10 kmThis week has gone fairly well. I started the week off by doing some running back and forth from work. It's 2.8 km to work, so it's a nice distance. On Wednesday evening I ran home from downtown Kitchener which was 4.5 km.Today was my first time since last weekend doing a longer run... I set out mid afternoon feeling a little lazy, but once I got going things felt good. I ran south to William St., west to Westmount, south to Victoria, east to King, and then north back home. The route was about 10 km and took 57 minutes. Not bad! A quarter marathon. I walked for a minute every ten minutes as the Running Room suggests, which I think is a great idea for training. I'm amazed that after only a week my body has gone from a slowish 7 km run giving me a headache for two days, to being able to run a noticeably faster 10 km and feeling good afterwards. I'm sure my progress will slow, but it's encouraging! The sorest part of my body is the arches of my feet, followed by my lower calf muscles (achilles tendon and some higher). My quads are tired but feeling good, and my abs are also a bit tired but feeling fine. I'm concerned at this point about overtraining my sore feet and calf muscles... so I'll have to give myself at least two days to rest and perhaps do some cross training before I head out again next weekend. |