Keeping with the pace of increasing by 1/2 mile a week, todays run was a 5 miler. I am finally able to get out and do some of my normal loops, which is nice because I've spent a month and a half running around my little neighborhood, and eventually, that gets boring.
I wasn't able to put this run immediately on the tail of the bike ride, since I required some thawing out - but it was done about 30 minutes afterwards.
I am finding that after about a mile and a half, my calves start to really feel it when running 'barefoot'. It is the kind of feeling that makes me think 'oh boy I'm really going to feel sore later', and while I am sore, I'm not as sore as one would think when there is still 3.5 miles to go after that thought occurs to me. But still, that is a potential bottleneck, and a governor to make sure not to increase distance too much at once. The other factor that keeps me from increasing too much is my left foot. It tends to develop one of those aches and pains of running in the middle of the foot, on the outside. It just feels a little uncomfortable for a couple days - but usually by around the fourth day after a run, its not noticable anymore. I figure days 5 and 6, before the next run, is just bonus healing time - although at some point I'm thinking I'll try a short run in the middle of the week and see how that goes.
Garmin Results
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