Last week I had set a goal to run every morning, even if it was just short. By the end of the week, my legs (shins and calves) were hurting quite a bit. I think I increased my mileage too much all at once.
I gave my legs a few days of rest, and was still expecting them to hurt this morning, but they felt great!
Last week I ran about 13 miles which is quite a bit for me as I am just getting back into running. I weight about 245 pounds and my legs take a pretty good pounding when I run.
Anyway, this morning I ran 4.5 miles at a comfortable pace and felt good the whole way. My pace was an average of 10:31 / mile. Not great by most standards, but an improvement over last week. I’d really like to get back under 10 minutes/mile again.
I added a DailyMile widget to the blog to keep track of my runs and hopefully keep me motivated to keep increasing distance and speed over time.
