First run of the week, sticking to the schedule as planned. A gentle 2 miler. Except I forgot the word gentle. Early evening run this time, with it still being light, but no rain. I warmed up on MFC Cardio Workout (passed the next level boxing exam - Yay!) then headed out, but as I said, I forgot the taking it easy bit. I was happily bombing along (well, bombing for me) adn nothing was going to stop me. The after a quarter of a mile I felt a small but sharp pain in my calf. I tried running through it but couldn't. It was toop annoying, and beginning toi itch. It wasn't an injury. I'd picked up an unwanted guest, a cat flea, which had decided now was a good time for a meal. How I hate those little sods. I stopped, brushed him off, and then carried on. However, despite reminding myself this was meant to be a gentle run, I kept the pace up. With half a mile to go, I decided I really should be running as planned, and made myself slow even though I didn't want to. When I finished I was totally worn out and couldn't have gone another mile. The idea was to finished and have enough energy to be able to consider going further.
Garmin stats: 2.01miles in 19 minutes 19.27seconds. Average speed 6.2mph. Fastest time for 2 miles since I returned to running, so how could this be considered a gentle 2 miler. I must stick to the bloody plan!
Next run: A quick mile on Thursday. Might make it a gentle one instead
