I ran the 5 with a friend who is definitely a faster runner than I am. We just came out way too fast, especially on a very hot and humid day. It wasn't his doing though; it was all me acting stupid. I think part of it was not wanting to slow him down, and (a big) part of it was misjudgement. I've been running mostly on hills and this was basically a flat run, so I figured I could really turn it up. Between the heat and a day that I had already spent mostly in the sun... I didn't get the run I wanted. Not that bad though, I got in the mileage and hit the average pace I wanted - even though it was heavily weighted toward the first part of the run! The bad part was I was really aching that night; both my legs were just tight and throbbing. I was also exhausted - I don't think I was such good company for fireworks. In hindsight it makes sense. I was running late, so I skimped on the stretching - and then took off too fast right from the start. Not a recipe for bouncing back afterwards.
I got up early on Sunday and was still feeling the effects of the Saturday run. The first couple of miles I was working out the kinks in my muscles. After that, it was just a plodding type of run. Parts were good, parts were bad but I got in the miles, which is what matters. I had a scare when my knee twinged, funny enough almost at the exact spot in the run where I had a real problem back in November, that ended up with me taking off almost all of December. I stretched it out and it was fine though.
That's my biggest fear right now; I do not want my training derailed by an injury. I can come up with enough excuses on my own, I don't need a real one! I'm glad this is a back off week; I think it's coming at a good time for me.
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