I love Matt Lauer! You can always count on him for some sort of asinine comment. This morning I arrived home from my run (I saw the dog again; this time I didn't wave at the owner), turned on the T.V., and as I was making coffee overheard this exchange with the jacket artist of the soon-to-be-released Harry Potter finale:
- Matt: So, exactly how long does it take to print twelve million books?
- Guest (looking confused by the question): Uhm, a few weeks.
- Matt: Oh, that fast?
- Guest: Yeah.
Today's run went well, with the exception that the shin splint I mentioned in yesterday's post hurts a little more. I'm now icing and anti-inflamatorying it. After the run, I was also solicited for medical advice. Some random on the street runs up yelling "Sir! Sir! When you have a pain here (gestures from his lower back along the outside of his hip to the top of his thigh), what do you do about it?" I demure with a, "Ice? I don't know." He walks off with a "Oh, you've never had that? Fine." Great, I guess Brooks shoes equal medical license?
4.15 Miles:29:45 @ 7:10/mile.
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Yup, sounds right. I also find stretching out my shin by pointing my toes forward helps too.
I'm certain speed is a contributing factor. I wouldn't classify these runs as particularly difficult, but they certainly aren't "jogs." However, historically for me S.S.s have been a problem whenever I increase miles at a stupid rate (like doing 21 miles over this past weekend, followed by another 8.5 on Tuesday, when I've barely been hitting 30 in a full week). I'm pretty sure that the speed would've been okay, if I'd stayed closer to the 10% rule (or, the miles might have been okay, if I'd run slower). C'est la vie.
We should do a real-life introduction sometime, SL. Running Brooklyn?
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