5:15 am. So I put together an off season schedule so I at least have something on the calendar so I know what to do each day when I wake up. It's a 1/2 marathon schedule aimed to get me a 1:15 1/2 marathon time. Today was suppose to be a 7 mile run with 5 at 5:54 pace. Since I don't have a watch I went and did the Stanford loop and pushed myself for the only distance I thought I knew. I thought it was 3.5 miles around the loop, so I jogged to the loop stretched for a minute and then took off. The first 2 miles of the loop is slightly uphill and the second 1/2 is down. I felt like I was pushing pretty hard, up the hill but knew I probably wasn't at 5:54 pace figured I would make it up on the downhill. So coming down I pushed it as hard as I thought I could. Ended up doing the loop in 24:40. I was pretty disappointed with that thinking it was 3.5 miles. So I came back and re-calculated and found it to be 3.72. So a little better but not 5:54 pace. 6:35 I think, so disappointing, I blame the hill.. I really need a watch for these sort of workouts. Yesterday in my down time at work I researched recovery methods and kept coming across articles about ice baths. I thought the idea of an ice bath sounded way to intense and thought I would never try it, But last night I got back to the hotel and the power to the entire hotel was out, so no gym, no TV, nothing to do. So I did the natural thing in that situation and filled my tub with ice and cold water, and hopped in. Sat there for about 20 minutes, it's really not as terrible as I had invisioned. So this morning after my run I did it again. Only had time for 10 minutes but it actually feels really good right after a hard run. I'm going to try it for a week or so every day and see if it will help my leg pain.
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