Not The Smartest Run of All Times
Let me run through some of the particulars and you can either confirm or deny the title of this post:
1.) It is Albuquerque, New Mexico and where I was at, I was at 5,000 feet above sea level.
2.) I had not run here in two weeks. (Despite the cold air burning in my throat, I ran the first 13 minutes without stopping.)
3.) I had not run more than a mile and a half since May 1st.
4.) It was 8:20 p.m. when I started my run. (Therefore, it was dark and there were parts where the footing wasn't so sure.)
5.) I had only run twice since May 1st because I was resting my left calf muscle.
6.) I had not done any physical activity since Saturday as I had come down with flu/cold possibly leading to an ear infection.
7.) I had just started to feel better this evening when I went out for the run.
With all of that in mind, I ran for 55:38 out of maybe an hour and 15-20 minutes. I have no idea how far I went, but I felt like I was running at about a 10:30/mile pace. Plus it started to get cold outside and the last 2 miles coming back was straight into the wind that I didn't realize was at my back 2 miles going out. And with it being cold and windy outside wasn't the best thing for just having turned the corner perhaps on getting well.
Nonetheless, I ran. And yes, I walked some.
But ... who cares? My legs felt good. I didn't want to have not run at all heading into Saturday's Run The Woodlands 5K and there's an outside shot, depending on how I feel and if I can get on the 1:40 p.m. Continental flight home on Thursday, I may run in the HYLF Tie One On For Charity 5K at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow evening. We'll see how I feel.
(Plus I learned today from team captain John DiMarco that I'll be running the 5th of 6 legs at the Beach to Bay Relay in Corpus Christi next Saturday. I thought I heard him saying something about me running over the bridge. This will be interesting.)
Ya'll take care and thanks, as always, for reading.
1.) It is Albuquerque, New Mexico and where I was at, I was at 5,000 feet above sea level.
2.) I had not run here in two weeks. (Despite the cold air burning in my throat, I ran the first 13 minutes without stopping.)
3.) I had not run more than a mile and a half since May 1st.
4.) It was 8:20 p.m. when I started my run. (Therefore, it was dark and there were parts where the footing wasn't so sure.)
5.) I had only run twice since May 1st because I was resting my left calf muscle.
6.) I had not done any physical activity since Saturday as I had come down with flu/cold possibly leading to an ear infection.
7.) I had just started to feel better this evening when I went out for the run.
With all of that in mind, I ran for 55:38 out of maybe an hour and 15-20 minutes. I have no idea how far I went, but I felt like I was running at about a 10:30/mile pace. Plus it started to get cold outside and the last 2 miles coming back was straight into the wind that I didn't realize was at my back 2 miles going out. And with it being cold and windy outside wasn't the best thing for just having turned the corner perhaps on getting well.
Nonetheless, I ran. And yes, I walked some.
But ... who cares? My legs felt good. I didn't want to have not run at all heading into Saturday's Run The Woodlands 5K and there's an outside shot, depending on how I feel and if I can get on the 1:40 p.m. Continental flight home on Thursday, I may run in the HYLF Tie One On For Charity 5K at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow evening. We'll see how I feel.
(Plus I learned today from team captain John DiMarco that I'll be running the 5th of 6 legs at the Beach to Bay Relay in Corpus Christi next Saturday. I thought I heard him saying something about me running over the bridge. This will be interesting.)
Ya'll take care and thanks, as always, for reading.
posted by WalkSports.com | 11:44 PM
4 Comments:
I want to do the Tie One On for Charity too (I hear they are going to have plenty of beverage of the adult type as well as Hooters wings) and it is also a chip-timed event. But what I am really excited about is the Astros Pennant 5K at the end of this month. Included in the cost of registration are 2 Astros tickets for a game the following week-cool!
-Jessica, a Houston runner
I haven't been running much lately either, hoping my knee will recover. Instead, I think it's getting worse.
The Astros run is a good one. I'll be there taking photos! Two years ago I ran it...
Last year's Race for the Pennant was brutally humid! I paced Waverly on that one. Sarah, you did a nice job on that one two years ago - 31:08.3. I was on the same course and did it in 38:41.0! Ouch! The only reason why I won't do it again this year is because it may be the RTW's founder's last event that same Saturday.
I'll be at the Law run tonight! #138 . Perhaps I'll see you there!
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