I'm think I'm starting to get fit. Did a 20 miler yesterday, instead of on Sunday since Sunday was Easter. I've been wearing a heart monitor for most of my runs over the last 5 months. Trying to use the "Mafetone"method. This involves doing almost all of your running in the moderate heart rate zone, which for me is 120 to 135. When I first started this, it was tough running slow enough to keep the heart rate there (over 10 minutes per mile). But in the 20 miler I was able to keep it there for virtually all the run except for a few hills I threw in. This was with a 9:30 to 9:45 per mile pace. And I still had plenty of energy left to start emptying out our storage space and bringing things back to the new house. Also, no soreness today.
One other thing that I think is helping as well is that I have started using a foam roller when I first get up in the morning. It has been about four weeks now and it seems to be keeping me much more loose than I have been in awhile. I only bought the thing over a year ago, but never got around to using it till now. I see a chiropractor for my lower back and she checks out the legs as well. And the last couple of times I've been in she has commented on the calves and hamstrings being nice and loose.
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