Thursday, January 25, 2018

Fitness Run

Distance: 4 miles
Time: 39:13
Pace: 9:47 min/mi

Comments: Odd run. I started out rather well and felt reasonably confident I could keep the pace steady over the course of the workout. But by the end of the second mile, I felt I was dragging pretty hard. Unsurprisingly, that was the slowest lap of the entire run.

Since the odd numbered miles are mostly downhill, I made an effort to concentrate on keeping a steady pace and push the fatigue out of my mind. For the final mile, I made a very concerted effort to push myself and actually delivered the fastest mile of the run.

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Fitness Run

Distance: 4 miles
Time: 41:00
Pace: 10:14 min/mi

Comments: I was very sensitive to my pace on this run given the little scare with the hamstring yesterday. Short steps and letting up off the throttle whenever I felt myself going a bit too fast. Still, I had a pretty good pace over the course of this effort.

Overall, I certainly have the strength to gut through these runs if I need to but I have to be careful to getting too far out in front of my conditioning. Keeping it that close to the edge is a recipe for injury. And an injury is the fastest way to waste all the effort I've poured into this over the past three weeks.

Monday, January 22, 2018

Fitness Run

Distance: 2 miles
Time: 19:45
Pace: 9:50 min/mi

Comments: This was a mixed bag of a run that skewed toward the crappy. I got up and out the door early, like I planned but that's about all that went right. It was chilly, but not overly so, which led me to take this one on a bit on the quick side.

At just past the mile mark, I got a twinge in my left hamstring. Not at the level of a sprain but certainly enough to make me cautious. When it didn't ease off after a few minutes I decided to cut the run short at two miles out of an abundance of caution.