Time: 6 am
Distance: 14.4 Km
Duration: 107 min and 26 sec
Place: Electronics City, Bangalore
Today’s long run went very well. I did the whole course in a
pretty relaxed pace so that I do not hurt my knee more. I did non-stop 3.4 Km
two times. Due to my slow pace I finished the first 4.8 Km in 36 minutes which
is 4 minutes more than the usual time. I finished the next 4.8 Km in34 minutes.
My stamina and strength improved tremendously.
I was very comfortable running non-stop for 3.4. I felt a
feeling that my legs wanted to run more and more. I did not expect this non-stop
mode with this knee pain.
After finishing the course I felt lot of pain in the knee
which got reduced after warm-down and stretching. But the whole day I felt the
pain. I know that this will get healed over a period of time but it is slightly
irritating to spend the whole day with this slight pain.
I am very glad that I have finished 4 weeks of Marathon
training successfully. I will judge myself by the end of next week and if I am
lucky enough I shall book a place for the Kaveri Trail HM. I am really pumped
up now after seeing my performance today.
