so.. trying to wakeup early again. I'd like to get all of my running done early in the morning now, as opposed to the evening. This will allow me to focus more on programming the rest of the day AND get me in a nice rhythm for doing more races. Also, it should help reduce my risk of ZIKA, as there are tons of mosquitos out at night that would love to bite me. I should have done this a long time ago but i'm just such a night person. Anyway, going to stick to the switch now.
on a side note, all of the salty food I ate yesterday probably helped. Felt ALOT better running today than yesterday. Still felt crappy (mostly mentally) but not complete crap (mentally & physically).
left foot felt alot better today too when I ran.. yesterday it was pretty painful. Need to ice it alot more and keep the volume down until it heals.
similar thing happened to me today; ran a fast first mile yet felt slow. I didn't feel like a snail like yesterday, but, still felt slow. However, ran 5:50 min/mi
which was very surprising. I tried running the first mile harder than the second (6:40)/third(7:06) because I didn't want to wear myself out. I signed up for a 5k run tomorrow. It's at a real nice park so, should be fun... I guess today injected me with a bit more confidence because, even though I feel crappy/slow, somehow I ran my best mile split since having the watch. I think my "perception" of speed and effort is just completely wrecked in the morning/day time... This might make some sense. Physically, the evening is cooler, so that's working in my favor. Biologically, we're generally stronger in the evening. Visually/mentally, it's "dark" and my eye sight is worse at night; I see less details because of astigmatism. So maybe as i'm running at night, everything seems to be moving by quicker. Also, in the day time I can look straight ahead more than at night (where I have to look ahead but down at an angle). At night, I have to look harder for rocks/debris as i'm running. Actually that makes alot of sense.. if i'm looking at more of the ground, I probably feel faster. Or am I just a nutbag?
also, didn't cramp today. Thank "god" (gut, abdomen, ribs, physiology, luck). Cramping is my worst nightmare when running.
maybe tomorrow i'll PR my 5k AND hit 400 pages in my journal..
pc!
