Fitness Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 42:24
Pace: 10:27 min/mi

Comments: So instead of brutal sun, I decided to go with oppressive humidity today. And, what the hell, throw in some light rain at the end to make it that much more miserable.

My legs were a bit sore this morning and I seriously considered not doing this run due to the intermittent rainstorms. Finally, I just decided to do it since it looked like there wouldn't be any intense downpours, just rain.

Anyhow. It was a messy slog but I managed to get it done.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 42:29
Pace: 10:29 min/mi

Comments: Heat, Humidity, Hills. Ugh.

Got paid today so spent the morning sorting that out. Despite the heat, I convinced myself doing a mid-day run would help with acclimating to the heat. I just had to take it slow. Ugh.

Maybe. Just maybe if it had been overcast, I could have pulled it off. By the halfway point I was sweating hard and halfway up the big hill I had to stop and walk it. At the end I was drenched in sweat and wiped out.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.03 miles
Time: 41:41
Pace: 10:20 min/mi

Comments: The crisp weather that helped get me motivated to return to running are now well and truly gone. It's the usual North Texas heat and humidity from here on out. Viciously unpleasant but nothing one can do about it but acclimate.

While this was an early effort, the conditions were like a mid-day run last week. With more humidity, of course. The result is yet another sloggy effort. Zero style points. Zero finesse. Just crank it out while sweating my ass off. Still... I got it done.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 42:31
Pace: 10:30 min/mi

Comments: Took two days off after the three-in-a-row last week. I was determined to get this one in and not lose the little bit of progress I have been able to make. The weather is about to get sweltering awful and I need to have this routine in place.

It wasn't as nice today as recent mornings but it wasn't the full on horroshow it's gonna be. I got a pretty good cadence during the second mile but that didn't translate into a better pace at all. But I didn't suffer as much on the big hill this time so... progress?