Fitness Run

Distance: 4 miles
Time: 38:40
Pace: 9:39 min/mi

Comments: I didn't get out until late in the afternoon knowing full well it was a mistake and, sometimes, it sucks to be right. It was uncomfortably warm -- verging on actual "hot" -- and unpleasantly humid. Add to that wind gusts even more powerful than yesterday and it was all kinds of unpleasant.

So the run was pretty much a slog the whole way but particularly the second half since it was all into the wind again. I knew my pace was going to suffer but this was pretty much an acclimation run for the upcoming hot weather. In that regard, I can't complain about the effort.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4 miles
Time: 36:54
Pace: 9:13 min/mi

Comments: I knew the wind would be a delight today and so it was. The temperature was fine, the humidity was fine, the elevation nonexistent so the second half slowdown was all North Texas wind. I'm conservatively putting down 10 mph gusts but the ole NWS says they were some twice that out there at that time.

Anyhow, my legs felt pretty good and, despite the wind, I felt pretty strong the whole way on this one. I'm on the second two-days-in-a-row efforts this week so we'll see how I recover for tomorrow's effort. Wind expect for that one too.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4 miles
Time: 36:15
Pace: 9:03 min/mi

Comments: Given my slack performance last week, I am gonna take a stab at doubling up workouts this week and see how my legs respond. Yesterday's run went reasonably well and the weather cooperated again today. So out the door we go.

I put in another four miler on the river path and felt pretty strong the whole way. My only real goal was to get negative splits and I not only accomplished that, each mile was a few seconds faster than the prior. The overall spread from the first to last mile was less than 20 seconds so my consistency was better as well.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4 miles
Time: 37:10
Pace: 9:17 min/mi

Comments: So my weekend turned into a complete wash. I didn't feel well and definitely didn't feel like running when the temperatures decided to dip and kiss freezing once again. Instead I laid low and tried to recover from whatever laid me low. I just scratched on the long run.

I'll try and start back normal this week. I went back out to the river in order to run on a level course rather than throw hills in the mix. Overall I felt pretty good with the effort even though it wasn't anything spectacular. My pace was respectable although my splits were a little all over the place in comparison with my recent runs.