Distance: 3.05 miles
Time: 35:38
Location: Yucca Loma to Rincon
It's been a long time since I've made it all the way to Rincon Rd. My training schedule now calls for 3-milers, so for tonight's run I thought right away of the very first 3-mile route I charted when we moved to our current home. It's a simple out-and-back, up Yucca Loma to Rincon and back. For my 3-mile runs back in February when I was training for the Timberwolf 5K, I was coming up with new routes. But tonight I felt like an old classic. The weather's been cool lately. Tonight it was in the mid-50s when I set out. And strangely my legs felt really stiff before my run. I did have some stiffness before Thursday's run, but that was just my right leg behind my knee. Tonight it was both legs up and down my shins. The first mile or so of tonight's run was therefore rather difficult. I felt like my legs were brittle, like any step they would crumble. But I forced myself on. I figured if I kept going they would eventually have to loosen up, and thankfully I was right. Once I got up the Yucca Loma hill the pain wasn't too noticeable. And by the end of the run it was all but gone. I guess it was just a running pain that decided to show up now that I'm 3 weeks into my training. At least I'll have a day off tomorrow. It's been a fun spring break, but I go back to work Monday and my training will really get going at that point. I had 5 good runs during the break... probably the most productive spring break, running-wise, I've ever had. I can remember back to spring break 2010, when we were living in our rental house on Powhatan Rd., and I hadn't run in ages and I decided on a whim to run a mile down my street. The results were so disastrous that that was the moment I knew I had to get myself back into shape. The next month, May 2010, is when I started this blog. I'd say so far it's been a success. I've definitely had my lapses still, but by and large these last four years have been my most productive running years since high school!
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