Fitness Run

Distance: 5 miles
Time: 49:31
Pace: 9:54 min/mi

Comments: Due to schedule constraints, I ended up doing the same run I did yesterday. It would probably have been wiser to do a shorter run with fewer hills but oh well. I needed the endurance work and at least it was cool out.

I didn't feel particularly perky for this run. It was a bit of a slog to get started and the first hill at the midway point made it clear the elevation was not going to be pleasant. The final mile was a chore to complete and my time was nothing spectacular. The best part of this run is it is over.

Fitness Run

Distance: 5 miles
Time: 48:33
Pace: 9:42 min/mi

Comments: For some reason, when I started on this run, I felt like I had been off my feet for a week. Not necessarily in a bad way, it's just felt like ages since my last run even though it was on Monday.

I went for the hill fun today. I figured I might as well after doing the sprint to the finish last run. As one might expect, my performance suffered significantly on the second, uphill portion of this effort.

Still, I didn't feel completely blasted by the run, just challenged. So, hopefully, I'm getting a bit more stamina than I've shown in my past two races.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4 miles
Time:36:19
Pace: 9:04 min/mi

Comments: Busy with a ton of kitchen projects today and didn't know if I would be able to get out the door for the run. Turns out I was able to make an escape in the late afternoon, which worked because it was decidedly chilly today.

No big plan for the run today other than the mileage. I was feeling pretty sluggish getting started but warmed up pretty good. Since the temperature was as good as I'm likely to see until October, at the halfway point I decided to try and get negative splits and upped things a bit. On the last mile I really tried to push the pace to ideal race conditions. Overall the effort felt pretty good.