Today's goal: 8 miles at 9'47". Nailed it! I kind of cheated because I ran some downhills at the beginning I didn't have to go back up, but I figured I made up for it in the gale force winds out at Cesar Chavez State Park. For some reason, to me, forecasts of rain means let's go out to the Bay! And when I was running down from the lab and saw the huge choppiness of the bay, I still didn't think, gosh I wonder if it will be windy on all that in-fill out there. No, I plowed ahead, heading more and more into a headwind.
But, the park was beautiful! I remembered the crazy sea is one of the things I love about California (and Ireland). It was so blustery at one point it literally stopped me in my tracks (while I was running) and I laughed out loud. It was so much fun! NikePlus brought back the mile splits, and only my first three miles were actually under 9'47", while the other 5 were above it. No matter. I'm actually pretty okay with doing a 9'57" mile in that kind of craziness. Seriously - I stopped to get a drink at the fountain and the wind blew the water stream out of the fountain and on to me. It was that windy.
My plantar fascitis wasn't too bad, just twinged now and then, but around mile 6 the mysterious pain in my right foot returned - hadn't felt that since the 18 mile run. Guess the new shoes haven't fixed the problem. Alas.
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