I am running 4 km every alternate evening now. Since last week. My earlier attempt to hit 4k had met with a failure as I started feeling pain in the knee. I guess it was a case of bursitis. This time I progressed rather cautiously. From 3 to 3.3 first for two weeks. After that 3.6. From there it was 100 meters more every day. Finally hit the 4K last Sunday or so I guess.
After that my average pace suffered a little. But then I did some speedwork on one particular day. Mostly eccentric bursts of speed. The next day saw a marked improvement. The day after was even better. I am going to do these eccentric speed works once a week. It has its own benefits for sure.
I had promised myself a hairband after running 4K successfully for a few days. Today I got my swoosh hairband for Rs 490. It's a grey one with the swoosh in light green. It is meant to protect my eyes where sweat comes in rather easily.
I will celebrate my 5K with a good book on running. Perhaps Jack Daniels's.
I had originally planned to remain in 4 for the month of December and then go for 5K. Now I feel tempted to go ahead and do it the way I did the 3 to 4 transition. But I want to first run my best pace. Then only will I push my limits further up.
