I awoke early this morning, especially for a Saturday, and did my 8 miles. It was actually another nice day for an August morning, overcast and cool. I was out the door by 5:45 a.m. As the run progressed I looked at the GPS a few times and was a little surprised to see my pace hovering around 10:30 per minute. That seems slow but the humidity was up and I didn't feel the need to run faster. Rather than going by numbers I stayed with what felt right.
Right at 7.3 miles as I was on a slight uphill slant my left knee started acting up, so I walked for about 30 seconds. I started running again and quickly shut it down. I crossed 96th Street and ran again, trying to go a little faster and extending my stride a little bit as the slope was slightly downhill. It worked and I ran the rest of the way to the end. That was a little disconcerting but I also recalled my first marathon and the training thereof. I remember some runs on the hills where my knees weren't happy but we made it. I'll keep an eye on it but I'm hoping this is just the effects of adding some weekly miles.
All in all not the worst first week of a training plan, but could have been better with the Tuesday run. The adventure continues next week in Atlanta.
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