I ran the Orange Street Loop in 29:43, with splits of 10:18, 9:53 and 9:32. My legs are only a bit deadened and sore from Saturday night's run, but my left, mid-quadriceps cramped sharply as I turned right, off a sight incline about a quarter of a mile into the third mile. Just a spot about the size of a Kennedy half-dollar. That was new to me (of course, I have only been running since 1974). The spot remains slightly sore and ever-so-slightly swollen.
The ease of this run, other than the cramp (which is now covered with an ice bag), inspired me to reflect on a three-mile run from Aug. 20, or 10 weeks, five days ago, when I ran a 29:53 and it exhausted me. I wrote, "This was damned near a time trial." Fuck the Champions Tour. If I continue to improve at this rate, I will win several events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Okay, maybe I am a little tired. I only did one mile of intervals tonight. I jogged a half mile up, did a mile of 60 seconds hard with a 60-second-jog interval, and jogged a half mile down to complete the Levy Loop in 18:45. My quadriceps felt fine.
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