60 min run
Yesterday I went for the longest run I've been on in months: 60 minutes, slow and steady.
The most prominent aspect of the run was some ankle pain that cropped up about halfway through and persisted throughout. I've experienced similar pain on and off for the past couple weeks, ever since an interval run around Highbury Fields.
I'm more than a little concerned about the source of this pain, especially because it's still subtly present even today. So the ankle is getting the full-on tlc: ice and ibuprofen. I think I'll lay off the running in favor of low-impact cardio exercise until Friday and give the ankle a chance to heal. The 10k is this Sunday and I'd be devestated if I couldn't make it!
As for the run itself, it was pretty good. About 45 minutes into it, I realized that I'd been so focussed on the ankle that I hadn't given a thought to my lungs or muscles. So after giving these things a moment's attention to, I realized that my breathing was very easy and my muscles were fine and I became immediately irritated that my ankle was distracting me from running faster than I probably could.
The good news is: I'm feeling very confident in my capacity to run a 10k.
6 days to go!
