Weekly Report

All 4 runs this week went fairly well. Wednesday went the best, with a tempo run in the morning (60 minutes) and an easy run in the evening (35 minutes) that both went off without a hitch, no complaints at all, no pain in any body part. Friday I had a moderate run scheduled for 1 hour and 35 minutes, that was cut short at an hour and 15 minutes due to a cramp in my right thigh. This was the first time I can remember ever having gotten a cramp, let alone one bad enough to end a workout. Before cramping commenced, I had no pain and was not having a hard time keeping my heart rate in the proper zone, so I still consider this run a success. Sunday I had a 10 mile run. It started around 3:30pm and it was quite warm and VERY humid out. I was drenched before I made it to the main street Y (5 minutes). I don't know, but suspect that this caused my heart rate to run high the entire time, being about 5 to 10 beats above the high end of the heart rate zone the entire run (avg of 160 with a max of 165). I felt a slight tinge of pain in the left knee around mile 8, but that did not slow me or cause any real discomfort and went away quickly with icing after the run. My avg. mile pace was 10:29 for the long run. Nothing spectacular, but the best I could do without blowing the heart rate way out of the proper zone. All in all the weeks runs felt good and I am looking forward to the next 12 weeks.