On the radio I heard warnings of gale force winds up to 100 km/h - particularly in the Northern and Western regions of Ireland. However, I really wanted to go out for a run - and it was starting to get dark and already it was quite windy. So I headed out and just got back for what is most likely my last run for a while - since I'm leaving tomorrow for Chicago. Today, I started out around 4:30 pm. I stretched good - however, I had to start out slow since as I came out of Druid's valley onto the N11 the upper heels of my feet were hurting - I backed off the pace and slowly they improved. Then I picked up the pace and went at a 'clip pace' - basically a very tidy nice and fast pace - what you wish you could run a marathon at! I felt some pangs of the former achilles injury down the backside of my left leg so again I backed off. Once I got to the park I still felt the pain and went slow but as I started to climb up hill the pain subsided and I was able to pick up the pace. I was able to hold a good pace pretty much the whole way back. Coming back down the N11 was nice - the wind was blustery but behind me. I finished the run with a 38:47 pace which wasn't to bad. Yesterday I head some nice splits on the exact same run. Total time was 37:51 with the following breakdown - base to park - 13:21, exiting park - 25:27 - back to base 37:51. The day before which was St. Stephen's day (and right after Christmas) I did the same run but I was so sluggish. It took a lot of effort to complete this one and I did it in the following splits base to park 14:40, exit park 27:22, back to base 40:50. I'm guessing the total distance of this run is 4.8 to 5 miles.
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