Friday Apr 27 2001

Target: 7.2 km / 4.5 mi

Actual: 7.2 km

Time: 55:45.84

Pace: 7:45/km or 12:24 /mi

Time of run: 6:30 pm

Route: Two-trees to Lover's end, u-turn back all the way to New Jetty, u turn back to Lover's End, u-turn back to 2.0 marker

Weather: Partly cloudy with moderately strong head wind on run to Lover's end.

Post run weight: 156 lbs / 71 kg

Comments: Not so blistering today, a bit tired I suppose after a late night up, and under hydrated. Still, I did a sub 8:00 pace which maintained for the entire run, compare it against the first week of training. Early in the run during my "unsynch" period my left foot did a "stomp" resulting in left knee "popping" with a dull pain. Even though it disappeared quickly, with the memory of my left knee injury that took out 2 running years, I must have favored it because post run my right foot felt stiffer than usual.

Talking about pace, it seems that shorter stride/faster pace works better for me at this time because post run my left leg has less sores, and the pace seems to benefit.

Post run: Right leg felt stiffer, but during stretch, found that actually became more flexible. Strange.