Hangin' Loose

Rest day

Went out after work.  Around the park a few laps.  Had a good run.  Here are my splits 8:27, 7:46, 7:39, 7:24, 6:59, 6:53..  Felt pretty good besides the sloshy tummy.  The more eventful part was going to the Smiths on the way home.  And had a flat tire.  ARGH!!  But it is all good.  Amazing what a good run will do for you.

Total time 45:07 Avg pace 7:31

I am needing to get my tire fixed from last night flat.  So was able to get in a recovery long run.  Ran down to the park did 4 laps and back home.  Was a nice morning for a run.  Was able to even make it back in time to get the garbage out before the truck got here. Yippee.  That sure is a mean hill coming home.  Took it nice and easy going down though since it was more recovery run after last night run.

Total time 1:24:43 Avg pace 9:15

Another early morning run.  I better stop this or it might become a habit.:)  Just 2 loops around the block.  Knee seems to pop for at least the first mile for some reason.  I think its the slant in the road.  I will try the other direction next time.  Did 4 hill sprints on this run.  With the last one being the steepest and longest.  Felt really good and recoveries were fast.  Overall it was another good run besides the knee popping.

Total time 51:39  Avg pace 8:36

Well I had to try some new stuff on this run.  Decided to head out from my house down to the park and back up.  Since it was going to be on the same road that gave me issues on Wen I decided to change it up.  This time for the first bit I would run on the sidewalk instead of the uneven road.  Which I think is what was making my knee pop.  Well it worked good.  Not sure if it was the 2 days rest which I doubt.  But running on the sidewalk is what I think I will do for that first bit.  There was only a few pops the whole time.  Felt good and so I took the hills going down alot faster.  And worked pretty good.  Made 8 laps around the park and then headed back home.  Turned out to be a good run.  The hills going back were rough though.  Tried to sprint up the first hill.  Wow was it tough to hit the 2nd hill.  But took a sec break before the last big one.  And finished it strong.  So I was happy with just a little popping on at first. 

Total time 2:07:05 Avg pace 8:28