Notes
6 very easy
I was hoping I'd wake up this morning and my stride stuff would magically be better! I am still hoping that as I taper, all of this stuff will work itself out. I didn't do any of my PT strength stuff yesterday and haven't been hitting the foam roller as hard. I am trying to let my body recover a bit and stop hammering all that stuff so much in case any of it is the underlying cause of my stride feeling off.
The first mile or two I felt aware of my stride and it didn't feel 100% normal but it wasn't awful. I'm just still not running totally smoothly and effortlessly. I'm having to think about it a bit.
After a few miles, I was able to kind of forget about it and my mind wandered and that was nice. What was really effective for me today was anytime I started to tense up and worry about it, if I made myself relax I was able to run more normally. I am not sure how much of this is in my head and how much is my body but I am doing my best to relax and just run.
I wanted to run this slower and I'm not sure why I was quicker today. I kept having to back off and slow down. It felt really easy and slow, though. I felt pretty good recovery wise-I have some soreness in my left calf but it is mild.
Also my watch promoted my v02 max to 56. Not sure why this run got me a bump! Now it shows my marathon prediction as 2:56...haha! That would be nice. Maybe in the fall...