Weather: 70 degrees, sunny, beautiful. Another perfect Iowa day.
Time: 12:00 PM
Playlist: The glorious sounds of nature interspersed with my panting
Location: Water Works Park. Outstanding.
Distance/Pace:
Shoes: Nike LunarGlide
Running Partner: Mollie (who was completely wasted after we were done). Also my lovely wife and oldest daughter watched while I plowed my way around the perimeter of the field.
How it Felt: Tough sledding. It felt like I had gone way further than yesterday's run, when in fact, I was about a tenth of a mile less. Also, I was way slower than the last two days. I have to conclude these are both attributable to the off-road conditions I ran in today. The ground was spongy from rain the last few days. It felt like I was exerting a lot more effort to propel myself forward. I suspect that wearing my road shoes on the grass was not helpful. I really wanted to try barefoot but decided to save that for another day. You can see that second to last minute was much faster than the rest of the run. That's when I decided to run straight towards my wife and daughter, imagining that they were in some sort of danger. That was definitely motivational but left me winded when I was finished. My legs felt better during the run (aside from the extra effort it felt like I was putting out) but immediately when I was finished, I had that familiar, nearly-immobilizing pain in my right lower leg. By the time we walked back to the car, however, I was fine.
Four days in a row! Baby steps. Over two miles down. I'm thinking about making weekly/monthly/yearly mileage goals. What do you guys think? Actually looking forward to tomorrow.
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