I went for my long run of the week today. My plan was just to run down a stretch of Brooklyn that I had never ventured into and at 50 minutes to turn around and come back. So I went up to Prospect Park and made my way to Coney Island Ave where I ran down until Ave. U, hooked left, went up to Ovean Ave and took that back to the park and home. Coney Island Avenue isn't really the prettiest part of brooklyn to run through, but nonetheless, its always pretty awesome to see parts of the city i have never seen before.
My legs felt pretty beat up for a lot of my run, which was a bit of a surprise. Around mile 10, I actually had to stop and walk for a couple blocks because I got a really intense pain in my Achilles, which I really hope does not become an ongoing problem. After walking for a little bit, I slowly began up again and made it home. The run came in at just about 13.75 miles, which I did in about 1 hour and 38 minutes (i stopped my watch for my walking period). That put my pace at about a 7:09/mile. I'm going to take tomorrow off, and I think I am going to play the rest of the week by ear with my achilles. If it is the start of some form of tendonitis, I want to make sure I don't over work my body to put me in a bad situation in the future.
Here's the route for the day.
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