Nine @ RB

9.3 miles today at the Rose Bowl...slowed down pace and upped the mileage again.

Motionbased link : http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/episode/view.mb?episodePk.pkValue=778130

Splits :

Mile 1 - 9:18
Mile 2 - 9:26
Mile 3 - 9:29
Mile 4 - 9:44
Mile 5 - 9:36
Mile 6 - 9:30
Mile 7 - 9:38
Mile 8 - 9:21
Mile 9 - 9:17
Mile 0.31 - 2:43

Nutritional supplement : EAS pre-workout powder (40 cal, 7g carbs, 199mg caffeine)

Thoughts : I wanted to do 10:00 miles but that pace felt really, really slow to me. I stayed closer to 9:30/miles which felt more comfortable. I could have kept running to 12.4 miles but didn't want to push myself or risk injury or something like that.

Injury updates : Left knee patellar tendonitis seems to be under control with patellar knee strap. Right foot plantar fasciitis appears to be gone; I'm no longer having to tape my foot to control the over pronation. I do tighten my right shoe a bit tighter to try to limit the motion my foot goes through during stance phase.

Thoughts Part 2 : I like to analyze other runners gaits while I'm running next to them or behind them. I've considered running up to the painful looking ones and offering advice or asking, "Do you have pain in your (knee, foot, hip,etc)?" depending on what I see....but that's probably bad runners etiquette.