Metabo journal

I didn't want to run this morning, but I drug myself out of bed and did it anyway. The run seemed really long even though my time was faster than usual (27:44). Hopefully my running isn't losing its luster because that will make it very challenging for me to get up and do it in the winter! My knees are feeling more tender than they have felt in a long time after this morning's run, but there wasn't any discomfort while I was running. I'm hoping to bounce back soon.

Today's run was difficult again, similar to Monday's run. I was determined to run three laps on my normal route, and I did but it didn't feel good. I finished in 43:30, slower than I have been running. Hopefully I'll come out of this slump soon. I smashed my finger today at work so I have a black fingernail:(...and I could feel the pulse throbbing at the end of the run. It was weird.

I ran at the field house today since it was rainy outside, which I haven't done in a few months. The track is absolutely flat and was easy to run on. Technically I ran 6 miles (45 laps where 7.5 laps = one mile), but I really think it was more. The sign at the track states that one lap = 211 m, but I was timing myself and I ran the first mile in 10:22. I know I was running faster than that, so I reasoned that the outside lane (which I ran the first mile in) must be farther than 211 m. Using the formula for the circumference of a circle (are you proud Mom?) I calculated that the outside lane is closer to 230 m in length if I estimate that the radius is 3 m larger than the inside loop (I stepped it off) and that the 211 m refers to the inside loop. Anyway I ran somewhere between 6 and 6.3 miles, which is a new personal best! I could feel tenderness in my knees towards the end, but they weren't painful. I finished in 63:30.