After a week at the mountains, it's good to be back to civilization. We had a great time, but now it's back to work. I managed to get 4 runs in last week. I haven't done much hill running so last week was a bit challenging because of that. But by the end of the week, I could notice an improvement.
The first day, I took Molly (our dog) with me. She keep running in and out of the woods, so I had to keep stopping and making sure she was still following me. At one point she just sat along side the road and stared at me as I kept running. As soon as I couldn't see her, I turned around.
The second day, Molly followed me again, but I just left her do her thing. By the time I turned around to head back to the cabin she had already went back. Both days the hills were a little tough, but my calves were not feeling anything any more. I can already tell that my legs and feet are strengthening.
The third and forth run last week felt good. I felt better on the hills and the downhill sprint at the end of my run felt good. Thank goodness the uphill part is the first half of the run. I had hoped to get in a 5th run while there, but that didn't happen. I never exceeded 1.5 miles. I'm hoping to up my distance this week. Since I don't really have any soreness in my legs or feet now, I might try bumping back up to 3 miles today.
My last post I had mentioned about how I thought it was easier to maintain the toe to heel method of running on the treadmill. Well, I can confirm that it was just getting used to running in the Vibrams. All last week I was either running on grass or a stone road and it was just as easy to run that way as it was on the treadmill the week before. Today I will be back on the treadmill, so we'll see how that goes.
Update: I ran 3 miles today. Aside from the small blisters on my toes (guess I need to build up some callouses), I feel great.
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