Fitness Run

Distance: 4.04 miles
Time: 37:55
Pace: 9:24 min/mi

Comments: Had the time to get the run in this morning but chose to get some personal finance shit done instead. It was in the mid-70s and rather humid by the time I got back to the house to get this effort completed.

The weather made it feel like a bit of a slog but my heart rate was positively chipper the whole way. only a fraction of the time was in Zone 5 and a good third of it was in Zone 3. Not sure if that's due to the rest day or what.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.04 miles
Time: 38:00
Pace: 9:25 min/mi

Comments: A little less chilly but I still decided to make it a lunch run and avoid the worst of it. Turned out to be a pretty gorgeous day so I'm rather glad I did. Everything else is going to hell so at least I've got that.

A bit tough to start and I did try and slow it down some. Cadence increased the whole way up to when the hills started. The heart rate was much better as well. Less than 20% of the run in Zone 5. At the end I felt pretty good overall.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.04 miles
Time: 37:02
Pace: 9:10 min/mi

Comments: Decided to skip the long run this weekend. I had my 80 miles for the month, it was cold, I had tasks to take care of. I'll make a real effort to get in a solid first week of April as penance.

This one was pretty good. It was chilly but not cold so I can live with it. I tried to focus on cadence but I really ended up all over the place. And I kept finding myself going too fast and trying to regulate the pace better.

In the end, I probably did this overfast since my heart rate was in Zone 5 half of the way.

Training Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 40:05
Pace: 9:55 min/mi

Comments: Alright. Back-to-back done. Needless to say, I didn't break any speed records today. I'm a little achy and understandably so. But it wasn't so bad I felt hobbled or anything.

After the first downhill I just focused on cadence and kept it pretty constant from there on out even with the uphills. The splits, as one might expect, ended up all over the place. About a third of the run was in the Zone 5 heart rate, which isn't so bad comparatively.

Training Run

Distance: 4.01 miles
Time: 37:17
Pace: 9:18 min/mi

Comments: The intent was to do this week with a run every other day. Instead I took back-to-back days off due to circumstances beyond my control. So it looks like back-to-back running days to end the week. I can live with it.

Toyed with the idea of making this a six miler but at the two mile mark it was pretty clear my pace was going to be pretty quick. Again. So I decided to keep it at my regular four mile distance. Particularly since I'll have another effort tomorrow. Still, it's been nice to open it up a bit this week.

Training Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 35:04
Pace: 8:39 min/mi

Comments: After slacking last week, I wanted to get off to a strong start today and finish March on a high note. I considered an early run but decided to hold off for a noon effort since the weather looked ideal.

It was slightly warm but that didn't stop me cranking out a super fast effort. My overall average pace was a solid 20 seconds faster than my best effort to date. As one might expect, my heart rate was in Zone 5 a good bit over the course of the workout but less than half of the effort.

Most important, I felt pretty good the whole way. No inordinate fatigue. So the next plan is a rest day.

Long Run

Distance: 10.10 miles
Time: 1:40:40
Pace: 9:58 min/mi

Comments: I was really erratic getting the runs in this week. I decided to go for a full ten miles today partly out of a desire to catch up a little and partly as punishment for being a slack-ass.

Turns out it was a great morning to do it. Temperatures in the low 60s which was just enough to keep the humidity from becoming oppressive. With the mile total, I concentrated pretty heavily on the cadence. That became even more important when I decided to do a route with some extra hills.

Overall, I felt really good the whole way. Started to lag a little bit on the very last big hill but that's understandable. 

Training Run

Distance: 4.01 miles
Time: 36:47
Pace: 9:11 min/mi

Comments: Welp. Work and feeling like butt conspired against me this week. I didn't feel good all week so when the few windows of opportunity to get a run in happened, I decided to pass.

As a result, I felt today's effort had to happen. And it did.

I also ended up running this one a lot faster than I expected. Partially because my schedule is packed, partly because of training guilt but also not a little because my legs felt reasonably fresh for once. It was pretty speedy pace but I barely got into the upper heart rate zone.

Training Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 37:57
Pace: 9:23 min/mi

Comments: Dunno if it was the intensity of the long run Sunday or what but I have been exhausted and sore ever since. In truth, I was feeling pretty run down since Friday but, man, getting out of bed Monday was harsh.

So I was a little surprised to feel pretty good for most of this effort. Did a lot of focusing on the cadence rather than pace. That held pretty strong the whole way. About a quarter of the run was in the Zone 5 heart rate, probably hill related.

Long Run

Distance: 8.11 miles
Time: 1:20:35
Pace: 9:56 min/mi

Comments: Not gonna lie, the chill had a bit more bite this morning than I expected. It's gotten downright pleasant in the afternoons so I was thinking the morning would be similar. Nope. There's a bit of winter still lingering as the sun comes up.

Still, it's about perfect for running. This would have been the absolute ideal day to run a marathon. I wasn't doing anything like that though. I got my cadence going pretty good most of the way. Kind of lost it at the very end but not because of fatigue. My pace was pretty meh but heart rate only skimmed the Zone 5 level. That's about as ideal a long run as I can imagine.