"First Day of Spring"

So tonight was an unexpected great run.  After the past two days running over 10 miles of hills and decent speed my feet were feeling pretty sore this morning.   Sore feet is a new one for me, I’ve had plenty of soreness before but not in the my toes and balls of my feet like I experienced today.   I was actually debating about cutting out my run completely tonight and resting up for Saturday, I’m glad my stubborness prevailed today.

We ran modified version of a hill loop Shannon created last year when we were running at Hempstead, it’s amazing how small the hills on Pennsylvania feel after doing so many runs up and down the bluffs lately.  Not to say I went out feeling great, the first two miles were near pure torture… first my glutes and hammies were on fire and then progressed into my calves.  Luckily about 2-3 miles in the pain vanished, as it normally does and I felt pretty great the rest of the run.   Considering that run put me well over 2,000 feet of elevation this week I’m pretty happy with the way my body handled the runs.  Also my feet felt pretty great during the run so I’m hoping they just needed to stretch out a bit.    I also want to point out it was the first day of spring today and the weather was great!   It felt amazing running in 45 degree weather and wearing shorts once again, we had actually only planned on 7or 8 but it felt so great to be outside we did some bonus miles; I sure can’t wait for the spring/summer weather!  

So overall I’m feeling very strong finishing back to back to back runs over 10 miles, I will take the day off Friday (hopefully) to rest of for the weekend which is bound to bring another 25 miles or so…  I’m looking forward to Saturday’s run, Shannon and Chuck have been out of country/town and I look forward to hearing about their experiences there.