30 miles - I finally got my mileage back up to 30 miles for the week. My legs have been really sore the last few weeks and I'm trying to do more stretching. I have a tendency to get lazy with my stretching when the running is going well and eventually the tightness catches up with me. Stretching is also the first thing I skip on a busy day when I barely have time to get in a run to keep the streak going. You may remember from some previous posts that I've been doing a lot of really short runs lately.
It really isn't worth it to skip stretching - it takes less than 10 minutes to get in enough preventative stretching to keep the legs fresh - because running sore is not fun. I also run a lot slower when I'm sore.
For the next couple of weeks, I'll set aside more time for stretching and actually stop to stretch while I'm out running. Today I stopped twice on a 5 mile run, just to stretch, and I felt better towards the end of the run. Hopefully, I'll follow my own advice and be back to 100% soon.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Day 157 - June 6, 2009
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Sorry to hear that you broke your original streak. It's obviously been a while, since I checked in. I found your site at day 32, of your original streak and and read it for several months. Eventually, I got side tracked and stopped reading. I thought you would be getting close to 1000 if not over 1000, so I came back to see.
I'm over 1300 and still going. It gives me motivation to know there are others out there, such as yourself. Good Luck!
Thanks for checking back - I'm feeling good about making another run at it.
1300 is awesome - congrats and good luck keeping it going!
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