Fitness Run

Time: 30 min
Distance: 5 kilometers

Comments: Got up a bit early and headed down to the malencon with the ocean mist enveloping the city. It's a good time to run and the nicest part of these grey days. Did my warm up run - which is almost one kilometer, exactly - and then the full gamut of my stretching. I can tell I'm a bit tired from running every day again so I focused on upping my footfalls. Trying to take shorter quicker steps the whole way.Worked pretty well although I lost my concentration once or twice and just started plain running. At the end I felt tired but workout tired not exhaustion tired.

Fitness Run

Time: 30 min
Distance: 5.1 kilometers

Comments: Not as exhilarating a run as yesterday, but understandably so since it is my first back-to-back day of workouts. I did the usual warm-up jog and then stretching and got down to it but it was work the whole way.Not necessarily hard work, in the sense of struggling to get it done, but more like keep-putting-the-next-foot-in-front-of-the-other kind of work. I never hit that <i>let's run!</i> point that came over me yesterday. Because as juiced as I was about signing up for the Sydney Marathon yesterday, the fact is I have four months of hard work in front of me.Went the other direction into Barranco for the first time since I have been back. Fewer runners and pedestrians but almost no traffic whatsoever as well.

Fitness Run

Time: 30 min
Distance: 5.5 kilometers

Comments: Wow. Wonderful run. Felt like I could go another half-hour easy. The stretching/orthopedic seem to be doing their job but I remain wary. Got up early and had a powerbar about half an hour before the thing. I did the walk/warm up run to the malencon then a full stretching regimen. So when I really got started I felt very in control. I wanted to bolt out of the blocks but I reined it in and kept in control the whole way. That worked well since I felt strong the entire route.I also started tracking the distance as well since it looks like I've got a target race. But more on that in a bit...

Fitness Run

Time: 30 min
Distance: unk
Pace: unk

Comments: A good tough run. But I should probably step back and set things up a bit.After resolving to follow through with my constant vows to implement a stretching regimen, I went into it with gusto this weekend (the threat of a nagging injury is one hell of a motivator for these things).I did three stretching routines each day this weekend concentrating on the hips. Before running today I did some light stretching, a bit of a pre-run walk and then an easy run up to the malencon itself - maybe three or four minutes.Then I went through the entire stretching routine before the run itself. (I also made it a point to make sure I had my heel insert in as well) The result was zero hip pain (YAY!) but a persistent nagging stiffness in the right calf (BOO!).Overall, it seems to have worked and if it helps as, a preventive measure