it was off. Not way off, but far enough that it would definitely add up. (It was about .25 miles off on the 6 mile run. I ran 6.25 and it told me only 6.)
I have re-calibrated and am ready to move forward. I could just spring for a Garmin with GPS and eliminate the need for the foot pod altogether, but I am not ready to drop $250 – $300 on a running watch (yet).
My three runs on the treadmill went well. I was tired on the Tuesday run, but by Thursday I was feeling good. I was slated for a 5 mile run on Saturday, but ended up going 7 instead. I was not planning on going that far, but I had things on my mind and it just felt good to get out and go. I did 2 things that I told myself that I would not do:
1) I moved farther away from the training plan and extended the long run before I should be.
2) I ran on Johnston Rd and Camino Tassajara in Pleasanton.
My mother in law lives out on Johnston Rd (for the time being - - If you know someone in the market for a large property out in the middle of nowhere, let me know) and for the longest time I could not believe that people would walk that road. There is no shoulder and to either side there is either a ditch or a creek. Good news is that there is barb wire fencing about 6 feet down the side to keep you from falling all the way into the creek. Camino Tassajara is no better. There is a sliver of a bike lane and cars are ignoring the speed limit. (I’ll admit that I do to when driving it). However the area is very pretty with all of the trees and there is no telling how many opportunities I’ll get before her house sells. I strapped on the Camel Back, took my life into my hands and hit the road.
There are a lot of horses out there and there were two that jogged along the fence line as I ran out, and were waiting to jog back with me when I made the loop to head back to the house. Pretty cool. I did have to go off road at one point and the dirt was either so compact it was worse than concrete, or so soft that you sank. I hit a place that was a little bit of both and rolled an ankle. It’s a little sore still, but I don’t think it’s anything to bad. We’ll see tomorrow.
I should have planned the route better, and I definitely will next time. The last 2 miles were uphill. Not good at the time, but like anything else it will help in the long run. I was able to run the first 5 miles under 12 min, and the 6th was just over 12 min. We won’t talk about mile 7…
In other news, my wife’s cousin talked me into running the SacTown 10 in April (April 1st no less….and the ten miles will not be a joke), and I have signed up for the SF Giants ½ marathon in September. I was hoping to run one before then, but I could not pass up the opportunity. They sell out every year and finishing the run on the field is to good to pass up. I have begun contemplating a slide into home, but there is that sane voice (although how sane are you since you are paying to run 13.2 miles) that is telling me not to do something sooo stupid.
Now I just have to stay healthy, stay inside myself and not over do it. Easier said then done.
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