It was 3 1/2 weeks ago when I ran a mile. Today, I felt ready enough to give it another try to see how the left hamstring would hold up. It was an interesting workout -- revealing to me there's been some improvements during the PT exercises -- which still continue.
I drove to the Harvard track and began by walking a mile on it. Pain level was hardly detectable -- maybe at about 2/10. Then, I experimented with four 1/4 mile runs. each followed by a 1/4 mile walk. The following "negative splits" for the runs told me I am able to continue a slow but steady run while hanging in there with some expected pain (level 6/10)
This 1 mile run (paused 4 times with each 440 for walking) had the following split times:
lap 1 = 4:40 ave pace,
lap 2 = 3:42 ave pace,
lap 3 = 2:49 ave pace and
lap 4 = about 2:10 ave pace
The overall average pace was 13:22
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