This Week in Running 3/28/21

Total Miles: 19

 Tuesday: 60 min Nordic Track

Wednesday: 3.14 (including D5K)

Saturday: 2

Sunday: 14 (including Hampton Half Marathon. See separate post).

Hampton Half Marathon

 Today I ran the first race in more than a year... and it was the last race I ran last year, the Hampton Half Marathon. Not having raced in a year, I really didn't know what to expect. Furthermore, the first half mile is run on the sand on the beach! That's new this year and is part of the race plan for social distancing. The rest of the course is similar to what it was last year. The start was staggered.  Runners were given a specific time to show up at the start on the beach and were sent off in 10 second intervals.

I'm still running no more than 20 miles/week, with a lot of time on the Nordic Track. This course is mostly flat, but includes some long inclines in miles 6, 7 and 8. I wasn't sure how I'd handle the hills after the initial half mile in the sand, or what kind of recovery I might make after the hills. It turns out that all that time on the Nordic Track helps, because my quads had second and third winds in them. My joints mostly cooperated as well. My knee and hip became a little sore in the last 5k, but not bad and not any worse than on any of my training runs. There was enough left in the old bones to make the last 5k my fastest part of the race.

Hopefully things will hold together and this year will be a good racing year.

This Week in Running 3/21/21

 Total Miles: 19

Tuesday: 60 min Nordic Track

Wednesday: 60 min Nordic Track + 4

Friday: 60 min Nordic Track

Saturday: 12

Sunday: 60 min Nordic Track + 3

This Week in Running 3/14/21

Total Miles: 19

Wednesday: 60 min Nordic Track + 4

Friday: 60 min Nordic Track

Saturday: 11

Sunday: 60 min Nordic Track + 4

I ran the Danvers 5K for the time in more than a month. This is the first time I've run hard since the hamstring injury I've spend the last month recovering from.

This Week in Running 3/7/21

 Total Miles: 19

Tuesday: 60 min Nordic Track

Wednesday: 60 min Nordic Track + 4

Thursday: 60 min Nordic Track

Saturday: 11

Sunday: 60 min Nordic Track + 4