Week One, 3 miles - I

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Went on a flat 3 miler with Cordell after work today and it felt AWESOME. I ran 3 miles in 29:57. By far the fastest I have ever run 3 miles. My legs felt pretty good. My knee was just barely starting to get tight at the end of the run, but definitely no pain…but that is to be expected as there were no hills in the run. I will really have to keep after the weight training. I tried to keep a really long stride for the entire run and it felt good! The only thing that was very, very, VERY noticeable was that I got really winded. I guess 2 weeks off will do that to a guy :-p Tomorrow I will re-vamp my training spreadsheet and add weight training in permanently. Later this week I will re-visit the running institute and have my feet checked. I still think better shoes will help.Side note: I got in touch with my acupuncturist (Lori) and she has agreed to see me every other Tuesday between now and the marathon. She is going to do very aggressive orthopedic treatments on my legs. This should help immensely as my body reacts very well to acupuncture.