running log
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kirkcudbright(Gawd, I've been doing a lot of these lately. Maybe I should make a running icon, but I really like PirateBot.)
7.5 mile trail run in 70 minutes. Which isn't a bad pace, considering it was a lot of up and down, over serious rocks, roots, mud, puddles, and occasional dead things. This was an experiment where I changed two variables at the same time (always a bad idea): a) longest run yet, let alone longest trail run; and b) first major run in the Fila Skele-Toes (like Vibram Five-Fingers, only missing a finger, because they combine the last two toes in one pocket). The distance wasn't so much of a problem, as I finished with something left in the tank. The shoes fit fine, provided just the right amount of sole, but running without socks meant that little bits of sand and plant matter found their way into the shoes, and I got nascent blisters on both feet, at the front of the arch.
Anyway, the whether and how of the blisters will determine whether I run this 10 mile trail race on Saturday. But if I do, I'll be running it in my regular road shoes, because hell no blisters.
In other news, rode Ljufur this morning. He's a fat little pony, eager to please, but with occasional strong opinions of his own. He's completely different from Gemini, except when he's completely the same.
Oh right, and this is my first official day of unemployment, or my last official day of employment, I forget which. Today was about athletics, but tomorrow needs to be about taxes and unemployment insurance and financial stuff.
7.5 mile trail run in 70 minutes. Which isn't a bad pace, considering it was a lot of up and down, over serious rocks, roots, mud, puddles, and occasional dead things. This was an experiment where I changed two variables at the same time (always a bad idea): a) longest run yet, let alone longest trail run; and b) first major run in the Fila Skele-Toes (like Vibram Five-Fingers, only missing a finger, because they combine the last two toes in one pocket). The distance wasn't so much of a problem, as I finished with something left in the tank. The shoes fit fine, provided just the right amount of sole, but running without socks meant that little bits of sand and plant matter found their way into the shoes, and I got nascent blisters on both feet, at the front of the arch.
Anyway, the whether and how of the blisters will determine whether I run this 10 mile trail race on Saturday. But if I do, I'll be running it in my regular road shoes, because hell no blisters.
In other news, rode Ljufur this morning. He's a fat little pony, eager to please, but with occasional strong opinions of his own. He's completely different from Gemini, except when he's completely the same.
Oh right, and this is my first official day of unemployment, or my last official day of employment, I forget which. Today was about athletics, but tomorrow needs to be about taxes and unemployment insurance and financial stuff.
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Date: 2014-04-08 04:57 am (UTC)Good luck with your unemployment. I recall your last time was over quickly.
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Date: 2014-04-08 12:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-04-08 04:39 pm (UTC)