Five Hard Morning Miles

Wow! That was hard. I left at around 7am, which is when sunrise is here. The first mile had a nice breeze and it was mid-70s. Felt really good since I’ve been running in the mid-90s lately. Well, when the sun came up the breeze stopped and it felt super muggy and humid out. I sweat a lot. 

I struggled for most of the run. It was a run/walk. I did keep all walk breaks under 30sec. I ran 3.2 outside on the roads and came back to the house and did the last 1.8 on the treadmill with a fan. 

It was a struggle but I’m glad I got it done. What I learned today was, with my mileage and cross training intensity increasing I need to start prioritizing recovery more. Stretching, drills, foam rolling, protein shakes, and maybe even some dreaded ice baths.

I added in some recovery today, protein shake right after and some foam rolling. Then instead of playing on my phone while watching tv at night I’m going to spend some extra time with the lovely foam roller. 

I think I am going to do a shorter three mile run tomorrow morning and then the 5k Sunday morning and depending on how my legs feel, an evening run to make Sunday’s mileage equal my 7 mile long run.

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