Fitness Run

Distance: 4 miles
Time: 40:38
Pace: 10:09 min/mi

Comments: Felt surprisingly good when I got up today and, wonder of wonders, the temperatures weren't sub-arctic for once. There is a front due in the next 24 hours so I thought it would be a good idea to take advantage of the balmy conditions.

And, as one might expect, I was sweating hard by the end. Which was a nice change. I started deliberately slower in light of yesterday's blistering pace and let myself ease up some every mile afterward. The final effort was still pretty good compared to, say, a month ago.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4 miles
Time: 37:13
Pace: 9:17 min/mi

Comments: That was a hell of a lot better than the last run. I was really concerned that the awful of Monday would seep into the rest of the runs this week but I felt pretty strong out there today.

I did the first two miles on a steady pace that turned out to be a good 30 seconds per mile quicker than I was expecting. I did make an effort to push things on the back half of the run and was remarkably consistent pacewise on them both. Partially because I did really surge the last quarter mile.

This was a good chance to shake off the post-race creakyness but I need to be more conservative with the efforts over the next week if I want to survive the half marathon at the end of the month.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4 miles
Time: 44:38
Pace: 11:09 min/mi

Comments: I knew this run would suck and it did not disappoint. Running too hard on the 10K left me pretty sore on Saturday and not particularly sprightly yesterday. Things weren't substantially better this morning so I knew I would have to work for it today.

And it was another cold start. I'm going to regret saying this in six months, but I'm ready for warmer weather to arrive. I started slow and then got progressively slower. There was nothing positive about this effort except for surviving it.