20k in 24 hours

Not sure what got into me this weekend. But before Terra and I went out for our 12th anniversary I decided to run. I put in a 10k on a new rout I put together. Here is the rout. I start at the house icon, run to the flag and turn around backtracking my way back home.

This is a nice rout. So much so I ran it again tonight. So that make over 20k in the last 24 hours. Not bad for an old man who hates to run. Friday night I was not pushing it very much – just running. I was not too happy after looking at my pace on the Nike Plus site after I got back. Here is my run from Friday night. Looks pretty up and down on the pace. I know I could do better.

I did not really feel like running tonight but I went out about 8:00 PM. I was not sore or stiff at all from Friday. Looser than normal so I did not need to stretch very much. I set the Nano to 10k again and redid the rout. It was just a perfect night for running. Cool breeze and perfect temperature. I did not need a long sleeve shirt. Here is my run tonight.

This is much better on the pace. The large dip you see is from hills. The rout has good hills but nothing that is very drastic. Just long upgrades for 2 or 3 blocks at a time. But as you can see I cut three and a half minutes off my time tonight. That is pretty good for me considering I ran it just yesterday. I did push it a little more tonight. I really wanted to do it in under 60 minutes but I missed that. I was not really watching the time either. Pushing up the hills, gliding down the backs of the hills seemed to cut the time nicely.

I wore a different pair of shoes tonight as well. My right foot did not fall asleep like my other shoes but I did get some blisters.

Can I do another 10k on Sunday? I guess you will have to check back later and see. Right now I need a cold Fat Tire so I will catch you later.