Today, I picked up the cadence another notch, running to a 159bpm Podrunner podcast called The Road of Excess. The run felt great, but it almost didn't happen. Even though I got to bed on time last night, I was really tired this morning. I didn't want to get up and when I got up and got downstairs, I wanted to go back to sleep. So, I ate a Gu gel with a little caffeine in it. As I was getting ready on the couch, I almost went back to sleep. But, I already ingested 100 calories in the name of running, I couldn't back down now, right? Plus, my FR305 was already outside collecting satellites. I told myself I had to at least walk around the block. Of course, once I got out in the fresh, 62F weather, I was ready to run.
The increased foot turnover did seem to have the effect that people said it would. My footstrike did seem to be more midfoot than it normally would be at a slower cadence. It wasn't hard to keep that cadence, but I think I felt my leg muscles being a little more tight than normal. I'm debating whether my long run this weekend should increase again or stay here. Maybe I don't want to add distance and foot falls?
I just downloaded a lot of archive Podrunner podcasts at higher beats per minute. Before, I didn't grab many of these because I didn't see a need!
I had planned on 3 miles today. I ended up in front of my house at 3.1 miles, so I thought that was a nice "round" number! My average pace was 11:08min/mile. Somehow, I thought it felt faster than that.
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