Two days later

I woke up this morning, and the calf actually feels 100%. Actually, not just the point in my soleus, but the whole calf feels much better than yesterday(which ached all day). So there's something to this trigger point deal. TP FTW!

With healthy legs, I went out for a 10 mile run. I opened with a 5.25 mile hilly loop at a relatively easy pace, then transitioned to the flats, with 2.1 miles still easy, then 3.15 miles at the higher end of aerobic work. I could feel the heat and my lack of running this week near the end, but overall it was a very good day. I opened in 39:23 (7:30/mile), which is the fastest opening lap I've ever turned. It was added by pushing a few of the hills, just to see what that feels like when I'm fresh. Next up was a cruise effort in 16:30 (7:51/mile - the measurement my mapmyrun has to be off, the effort was identical, and on flats instead of hills. No way I was 20s per mile slower). Then I finished quick, at 22:03 (exactly 7:00/mile). I was feeling this effort. Not quite race speed, but I was pushing. It was a warm, slightly muggy morning, and my hamstrings were a bit tight from yesterday, but I kept a good effort. It felt good to finally get to run, and actually open things up a bit.

Run: 10.5 miles, 39:23/16:30/22:03

EDIT: New measurements on MapMyRun indicate my loops are 2.19, 3.2 and 5.28 miles. So today's paces were 7:28, 7:32, and 6:53. That's more like it.