My first 14.4k
I ran to the Bird Sanctuary today and it turned into a 14.4k (8.95 mile) run. This is the farthest I’ve run in one session. The boardwalk had frost on it and was quite slippery in the shade. About 1/3rd of the way out I felt like my right leg was developing a shin splint, but it didn’t get any worse. I ran it off and the pain disappeared in just a few minutes. If the pain had gotten worse I would have slowed down appropriately. I took it easy and got back home in 2 hours. I’ll do that for a couple weeks and see how it feels. But I will take it easy the last week in November and the first week in December so that I stay fit for the 10k race in Calgary Dec 11th. Sort of a taper, almost as if I was taking this seriously.
on Nov 25th, 2005 at 9:31 am
Sometimes it takes me a few times at a new, longer distance to feel comfortable with it. Sometimes I take a shorter long run in between, depending on what I have time for in the training plan and that weekend. I’m going to “taper” the weekend before “Catch the Elves” by running an 8k XC instead of a long run
Looking forward to meeting you and your daughter!