Sunday, July 03, 2005
Shoes AND cement
3/07/2005 9:00am
Workout Type: Endurance - Short Endurance
Course: Normanhurst
Distance: 5
Time: 23:25
Speed: 4:41 min/km
Average HR: 151
Given the success of barefeet, and the fact that my orthotics and normal trainers are still giving me slight pain when I walk, I did a little experiment the other day, and walked the dogs in my lightweight trainers (ASIC DS Trainers for those interested). This felt much better than normal shoes, and so today I decided to try a short run on the footpath wearing these.
The 5km was much hillier than the Loretto Oval, and my low fitness levels became more apparant. However, the run went pretty well, with only some slight twinges in my foot. I certainly won't be jumping onto the hard stuff full-time, but will try and have one session a week off-grass, working up to 10-12km by the end of June.
With everything going pretty well in my comeback, I am going to pull together a schedule (in RunDiary.net, of course) so that there is less guesswork in my training. Given the double decathlon is my main aim, it will be about getting to a good mileage by the end of September, with some capacity to start speed work. Given the fact I have been getting over-excited reading posts about other races, it will also hold me back and prevent me rushing into anything that is likely to give my traiining a setback. And as I haven't been to the gym once this week, I need to start actively scheduling that (and strecthing - I felt stiff this morning for the first time).
