5 miles in 36:16 – now just a 2k family fun run on Sat before WPS Half Marathon on Sunday!

My knee was aching for most of last night after my run so I decided to switch out my running shoes earlier than I had planned. The pair from last night were at around 320 miles and I figured I should be able to get 350 or so based on my last pair but the knee ache was a call for a change.

So I switch out to another pair that are sitting around 260 miles – knee felt remarkably better. So I will run these out for another 60+ miles probably and then retire them as well.

Those are my treadmill shoes – I am running a newer pair outside which are sitting at around 60 miles right now. Nice and broken in but still lots of cushion going into my runs this weekend.

Going to be a busy weekend for the family overall. Kids’ swimming lessons Friday night – as soon as that is over I have to go to packet pickup for my Sunday half marathon and then there are 2 races to do this weekend.

As a family we have a 2km fun run at the kids’ school called the Run at the Ridge – that takes place Saturday morning. That run will count as my leg stretch before a half marathon race the next day.

On Sunday then I have the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) half marathon – looking forward to this one if just to see where I am after the winter. I would still love to break my PR of 1:46:11 on that race but with the weather and not being able to run enough outside I really have no idea where my time will be. Treadmill says it is possible but who knows? Should be interesting.

Weather for the weekend has temperatures below freezing at the start of both runs – yay! At least I shouldn’t overheat on the half marathon.

So run tonight was good – I was concerned going into it that my aching knee would give me issues tonight but after the first 3-4 minutes it was good and settled in and I was able to run pretty strong. A very respectable time for 5 miles – 36:16 with a 1% incline and no walking. Knee feels good now after the run as well so that is very positive. But I will still be resting it tomorrow to give it a chance to recover from any damage from last night.