Lunch Run

Was going to take it outside today but Robin dropped in and we hung out in the hot tub...nice to catch up with him.  Working Eve I hit the Gym on my meal break logging a 5K Run the usual way.

Jarring

Jarring ...good word to describe what its like to run on a treadmill!    You think running on a cement track would be by far more jarring then running on a treadmill but it not,  not even close.  Working eves I hit the gym on my meal break and logged a 5ker.   On a more positive note I feel fully recovered after Saturdays 60ker.   I was a little tired and a whole lot hungry on Sunday.  Just had one of those lazy sort of days.

Longer at the Y

60K today at the Y.   First 40K at a 6:00 pace,  2K walk then changed gears logging 16K at a 7:30 pace and ended the Run with a 2K walk.

There were no major issues.  Sore feet plagued me the last few times I did this but not this week ,  not bad at all. When things started to hurt I would flex the foot ,  curl the toes and things seem to settle down.  Nailed the Hydration ,  Nutrition and Electrolytes.    

2nd Run

Geared down to a 6:00 then 7:30 pace logging a 5ker on my lunch break.   It wasn't all that bad on the treadmill.

Outside

-10C,  Sun at my back and wind in my face on the way out ,  reverse on the way back.    Not so bad 11.2K logged today.  

Back at it

5K lunch run this eve.  I am beginning to loose my love of running on the treadmill.  I did the long one Saturday ,  other then being tired and hungry on Sunday I felt marvelous.  Monday I felt even better.  All those little things that hurt always feel really good after going long. I cant explain it but the body responds well to running a Ultra a week.  Jump on the treadmill and my Knees hurt for the first K or so.   I use to exclusively run indoors in the winter. Perhaps knowing I was not going to take it outside made it mentally easier to take.  Perhaps running outside and track are making it more difficult to run treadmill.     So fickled!  

In like a Lion

  Returned to the Owen Sound Y yesterday.   Grant picked me up around 08:30 ,  we were on the track by 09:40 ran for a little over 6 hours covering a total of 55K.    More or less did the first 50K exactly the same as the previous week.  First 4 hour , 6:00 pace covering 40K followed by a 2K walk break then I downshifted to a 7:30 pace running another 11K until I walked the last 2K.      Grant and I will be back one more time for a 60ker next weekend then we start taking it outside in prep for the LS100.