Today: nailed it

Yesterday's workout left my calves feeling very tight. They are so bad in fact that I can hardly lower my heels in down dog. It hurts! Normally when I do calf raises I do them from a flat floor or from a piece of wood. Yesterday I decided to do them on the stairs. Ouchie.

I went for a run anyway today. And oh boy, was it a good one.

I mentioned a few days back that I've been falling into a steady and easy pace with all my runs. Today was one of those days where I felt like kicking it up a notch, but again not to full exertion. Mile 1 was 8:15. Mile 2 was 8:09. And then, of freaking course, my phone died. I use my phone to track runs (using Endomondo) and to listen to music. So I ran the remain 1.1 miles with just me and the pavement. I've done this route many times before, so I know it comes to a full 5k. And I also kept up the pace.

I left at 2:36. I came in at 3:01. So that's a 25 minute 5k right there. My usual 5k time is 26-28 minutes.

I wanted to go to the park for some hanging leg raises and chin ups, but a train was passing by. Instead I did plank (150 seconds!) and side plank (60 seconds both sides).

My calves still hurt, though.