Feeling better

After resting the last couple of days, decided to go predawn this morning, so at 5:50 a.m. I went out with my brother to the mirador, I did only 7k, put the watch on time of day and did 41:18 for the 7k, the left leg felt much better than on Wednesday, I was not limping today so its better, but everytime that I land I am suffering a cramp from the shin to the ankle area, so the shin splints( that feels like if someone hit my leg does not feel to bad, its the recent cramp that made me limp and was bothering me today), felt very good today, honestly, I thought that I was going a bit faster than that, oh well!! Weather was very hot given the predawn hour!

Awful beuatiful predawn run

Finally I ran predawn today, woke up at 5: 15 a.m. had everything ready the night before, dressed and was out, very sleepy . Have rested in the past 2 days, thought that the shin splint were way better since in the race did not bother me at all, ok, the morning was beautiful, really missed running predawn and enjoyed the scenario very much, but I was suffered from the leg pain the whole run, thought to turn back after 1 km, but got to the mirador and did 6k in pain, got better a bit in the final meters of the run, the original plan was to do 8k, but the leg really ruined everything, oh well!! ast least I got my run in, did 36:58 for 6k and put the watch on time of day.
BTW, today I turn 1 year of predawn running or latemorning running, but no evening or afternoon runs, which was my sacred hour!

At least it was a good tempo run

was supposed to be a 10k race , was a 8k race, because they had us waiting 2 hours in the 40 celsius sun, the shortened the race distance, I was hoping to run sub 48 mins at worst in the 10k and I ran 38:16 in 8k which is just that, I raced without a watch, felt bad from the get go, in the second half just took it easy and basically stopped racing, but when my brother told me the time was 38:16 I kind of surprised, I thought that with the easy second half I would get into the 40 mins, so happy about that, but felt dissapointed in the way that I felt after 2 kms, really bad feeling, anyway ran by effort and I just did what my body told me, it was like a 5 mile race. The sun and the weather was very bad, on top of that we waited for 2 hours for the race to start in those temps!! the shin splint did not bother me at all today!

warmed up around 1 mile total!

5 runs this week: so the shin splint are getting better, we will see how it responds after this race!

Easy shake out

Yesterday I took the day off!!

This morning I went out around 9:15 a.m. before my classes, was rushed for time but I did what I have planned anyway, did 5.5k to the conservatory with the watch on time of day, ran easy and finished the 5.5k in 32:21, in the last mile I threw a couple of surges to loosen up the legs, finishing the run at a very good pace. Leg bothered me decent today, much less than 2 days ago!
Tomorrow I have my 1st race of the year, its a 10k, not in my best condition, because I have been battling an injury for a month now, and I have cut my training less than a half! should be interesting

Good run in the rain

This morning at 11:20 a.m. to the conservatory after a lot of thinking if I should or not should run with the pain in the leg, decided to try to do 5 laps to the conservatory, went out easy with the leg bothering me , but a bit less than yesterday, put the watch on time of day, after 1 lap it started to rain very hard and I started to feel really good and happy to be out there, not a lot of people really experience that, then suddenly after the rain passed, the sun was shining again, luckily I was cool already, finished the run in 42:21 for 7.5k, feeling great on the lungs and breathing, but the leg not so good. Anyway, I have decided to run the race on sunday, its a 10k, in which I hope to run sub 48 mins , given the training 3 weeks ago, I should be capable of doing 46 mins, but we will see!!just want to feel the racing feel again

Better than yesterday run

This morning failed again in the predawn, but at 10:45 a.m. went out to test the leg after yesterday´s dissapointment, went out without a watch to the conservatory, did 3 laps there and came home for a total of 5.5k untimed. The pace was easy and the stride very short to really minimize impact in each stride, I have to admit that the shin bothered me for the whole run, but in a less degree than yesterday, could make 2 more kms today, however, I compared both legs and man, I really feel good on my right leg, and both legs are really fresh, but that pain is really ruining things off!! at least I can run, weather was a bit hot!! Happy to be out there running!
On Sunday I have a 10k race , I dont have too many opportunities to race because most races are held on Saturday afternoon and at that time I am at work, so I dont know what to do , do you think its a good idea to race through the shin splint or its better to really get over this thing first before thinking about racing again?

Not so happy running!

No predawn running today, everytime my alarm goes off I pospone the run, hate that when I am aware and awake, anyway, by 10 a.m. I went out to do my run, hoping no to suffer from the shin splint , as soon as I went out to the conservatory to do my 7.5k, I was in pain, my running form suffered from the get go, it hurts me more than before resting 1 week with no running, decided to cut the run short and only did around 3.5k without a watch, felt great cardiovasculary, but the pain in the leg was very bad!!