{"id":62,"date":"2012-07-14T19:33:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T14:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professorontherun.wordpress.com\/?p=62"},"modified":"2015-06-12T09:56:38","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T15:56:38","slug":"july-2012-it-begins-then-stops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professorontherun.com\/?p=62","title":{"rendered":"July 2012.  It Begins, then stops."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometime in July 2012, my wife and I decided to run a Breast Cancer benefit 5k to be held in September.\u00a0 This meant we needed to figure out how to run.<\/p>\n<p>I put in a few 3 mile runs over the course of a couple weeks, pace at 9<a href=\"http:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/92045432\" target=\"_blank\">:18<\/a> min\/mile, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/92045431\" target=\"_blank\">9:38<\/a> min\/mile, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/92045427\" target=\"_blank\">9:56<\/a> min\/mile, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/92045421\" target=\"_blank\">9:43<\/a> min\/mile.\u00a0 I was pleased as punch.<br \/>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe height=\"405\" width=\"590\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/92045432\/embed\/5294423abb2c378cff6f3529ff78747c6c11199c\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe height=\"405\" width=\"590\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/92045431\/embed\/731fc20689bb60fb80f9fee5bf5087a118c98a2d\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe height=\"405\" width=\"590\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/92045427\/embed\/ef9cb7b02227da7f87123f63035cc3ec069d3722\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe height=\"405\" width=\"590\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/92045421\/embed\/b11c57a350b76772619ccb3bbabbb72f61785628\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p>These runs were a mix of running\/walking.\u00a0 I was lucky to go a straight mile w\/ no breaks.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, I also incurred the first of many stupid injuries.\u00a0 I was running pavement wearing old, worn-out Nike Alvord trail shoes I had used for hiking previously.\u00a0 They were the only athletic shoes I owned, and while technically trail &#8220;running&#8221; shoes, they didn&#8217;t work well on pavement.\u00a0 And, after 4 runs, I got a bad case of shin splints.\u00a0 Ouch.\u00a0 Couldn&#8217;t walk for a few days and had to switch to riding my bike for a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Something had clicked though.\u00a0 I was kind of enjoying it &#8211; even though I hated myself mid-run as I panted and gasped for air.\u00a0 The July heat probably wasn&#8217;t helping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometime in July 2012, my wife and I decided to run a Breast Cancer benefit 5k to be held in September.\u00a0 This meant we needed to figure out how to run. 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