2 miles (?) 20 minutes 1:00p - Lebanon HILLS Horse Trail (west)
2 miles, 19 minutes 6:00pm - Jensen Lake
Trail running has made running fun. I love the horse trail at LH, for it's steep climbs and forgiving terrain that has been easy on my feet and knee. Next week, following the horse trail I am going to try and continue under the bridge (the starting point of the horse trails) and do the 2 mile around Jensen lake as well. I'll try and bring my camera phone with me sometime and get some pictures of the hills and that oddly twisted bridge.
Yesterday, a mile in to what was supposed to be a longer 4 mile run, my knee started to get a twinge of pain and I was afraid of being debilitated 3 miles away from my car and limping back for an hour, before I could drive home. So I upped the pace and within a 1/4 mile it faded to where I was feeling good except I could tell my energy to go 4 miles wasn't going to happen. When I thought about it last night, moving my pace a little faster may alleviate all the pains I'm having completely. Especially if I stay on the softer trails. Naturally my runs will be a little shorter and I'll have to incorporate some kind of extended warm up. In order to do weekends long runs I will still have to slow it down, but I see them as a possibility again if the faster tempo results in less stress.
Instead of getting into a cold bath at home after my evening run, like my legs were asking, Jen and I went out for some games and pizza with friends/performers from the renaissance festival. Good thing I decided to take today off, all that tasty grease would make for an uncomfortable run today.
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