Fitness Run

Distance: 3 miles
Time: 27:35
Pace: 9:11 min/mi

Comments: This one was a bit more unpleasant than I expected. I found myself slogging it out the whole way and I really didn't have a reason for it. I slept well, ate decently and should have been on top of it.

The upside is that I got the whole run in. Three miles were what I had originally intended to do (to even out the shortened run on Monday). I was really concerned early on that the temptation to cut it short might be too much.

Conditions:
Hour: 6:15 a.m.
Surface: concrete
Weather: clear
Temperature: 80 degrees
Humidity: 70 percent
Wind: calm
Location: Lewisville, Texas
Shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GT 14

Injury update: nada

Fitness Run

Distance: 4 miles
Time: 37:06
Pace: 9:16 min/mi

Comments: Surprised myself and got out the door despite feeling less than enthusiastic about this run. It turned out to be the right move. While this was no holiday in Aspen, it was a solid workmanlike effort and more satisfying than pretty much any of my other recent efforts.

I started off a little slow and then went a little fast on mile two. The second half of the run was very steady though. There wasn't a real temptation to cut the effort short either, which is a nice change as well.

Conditions:
Hour: 6:20 a.m.
Surface: concrete
Weather: partly cloudy
Temperature: 81 degrees
Humidity: 73 percent
Wind: calm
Location: Lewisville, Texas
Shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GT 14

Injury update: nada

Fitness Run

Distance: 4 miles
Time: 36:28
Pace: 9:06 min/mi

Comments: I've been categorizing my runs under "fitness" in the Garmin interface for awhile now since it's clear I'm not training to do a race any time soon. My goal at the moment is getting better regularity with my runs, not competition. So my target is to try and get 18 miles a week with at least four runs.

This one went well enough. I got the four miles and, since the sun wasn't blazing down on me, it wasn't nearly as brutal as yesterday. The relatively quick pace was a nice surprise but, as I just mentioned, not the point of the effort.

Conditions:
Hour: 6:20 a.m.
Surface: concrete
Weather: clear
Temperature: 80 degrees
Humidity: 76 percent
Wind:
Location: Lewisville, Texas
Shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GT 14

Injury update: nada

Easy Run

Distance: 3 miles
Time: 27:58
Pace: 9:18 min/mi

Comments: Every single thing about this run was not pleasant. It was overhot, overhumid and completely miserable. I started sweating before the end of the first quarter mile and was struggling by the end of the first mile and a half.

That became my halfway mark as I went to walking pace with two miles and about two thirds done. I got to the part were there was some shade and took care of the final third of a mile and walked the rest. Honestly, I was surprised I got three miles in.

Conditions:
Hour: 7:40 a.m.
Surface: concrete
Weather: clear
Temperature: 85 degrees
Humidity: 70 percent
Wind: calm
Location: Lewisville, Texas
Shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GT 14

Injury update: Had aches in my left hip and left knee at moments of the run.