sunday to tuesday

I was supposed to go running on Sunday. But I didn't. It was absolutely freezing outside and, to be honest, I actually didn't leave my apartment at all except to go to dinner one block away. I wish that was a good reason to not run but in reality I was just super tired.

Instead, I did my Sunday run on Monday. I don't quite remember what I did though. I've clearly found a shortcoming with my iphone notes shorthand. I do remember that I did 3 miles in 35:45 and it was all on at least a 1.0 incline. I may need a better record system.

Yesterday, I did a total of 2.4 miles in 25:53 which sets me at under 11 minutes per mile! After my warm-up half mile, I reset the treadmill by accident completely on purpose and did:
0.1-0.1 miles at 6.0 mph and 2.0 incline
0.1-0.5 miles at 6.5 mph and 2.0 incline
0.5-1.0 miles at 6.0 mph and 1.5 incline
1.0-1.25 miles walk 4.0 mph and 1.0 incline
1.25-2.25 miles at 6.0 mph and 1.0 incline
Then I walked until 2.4 miles before I realize I forgot to check and write down the time. Oops.

Clearly, I thought I could handle the steeper incline and higher pace but could not. Probably because the last time I ran more of an incline, it was a weekend and I had gotten enough sleep.

Tonight, I'm supposed to just run 2 miles without walking. My knee hurts a little bit from yesterday though. I think I wasn't placing my feet carefully and started to twist my knee. If it doesn't go away, I'll think about getting a brace for it. A friend told me that when she used to run, a brace really helped her. We shall see. If my knee starts hurting me more during my run, then I won't push myself to the 2 miles, I'll just do crazy hills instead.

Also, I was hoping to go out to Long Island this weekend to run out there (which will be closer to the terrain I'm going to run on during the actual race) and that way I could run with my aunt's dog who may or may not be a good running partner (he's untested, but it'll be easier to test him on shorter distances, obviously) but my roommate is having a pre-birthday event (her birthday is next month) involving going to Staten Island on Sunday. Choices... I think it'll come down to if it rains this weekend or not.

Anyway, off I go to attempt a run. If it doesn't work out, I'll do general strength training. I've been benign-neglecting my arms and back recently and I feel like they may revolt against me if I don't put them in their place soon.
-J