Week One, done
July 31, 2005 – 5:56 pmNormally I’d be writing this on Saturday night, but my training week got a little twisted over the weekend. I was scheduled to do 8 miles yesterday to end week one, and to do 3 easy miles today. Due to some time constraints (two parties Lacie and I had to attend, the first starting around lunchtime), I swapped the two runs and did the 3 miler yesterday (went well, pretty easy) and held off on the long run ’til today.
I was a little scared before I started running - 8 miles is the farthest I’ve run in - well, a really long time. It ended up being no great chore, though. I zipped out and back on the W&OD Trail, marked when I passed six miles (my most recent distance limit), took a couple of drinks from convenient water fountains, and in general had a good ol’ time.
The only downside to all of it was, for the first time that I can think of, I was actually a little sore after the run. It lasted for about an hour and was concentrated in my calves and my hamstrings, but it was a good sore that I’m not too worried about. It just surprised me.
So, week one is complete. On to week two, wherein Ben tackles his first 10 miler (exciting, isn’t it?)
I hope everyone else’s training and/or running for fun is going well.
2 Responses to “Week One, done”
Glad to see you got out there. This was the weekend to start. The weather was great. (The last two weekends were $#$%$%$!!!
A *little* sore? Get comfortable with your soreness! I’ve reconciled with being sore until after the marathon is over. The best I can think to do is limit hard runs (long or fast) to two per week and substitute the occasional easy run (not your long run) with cross-training. Oh, and make sure your shoes aren’t worn out.
Greg
By Greg on Aug 1, 2005
No kidding about this last weekend - it was a great couple of days for running. And now, back to the heat and humidity (yay).
I’m hoping to hold off on the ongoing soreness until after next weekend at least… After the 10 miles I’m scheduled for on Saturday, I’ve got another all-day volleyball tournament. I’m thinking that I’ll be reaching new heights of lactic-acid-havingness on Monday.
My shoes have less than 250 miles on ‘em, but they’re old so I’m switching to a new pair after this week.
Train hard!
By Ben on Aug 1, 2005