#1 – 50 runs in 100 days summer edition
#62- 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

Today it was time to do a test run to see in what shape I am in after two weeks timeout after my ultra race. After my first ultra race I took timeout for one week and ran into periosteum issues on my first run after the time out. So I decided to see if two weeks would be enough this time.

The plan from the beginning was to run 5K but during the run I realized that I wouldn’t know if I would run into periosteum issues, got it after about 6-7K last time so I changed the plan to run my and Eva’s adhoc run we did this spring.

The temperature was around 17oC (63F) and a bit windy so long tights, long sleeve shirt and a  jacket. After a while I took off the jacket when it started to get a bit warm.

When I was out running I couldn’t believe that I had to wear long tights at this time of the year. I wished that the warmer summer temperatures would arrive soon.

Even if I wished that it could have been warmer it is so beautiful now, it is so green and a lot of colors. So this is definately my best time to be out running, also in the spring when it gets greener and greener after the grey winter.

I had my regular running shoes on and what was great with this run was that I did not run into any periosteum, gluteus or lower leg issues just a regular enjoyable run. It seems to me that two weeks timeout is what I need after a ultra race.

During the timeout I did both yinyoga and poweryoga and also had calves massage and it looks like something I will continue with during my timeouts and also calves massage after my really long runs.

Here are the results of this run:

Distance: 5.11 miles (8.23K), time: 54.21.2 min,
average pace: 6.36 min/k, max pace: 5.01 min/k
VO2 Max: 26 ml/kg/min