Fitness Run

Distance: 4.05
Time: 42:28
Pace: 10:29

Comments: The relatively cool but remarkably dry weather is holding so I took a chance on a lunchtime run. It was hot but only about as awful as my conditioning made it. Another 10% or so of humidity would have been an issue and another 10% past that would be dangerous.

This whole run was an exercise in staying distracted just to get it over and done with. There was nothing fancy or special about it at all. I don't think I suffered quite as much on the big hill as I did yesterday - but that a matter of degree, not kind.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.01
Time: 41:48
Pace: 10:26

Comments: The week from hell pretty much squished any effort to follow up on last Tuesday's run. The morning from hell today offered an opportunity to get one in. Well, that and a cold front that made is moderately less hellish.

I went a bit faster but certainly not picking up any style points along the way. It was not a complete slog. Let's call it slog-ish. Sloggy-like. Anyway, I got it done. With a little luck, I'll try and get another in shortly.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 47:10
Pace: 11:39 min/mi

Comments: A two month hiatus wasn't what I exactly planned but it worked out that way. In retrospect, this was probably for the better given the sheer number of miles I've run in the last 18 months without significant injury was just unsustainable.

Now I get to revel in the joy of coming back from deconditioning completely. Great.

It was hot. It was humid. I was slow. Soooooooo slow. Not really a surprise though. I just got going and cranked it out. A lot of dissociative running, I'll tell you that.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.01 miles
Time: 39:32
Pace: 9:51 min/mi

Comments: A brush with a sinus infection derailed my effort last week to get back into the swing of things. So I'm hoping to get a solid set of run in this week and put myself back on track.

This run was reasonably nice if a bit warm. The pollen laid into me when I got done, though. No real aim except finishing without running myself down. In that respect, I got it in a little faster than I expected and the heart rate showed it. Gonna have to pace it better going forward.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.03 miles
Time: 40:31
Pace: 10:04 min/mi

Comments: Another week layoff. Now I am seriously behind on the year goal. The only way to get back on track will be instituting the regular morning run like I did last summer. So, no time like today...

I thought that with the storms and front pushing through yesterday, this would be a clear morning but it was the complete opposite. Misty to the point of actual rain. But pretty cool, so it wasn't too awful.

Just focused on cadence. Finished much better than I had any reason to expect.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.04 miles
Time: 38:17
Pace: 9:29 min/mi

Comments: So I took a full week off running. There were a lot of reasons, not the least being the onset of pollengeddon. Turns out the danger isn't over as it whipped my ass today.

It is now getting into that delightful mix of heat and humidity that Texas does so well. Right now it's like this at the middle of the day. Soon enough it'll be like this before dawn.

This was a sloppy, just-get-it-done effort. I got it done.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.02 miles
Time: 38:23
Pace: 9:32 min/mi

Comments: Ran this one angry after my neighbor's yap dog kept me up all fucking night. Probably not the smartest move given the heat and humidity today. But this is gonna be par for the course in the mornings over the summer. So I might as well get used to it.

Ran the first part way too fast. Slowed down a little on the second half just from the slog. Heart rate was in Zone five almost half this effort. Not ideal. I'm expecting to be a little sore from this one as a result.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.03 mi
Time: 39:47
Pace: 9:52 min/mi

Comments: After multiple days off I finally got back out there for a run. Toward the end of last week, I was feeling really run down. That was very evident on my the run on Tuesday. I was feeling better toward the end of the week but just decided to give myself the extended rest anyway.

Now I would like to get a number of back-to-back runs in but with very easy efforts. Today was about idea for that. I started overslow, picked up the cadence in the middle but without pushing the effort. At the end, my heart rate was almost entirely in Zone 4 even with the warmer and more humid conditions.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.03 miles
Time: 40:28
Pace: 10:03 min/mi

Comments: Not sure what the specific cause was, but today's run sucked pretty damn hard. It was a slog from start to finish and I felt wiped out by the halfway point.

My pace was abysmal to start and slowed precipitously on the last two miles. Cadence was a similar mess. But my heart rate, which I expected to be pegged to the maximum was pretty good. Half of the run in Zone 4 and half in Zone 3. None in Zone 5. Whatever.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4 miles
Time: 36:45
Pace: 9:12 min/mi

Comments: Skipped the long run over the weekend again. At some point I have got to get those back into the mix. For now, I'm still on my mileage target without them but that's not optimum for conditioning.

As a result, I probably ran this one a bit on the quick side. But the temperature was good and humidity ideal. So might as well. My heart rate was right where I would want it for this kind of effort. That's not likely to be the case if I keep pushing it like this, though.