Monday, July 09, 2012

I had a 100-minute run planned for Sunday, but I changed my plans because I started after I had finished watching the coverage of the Wimbledon final.  According to the Runner's World advice, it may have been a good idea to shorten my run anyway.  They recommend that you build up your mileage slowly each week, but regularly have a week where you do less mileage as a means of recovery.  I ended up doing my Isle of Dogs run (11.4km) in an hour and 47 seconds.

I am concerned about my breathing capacity.  I intended to run easily with a three-step breathing pace, but it felt laboured.  I managed this until the half-way point, then I stepped down to two-step breathing.  Even then, it wasn't as easy as I would have expected.  In the final stages of the run, I was feeling bloated and a bit annoyed about the circumstance.

Stretches are going ok, but it has been hard to do my hamstring stretches my usual way because my support hand is slipping across the floor in the gym.  I ice-packed my knees and ankles as usual.  After waking up this morning, I am noticing the top of my right foot is tender.

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