A Good Jog
March 12, 2008
Great run today, went in today with what appeared to be a strained Achilles tendon so went in apprehensive about that and about the shin splints from a couple of days ago. The most notable thing today was how effortless the jog was on my lungs, i tried out a 4:3 breathing pattern with big gulps and it worked like a charm, later it got morphed to 3:2:2:1 and then 2:2, but overall the only limiting factor for the run was the pain in my Achilles tendon. Started out at any easy pace unlike the other day and was able to maintain a steady pace right through the 20 laps around 1:25 – 1:30 per lap(only one lap cost 1:31). Exactly completed in 30 minutes. The Achilles tendon started acting up in the last 1/4th of the run but pushed through anyway, Later once i stopped running noticed it was really painful but after about 5 laps of cool down it had subsided to a tingle. Worried that the pain might be due to either shoes/Overpronation. Had a good pre-jog and post-jog stretch as well. Started holding each stretch position upto 20-30 seconds. Anyway pretty good day overall.
