Monday morning
5.5 mi / 8.8 km
6 mi / 9.6 km total
70F
215.4 lbs -- down 5-6 pounds since a week or two ago!
What call you ask? The call from mother nature insisting that I head home immediately!
Ha! I feel sorry for you poor irregular sobs. Within minutes of regaining consciousness, I void my bowels. It's like clockwork. And so it was this morning, and within another few minutes, I was out the door, right at daybreak, so I left my new headlamp at home. I ran a simple 6-mile out-n-back, but walked the last half mile home as I started to feel some fatigue on the outside of my legs. If I were running farther, I would've stopped to stretch, but it felt nice to walk the last few blocks back and enjoy the summery morning. My pace came down to close to 10mm with only minimal effort, and a couple of times I saw I was going close to 9mm, so I guess my body's starting to adjust to the early morning runs.
After lunch today went to the local Merrell shoe distributor and ordered a pair of Barefoot Run Vapor Gloves. Anyone one have a pair of these and like them?
GoBarefoot, I think Lee has a pair of the vapor gloves that he was using during the winter.
Yah, I only use them for cold weather running, and I haven't sampled too many minimalist shoes, but I like the Vapor Gloves quite a lot. They're a bit more snug than my Moc3s, but have about the same ground-feel, which is excellent. Patagonia and Vivobarefoot also make great casual minimalist shoes if you want something for the office.
One thing, I think the Vapor Gloves run a size too big or too small, I can't remember, but I had to send my first pair back I think. I bought Merrell's Bare Access when a Sports Doc had convinced me I had a stress fracture, and those are true to size, so it's not Merrell in general, but rather just the Vapor Gloves that are off for some reason.
Thanks! Unfortunately, that's not a sustainable pace for me. The first 440 lap was 7:52, then after a few more laps I was down to 7:00mm, but by the last lap I was up to 8:27 mm and flagging fast. Still, it always feels good to open up my range of motion, even if it's just for a mile or two. My long range goal is to be able to sustain an 8mm pace for an hour or more. The last time I tried I think I was around 9mm, so still a ways to go.
Now, all I have to worry about is TMTS, I am not a guy with a lot of patience while going through rehab.
That's ironic, you were great at cautioning me about tmts while I was rehabbing last fall.