Fitness Run

Distance: 4.03 miles
Time: 42:36
Pace: 10:34 min/mi

Comments: Well, overdid it a bit Sunday afternoon and felt pretty gross most of Monday. Not really that bad of a hangover but exhaustion, lack of sleep and dehydration over the course of last week came home to roost. Slept 10 hours last night and felt a hell of a lot better.

Stormy weather is on tap for today and tomorrow so I waited for a gap in the rain to get the run in. Focused  almost entirely on cadence for this one, ignoring pace entirely. So of course it comes in almost exactly the time I have been hitting for a month or so now.

Might need to push things a little bit tomorrow if the weather cooperates.

Long Run

Distance: 6.6 miles
Time: 1:12:28
Pace: 10:59 min/mi

Comments: I took an extra day off yesterday given how worn out I was feeling earlier in the week. I'm doing a decent job keeping my conditioning going but not much in terms of building up my strength and stamina.

I did the same big loop today as last week, just the opposite direction. It's a nice course except for the fact the first half is going down and the second half is all uphill. At least the sun wasn't beating me down this morning.

I ran this one significantly slower than last week and almost the whole thing in heart rate Zone 3. That's pretty much ideal long run effort. Although I would prefer it on longer distances than a 10K.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.04 miles
Time: 42:24
Pace: 10:30 min/mi

Comments: Had some business to deal with this morning and got out later than usual. It was a little bit warmer but the humidity wasn't too bad. The bigger issue was my legs just felt leaden and tired. Not sure exactly why.

As a result, I had no plans for this effort and my cadence shows it. Despite that, I ended up going a little faster than expected. Only a bit of the run was in Zone 5 heart rate. Eighty percent of the effort was in Zone 3 and Zone 4. Not sure what that means.

Looking forward to the rest day.

Fitness Run

Distance: 5.07 miles
Time: 51:37
Pace: 10:10 min/mi

Comments: A couple of things to take care of this morning so out the door a tad later than I like. Gorgeous day. Which is nice and all, but it also means a ton of people out getting in the way. It wasn't too bad on the first half but coming back through was stupidly crowded. Dawn runs might be the way to go from here on.

I'm gonna start making this middle of the week run slightly longer than the rest going forward. It was nice enough today that I didn't have any problem with the extra mile. In fact, I felt I was running it a little too fast. In the end, more than half of it was in Zone 4 heart rate and only a smidgen in Zone 5. So I wasn't getting crazy.

Not sure about tomorrow. But I will be getting one in.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 43:13
Pace: 10:41 min/mi

Comments: Got out right after the rains this morning. The hope was to capitalize on the cooler weather, lack of morons and, hopefully a break from the godawful pollen. Two out of three ain't bad.

My legs felt pretty good today. I had a very strong cadence the whole way and a very low heart rate zone for the bulk of the effort. In fact, I had to work a bit to keep myself from going too fast on many of the flat or downhill parts.

Want a pretty steady week this week. Might add a mile tomorrow and go for a faster effort after that. But conditions will dictate what happens.

Long Run

Distance: 6.64 miles
Time: 1:10:00
Pace: 10:33 min/mi

Comments: Zero enthusiasm for this one. Got out the door finally, but a bit later than I would have liked. The result was one of the more formidible heat/humidity combos in awhile. Oh, and since I stayed on main roads, the sun was a beast as well.

I was really feeling all of it on the second half  which was almost completely uphill. By the end I was pretty beat.

So it was a bit of a  shock to see only a sliver of the effort was in the maximum heart rate zone. Two thirds of the effort was in Zone 4; something more common for recovery runs.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 43:34
Pace: 10:46 min/mi

Comments: I took two days off last month and that cost me a 100 mile month. Let's see if I can get it done in May. The key will keeping to the five runs per week and today was the start.

A little tired and worn down to start. Cool enough but the humidity is for real. This run wasn't special by any means. I spent most of it in Zone 3 heart range but felt like I was working a lot harder than that.

Haven't quite decided how long to run tomorrow.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 43:59
Pace: 10:52 min/mi

Comments: Pretty gorgeous morning so I made it a point to get out a bit earlier to beat the hordes of new runners. Accomplished that for the most part and was able to enjoy a bit  of the day outside.

Basically focused on cadence and keeping my effort steady. Particularly on the hills which I was able to handle pretty well. I just kept turning my feet over and never got really winded or fatigued.

The weird part is, while I felt pretty under control the whole way, more than a third of the effort was at Zone 5 heart rate. Yesterday, I felt I was working a bit harder but my heart rate didn't show it at all.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.06 mi
Time: 42:02
Pace: 10:21 min/mi

Comments: Up and out the door a little earlier today. The storms rolled through last night and it was a bit cooler and a lot less humid. So I wanted to get it done before the hordes descend on the hiking paths.

My legs didn't feel leaden today, which was nice. I focused on cadence and keeping the pace in the 10:29 min/mi range (long run pace). I worked on higher cadence on the hills to help with efficency.

None of the run put me in the Zone 5 heart rate. In fact, over half the effort was Zone 3. We'll see if that holds tomorrow.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 41:37
Pace: 10:17 min/mi

Comments: I skipped the long run this weekend giving myself two days off. I have been feeling tired and that's not a surprise given the miles I've put in over the past six weeks.

I really didn't want to do this one. It's humid as hell and I was a bit dehydrated. But this effort put me over my 80 mi/month goal so, out the door I went. It was pretty miserable the whole way.

The thing I'm a little worried about is how my legs felt very heavy. I'm hoping that's just a fueling issue.