Fitness Run

Distance: 6 miles
Time: 59:04
Pace: 9:50 min/mi

Comments: This one was pretty much completely awful. I was slow, sweaty and sloppy. I wasn't particularly motivated at the start and pretty much just held on through the whole unpleasant slog by willpower alone. My pace on the last mile was 1:43 slower than the first.

Still, I got it done. I didn't need to set a land speed record, I just needed the miles and an hour-long effort. And not giving up and walking it in was more than I've been able to accomplish on this particular route in some time.

Conditions
Hour: 7:00 a.m.
Surface: concrete
Weather: partly cloudy
Temperature: 73 degrees
Humidity: 83 percent
Wind: 5 mph
Location: Lewisville, Texas
Shoes: Asics Gel-Kayano 21

Injury update:

Fitness Run

Distance: 4 miles
Time: 37:03
Pace: 9:15 min/mi

Comments: I should have taken advantage of the cooler temperatures yesterday morning but I didn't. So I wasn't going to let today's slightly warmer temperature get by since it was still cooler than recent weeks. The run went OK. I've been really inconsistent this week and it is showing in my performance.

Conditions
Hour: 6:15 a.m.
Surface: concrete
Weather: overcast
Temperature: 71 degrees
Humidity: 92 percent
Wind: calm
Location: Lewisville, Texas
Shoes: Asics Gel-Kayano 21

Injury update: Stiffness in my right Achilles tendon.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4 miles
Time: 37:53
Pace: 9:27 min/mi

Comments: Took a few days off from running and felt properly guilty about it. But I was having soreness in my right hip last week just walking around so it probably was a good call to have the hiatus.

Unsurprisingly, today's effort wasn't particularly pleasant. I started pretty good and just got slower and slower and slower. the last mile was one minute slower than the first. But, most importantly, I got in my four miles.

Conditions
Hour: 6:25 a.m.
Surface: concrete
Weather: clear
Temperature: 79 degrees
Humidity: 75 percent
Wind: calm
Location: Lewisville, Texas
Shoes: Asics Gel-Kayano 21

Injury update: nada