Blue Hills Run

Terry and I did almost an hour (58 min) in the Blue Hills on Saturday morning.  I'm thinking maybe did a 9 or 9 1/2 minute pace (forgot my watch).  Both of us felt pretty good and probably could have gone longer.  Wearing ankle braces on each side (thanks to Miriam for the suggestion) and really helped a lot. Going to try to do a 6 mile run today, then a run or some hills Wednesday and Thursday, then a longer Blue Hills run on Saturday. 

PHATLEKS!

Did just over 5 miles on the Charles.  For most of the run did phartleks.  150 -200 meters sprint, 100 meters walk.  Felt pretty good.  Still using the Hayasas (today got two really good ankle braces for my sore outside of feet) and seemed to work pretty good.  Nothing real fast.  Fastest pace was 4:18 (basically sprinting) and averaged about 9:06 (which included the walking).  Felt okay.  Starting to do some new trail running strengthening exercises including 1 and 2 leg squat, push ups/ pull ups, one leg stands with eyes closed.  Also going to incorporate more foam roller exercises.  

Still Running

Took most of last week off with what I think is a sore Peroneal tendon aggravation on my left outside foot, or maybe a small stress fracture of the fifth metatarsal?  I'm hoping not.  Yesterday did the 4.2 (this ended up being 4.25) Charles River Loop.  Averaged 7:54 so slowly getting faster.  First time I tried out my new shoes (North Face Hayasas) which are trail running shoes but double pretty well on the road for short distances.  They felt really good.  Still have to do some Phartleks this week do try to improve that time and get ready for the Blue Hills.  Will take today off, then run Wednesday and Thursday, then longer trail run on Saturday.