Fitness Run

Distance: 4.15 miles
Time: 39:57
Pace: 9:37 min/mi

Comments: I was pretty stiff yesterday after the hill effort on Wednesday. The first mile today was a bit uncomfortable as well. But things fell into place after warming up for the most part.

My splits were all within ten seconds of each other including the hills, so that is pretty good in terms of consistency. But the 9:37 min/mi average pace is probably a bit on the fast side. Something I seem to be tending toward now I'm not using GPS.

Going into the weekend, the goal is run both Saturday and Sunday with an eight mile on the latter if at all possible.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.41 miles
Time: 42:43
Pace: 9:40 min/mi

Comments: Alright. Switched to Strava for tracking my runs and it seems to have worked pretty well. Not fond of using the phone for this service but it's the workaround for now.

It was super humid out there but with a bit cooler temperatures it was bearable. I felt pretty strong after warming up and finished with a very nice overall pace. Even better, my final three miles were all within 10 seconds -- including the hills

This was the fourth day in a row with a run. I'm taking tomorrow off so I decided to push that big hill on mile four and got a PR on it. The 3:11 on the 80-foot span (4% grade) beat my last best time by 11 seconds.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.23 miles
Time: 41:15
Pace: 9:45 min/mi

Comments: Although Garmin is supposidly back up, I could only get my data by manually extracting it from my device. After wiping the device and resetting it I found it still wouldn't record distance and would hang up eternally when resetting. It's in a garbage can now.

I ran for 20 years  using a basic stopwatch. There is no reason I can't do so again.

That said, today's run went really well. I went a little overfast but there was a gorgeous sunrise. I'm pretty happy I was up early enough to see it.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.03 miles
Time: 43:48
Pace:  10:52 min/mi

Comments: Garmin, as you will be unsurprised to learn, continues to suck. Once again, my workout doesn't record, my information cannot be uploaded and there is zero information from the company about the shitstorm. The most impressive feature of this $250 brick on my arm is the contempt the company has for its customers.

This run went reasonably well. I started overslow, focused on cadence and tried to keep the effort reasonable. I felt pretty strong on the back half but my overall pace seems unimpressive.

Long Run

Distance: 6.9 miles
Time: 1:14:00 (approx)
Pace: 10:43 min/mi

Comments: Welp. I was being patient with Garmin due to this system outage but today was the last straw. The GPS on my device now doesn't function. It's basically an over expensive stopwatch. Except for the fact you can get the information from a stopwatch. I can't even do that with this piece of shit.

Probably time to go find a new fitness tracking device handled by a company with a commitment to reliability and accountability. Garmin clearly doesn't care that much about those things.

Tough run. Very warm and the sun was brutal on the final mile.