Training Day 23

Stats of Todays Run:
Distance: 4.00 miles
Time: 32 min. 37 seconds
Avg. Pace: 8:09 min/mile
Avg. Heart Rate: N/A BPM
Weight: 133 lbs.
Total Miles to Date: 70.61

So it has been 5 days since I updated. I take full responsibility for my laziness. In my defense though it has been a tough 5 days. The chaos of beginning a new semester, work, and on top of it all completing a half-marathon in Texas in August. Crazy I must be. Anyway yesterday I was doubtful that I would even be writing today. My legs were still feeling the compounding effects of new training shoes, and a race all in the span of about a week. I awoke today feeling good though so tonight I had my first track workout. It consisted of 6x400 meter repeats at an avg. of 6:30/mile pace with 2 minutes of active recovery between reps. I once again ran in my Newtons and they felt much better today. I think my running mechanics must be improving or my muscles are adapting. In either case that is good news. In other news, my compression socks came in today! They are supposed to aid in recovery by applying pressure to the calf muscles to aid in flushing the lactic acid from the muscles. Hopefully they will help. Actually, for $50.00 they damn well better! Anyway that's it for today. Until tomorrow...