4 miles

Ran 4 miles on Saturday along Wollaston Beach.  By the time we got there it was after 8 and the sun was higher up in the horizon than when we normally set out to run (which is at 4:30am when there is no sun).  It was plenty hot and a bit windy, but we both managed to finish the run averaging a bit under 10 minutes per mile.  That made me feel real good.  We bought ourselves the Garmin ForeRunner 305 which keeps accurate distance to 0.01 mile.  I did feel a twing of pain (shin splint area) but nothing too bad at all.

I ran another 4 miles today, Tuesday, 9/4 - different route with a more hills.  My time went down which I attribute to having worked out my legs on Monday and hitting them hard at that.  They are pretty sore and I think that hurt me a bit today.  However, I did not feel one bit of shin splint-related pain, so even though my average time was slight worse today than on Saturday the lack of pain makes me feel real good about myself.