This was a good week. After recovering on Sunday, Monday’s 3-miles was do-able. I walked some, but mostly changed the treadmill to stay at .5% grade and kept my speed under 6MPH. I’m trying to keep at 5.8 or 5.9 during the runs, knowing that if I do, I must push myself to keep running and not walk. I actually ran about 3.25 miles on Monday – figuring the 1/4 mile was my total walking.

Wednesday, I didn’t make the mistake of running outside at night like the previous week. I have kept up with the training schedule about 95% — just the one day of outside running that was a shorter distance than anticipated. I am still nursing shin splints on my left leg — trying to figure out how to let that heal. From talking to several experts, they think that as I tire, I tend to pronate (my foot tends to turn in / become flatter). Well since I have been increasing my distance, I am tired and can buy that. I need to purchase a set of cheap arch supports for my left shoe before Monday to see if that will help.

Today is four miles… it’s a warm 20 degrees currently — so will be similar to last week. I do need to add a hat (I forgot it last week), just to help keep the sweat out of the eyes. It’s really hard to believe how much you can sweat at 20 degrees, but the body is an incredible engine — warming quickly then moderating it’s own temperature by the above mentioned sweat. Thank God for the shower afterwards!

Gotta run and figure out how to dress! Another experimental week…