Fitness Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 38:13
Pace: 9:26 min/mi

Comments: Although the intent was a pre-work run, I made a gametime decision to go with a lunch run. That was despite predictions of pretty warm temperatures. It was warm, but the lower humidity actually made it pretty pleasant.

My pace was pretty good and, looking at heart rate, I wasn't pushing as hard as I had to yesterday. The cadence was really strong throughout as well. It got a little sweaty and unpleasant at the end but not nearly as bad as it's gonna get in a month or so.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.02 miles
Time: 39:17
Pace: 9:46 min/mi

Comments: Was really unmotivated yesterday and didn't feel too good as well. I decided to forego the planned long run and make it a recovery day. Which is another way of saying I slacked off but anyway.

Woke up stupid early and was pretty determined to get the pre-work run in. The temperature was almost perfect, which was demonstrated by the sheer number of runners I passed in the dark.

Felt pretty good the whole way. Heart rate was higher than I expected with that kind of performance, actually.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.04 miles
Time: 39:53
Pace: 9:52 min/mi

Comments: Meant to run before work. Didn't happen. Wanted to get out before noon. Nope. After work on a Friday is a non-starter. So a post-lunch effort in the heat was the only other option. Wonderful.

The heat has started to climb a bit and it was very noticeable with the sun out today. The humidity was less brutal than it is going to be in a month or so but it was not a pushover either. I was sweating pretty good at the end.

According to the heart rate, I had to work a bit harder on this one but I wasn't pegged in the high range the whole way either.

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.