Holy cow! I gotta tell you– this sucker really crept up on me! Note to self: never, EVER plan a race smack in the middle of busy season at work!!
Anyway, back to the ten miles.
The run wasn’t bad, but it definitely was not as effortless as last Sunday’s 9 miler. First of all, there is the obvious: it was a mile longer. Duh. But you know, I don’t think that was it.
Secondly, there was even more elevation gain than the week before. According to my Garmin stats, I covered 1152 feet of elevation gain over my 10 mile run. Seriously, where the hell am I running, the Rockies or something?! And that wasn’t a trail run, mind you. That was just around town! 🙂
Lastly, I swapped out my shoes for this run and wore my Brooks Adrenalines instead of my Pure Cadence. As I’ve mentioned, I’m completely in love with my Pure Cadence and really enjoy the lightness I get from only having a 4mm drop. Real or not, I truly feel like these shoes make running easier for me!
Having said that, I took a risk in running 9 miles in them two weeks ago (previous runs had only been 4-5 miles) and my legs were kinda tired afterwards. In particular, my knees were a bit sore. Nothing major, and it went away by the next day, but I attributed the tenderness to the minimal drop and decided to switch to the Adrenalines for the 10-miler this past weekend.
Negative. Soreness was still there, only now my feet felt SUPER heavy because of the additional weight! Whining, I know, but I truly noticed the extra couple of ounces, I swear! My legs were also crazy sore on Monday, particularly in the quads. Like, seriously sore. Unfortunately, I don’t know if it’s because of the shoe issue or because of the 1152 feet in elevation gain issues. Sigh.
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Sooooooo…. I’m stuck. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHICH SHOES TO WEAR ON SUNDAY. And yes, this is the type of first-world problem that I deal with 🙂 Can you fix it for me?!