Another Breakthrough!!!

I think I may have had another breakthrough!!   Today I ran the furthest I have since I went to Mexico and ran in salt water soaked shoes on the beach….ahh the beach. 🙂

Well today wasn’t nearly as nice and wasn’t quite as far but it was good and way better than the treadmill runs I had out east!

I returned from my trip to Halifax and Moncton on Friday and lucky me brought home a head cold.  I spent Saturday running some errands and doing my taxes and decided to pass on the run to give my head a little time to clear. But I made a commitment to get out first thing Sunday morning and head out.  The day itself was pretty unspectacular but I figured I would go for about 7km. 

I started out, felt great and after about 3.5km I reached my turn around point and decided that I felt good enough to continue and do a loop instead of an out and back route.  It all felt great until I turned the corner at 4.5 km and the wind decided to switch direction and hit me square in the face!  Or was that because I switched direction?  🙂

Anyway, I pushed forward, went past some trees that were knocked over by the nasty storm we had last night and through a 1km section that smelled like Pepe Le Pew had met his demise.  Always nice to be breathing extra heavy when you run by something like that!  After I passed the skunk smell the pain kicked in.  But it was a good pain.  It was the pain that I recognized from training for the half marathon the past 5 years.  The pain you get in your hip flexors when you go further than you have before in your training.  Ahh I thought this is what I have to look forward to for the next 5 months or so every Sunday. 🙂

So I finished the run with that pain in my hips flexor and feeling of accomplishment knowing that it meant I was actually training!  Total distance for the day: 9.5km! 
Again a little more that the 10% increase that is recommended but hey when it feels good you have to go for it.  Pepe Le Pew would!