I'm gonna pay for this tomorrow...

Today was the first day all week I've been able to get out and run. I had planned my week with Sunday and Tuesday runs, but then my 5-year-old son got sick and mama's desires took a back seat. This morning, I was determined to go have a decent run, one not truncated by meetings or family commitments or picking the boy up from school. So this morning, in spite of the 40-mph wind gusts, I set out.

It started just as any other run, with me setting off from my neighborhood, cursing the crappy streets. Even with the VFFs they are uncomfortable for my novice-self. Then I headed down behind the lake to hit the trails.(which double as a frisbee golf course for the "young adult" crowd) I ran up them, finding a couple of new ones I hadn't tried last time. I was still in my VFFs at this point. I came out the other side, found a picnic bench by the lake and sat down. At this point I took a breather, cried a little about my dad's fresh new cancer diagnosis, then took off my shoes and headed back towards home.

The trails were mostly hard-packed dirt last time I met them, but it rained over the weekend and today they felt a little like velvet. Smooth, pine-needly, leafy, rooty, velvet. It was perfect, except for part when Igot preoccupied with skipping a song on my Sansa Clip and stepped hard on a rock in my path. That kinda sucked. But otherwise it was really good for my soul. Once I got back out on the paved Multi-use path, I slipped my shoes back on, and headed back home on those stupied cracked, craggy, rocky streets.

Now here's where I screwed up: The day was so gorgeous, the sky so clear, that I decided to just keep running instead of heading straight home. I ended up running over 4 miles. I haven't run over 3 miles since last July. And in 2010, I've only even hit 3 miles one time. I'm hoping the fact that I ran pretty slow and took generous breaks will keep me from injury here. Because it was nice to throw on a hat and my Garmin and just go. I want to do that again, and soon.

Comments

Surprisingly, I had very little ill-effect from the run. Typical muscle soreness in my legs and arches, but two days later I was right as rain. I think that although I've not run much lately, I've been sans-shoes the majority of the time since last August. My feet are much stronger now than they were last fall.
 

Blog entry information

Author
Norm Deplume
Views
44
Comments
2
Last update

More entries in Community Blogs

More entries from Norm Deplume

  • Woot!
    Last fall, I started barefoot running. I was just getting my soles conditioned when I overdid it...
  • Le Sigh (pardon my french)
    I should be out running at the moment. I'm dressed for it. I have 45 minutes until I have to...
  • More of a walk than a run
    I have been dealing with allergies/a cold for a couple of days, so I decided not to push myself...
  • The results from yesterday's "long" run
    I ran farther yesterday than I had gone in almost a year. I was expecting to feel sore today. I...
  • My feet hurt.
    Because I took pretty much the whole winter off, I'm starting over from scratch with the plantar...