Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Crazy Island weather

Today was my first "long" run since my LTSS injury. As I was getting ready going over the route, I looked outside and the rooftop across the street that I use as my rain gauge told me that it was coming down in buckets. I wore appropriate clothing and laced up deciding on a vest as the rainjacket I have doesn't breath worth a damn. So out I went, 5C, windy as hell and I was wet through within 500 meters. I just kept going and my pace was comfortable. I was feeling good, strong and positive. The leg that was injured was giving me queues that I was listening to, if my stride was too long or off a bit, my leg reacts. So as I went on I listened and adjusted accordingly. I paced off 8 km then the weather changed. The wind and rain stopped and it was dead calm. Almost like I would think in the eye of a hurricane. It remained like that all the way home. I could really feel the distance in my legs the last few hundred meters but it was AWESOME. 1:19:00 ~ 14.3km, 5:32 per km. My pacing should actually be about 15 - 30 seconds slower per km, I can't imagine running that slow but I suppose I will have to figure that out next week. Peace.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ahhemm...I know you have run since then.

T