17th in my age group out of over 100 women! Feeling very happy with my effort, finished 5 miles in just over 42 minutes. The course was certified 5 miles and yet my GPS measured 5.25 miles, must investigate. I think this is a common issue with devices. I was hopeful for my 40 minute goal when I saw my pace was in the low 8 minute range but the actual pace was more like 8:30. Despite this, I'm happy because I really feel like I pushed myself to go a little harder than normal and I definitely did.
I ran an easy 3 miles the next day to complete week 4 of training! My left ankle/heel was bothering me though. I read about what this could be and I think its achilles tendonitis. Rest and ice are the only things to do for it. Rest is easy on vacation which I am. I found an old Hal Higdon book about marathon training and just read about how rest is more important than most runners realize. Hopefully after 3 days of rest, I'll be OK for todays's 4 mile easy run. Bring on Week 5!!
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