shake out friday

This day is filled with excitement and anticipation. I love this part of the whole process with the marathon. I was giddy, and slipped on my LunarRacers to get in some strides and mile jog. Legs felt good and am feeling upbeat about the race. especially to run with my old friend Josh Brewer for the first time in almost a decade.

Final Shake - Out

Jogged/did Strides around the block in the neighborhood to shake the legs out and make sure everything is primed and ready to go. Defintily ready and legs feeling fine.

Mile: 1

even splits to the second

Miles: 7
Time: 52:04
Pace: 07:26

Headed off for an 'out-and-back', and hoping the legs would feel a little more crisp than yesterday. Set out to run through Madison Park, (where Montford turns into a street I can't recall and comes out on Woodlawn) and then head back for an even 7. Immediately, my legs felt closer to normal than yesterday, and I naturally settled into 7:30 pace right off the bat.

Shout out to Da Bossfor repping my previous post. I appreciate his encouragement. Ever since I got to know him when I was a freshy at CCS and he was a SR., he helped motivate me that first year of running. One thing I won't forget is how we both worked with each other a couple of the last meets of the season, and that motivation transcended into me desire to stay with running.

Anyway, I hit the turn around at 26:02, and closed exactly even for the second split. It was nice to run sub 7:30 without pushing, and although the pain in my knee remains, it's still tolerable and doesn't bother me the entire run. It seems that the pain has settled to a tiny spot, and enjoys coming and going at various times through out the run (as well as various times during the day). I wonder if it's tendinitis? Closed out the run with some good strides coming home, maybe 3 or 4 80 yard picks up where I just get some turn over and greater stride length. It feels good, and it's good for those final shake outs when closing.