4.6 super easy miles Friday
3 trail miles Sunday
Only about 24 miles this week so well shy of my usual goal of 40 but time just didn't allow for it. And the last two runs were very easy as they were with my friend who's trying to get into running and I'm coaching him on form.
On Friday I decided not to challenge him to run the full 4.6 miles without stopping, instead opting for a 3 mile challenge and he did it! He said he did see the benefit during that run of mindfullness of running form and slowing down and was happy with himself for completing the challenge. For the rest of the run he only stopped to walk two more times, too.
Yesterday I took him to my local 1 mile singletrack trail loop for a whole new education. He said he was feeling good about Friday but yesterday at the trail was really kicking his butt! I told him that's entirely normal as trail running will be a lot more of a full body workout. He couldn't quite believe it when we completed the first 1 mile lap a full minute
slower than his 3 mile pace on the roads from Friday. He could have sworn we were just flying down the trail.
We started the third lap walking and he said his feet were hurting a bit. He has some cheaper shoes, I'd been running in my Luna Origens so far and he jokingly said something about "I heard you need good shoes for trail running." That meant I had to take my sandals off and run the rest of the lap unshod. The acorns are out and the trail was a bit dry and rough so that's why I had the sandals on in the first place. But, nothing I couldn't handle for a lap and I didn't hear him complain about sore feet again.