So I would love to say my first run in my 50k training plan went great, except it didn't. Thankfully I am well aware that bad run days happen. It started out good enough. The weather was beautiful, sunny and warm for February. I decided on the pod runner 179bpm podcast music to keep my pace steady. I should have probably rethought that decision after the first kilometer turned into a slog. Maybe if I had cut the bpm down to 150 or 135 things might have gone more smoothly. As it was, I was 1 mile into my 45 minute run and my calves (both of them) felt like they were on fire. Ugh. I started thinking maybe I need new shoes, and maybe I do, but I probably should have simply slowed down a touch. I struggled through the next kilometer then started doing 1 for 1's. Run one block, power walk the next and so on. I did that until I got to the steep decline past the local high school. From there gravity helped propel me through the next five blocks.
All in all though my total time didn't suck as badly as I expected and my legs felt fine after an hour or so recovery on my couch. Today, even though it is pouring outside I have hill training. I used to hate uphill runs but now they are one of the few things that don't cause my knees to hurt. So we'll see if the rain stops or if I'll be taking my scheduled "hilly 45 run" indoors to a stair master or bike.
Today I also check in with my GP. The last time I saw her was two months ago and I was starting that horrid Gabapentin. I don't think I'll bother asking for any other kind of pain relief, if they all have similar side effects, I don't want them.
So, onward and upward...literally ;-)
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