1/2 Way There

This post, predictably, is late. I ran 6 on Tuesday at 7:30 pace. I felt great breathing and stride-wise. My Achilles is another story. For the first three miles (this run was all flat), it actually felt okay. Then, it started to hurt on the second half of the run. It's a difficult ailment to describe really. Essentially, it aches. It's not excruciating on the run itself, just tight, and aching enough to let me know it's there. I was diligent in stretching it, and my calves, after the run but to no avail. The tightness sets in and it hurts a fair amount. The pain is centralized mostly to my right leg, which coincidentally, is also the leg that has bad shin splints (enough so, that they are very raw to the touch). I'm thinking the two may be correlated as I know tight calves can lead to shin splints. Anyhow, I think it's somewhat better, but still in need of some time. I took Wednesday off, and will try it again today.