Fitness Run

Distance: 4.03 miles
Time: 42:23
Pace: 10:31 min/mi

Comments: Not my finest effort. It been oppressively hot lately. I thought getting out by 9 a.m. would be late enough to skip the worst of the heat. Then I decided to try for the six miler I cut short yesterday. That was asking a bit too much.

The run itself went fine enough. My legs felt better than yesterday although I was probably a bit dehydrated. I kept a solid cadence and my pace didn't sag badly at all. But at mile four I pulled the plug. The extra miles aren't worth overheating or wearing my legs out needlessly.

Resting tomorrow. We'll see what the rest of the week brings after that.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.62 miles
Time: 49:35
Pace: 10:44 min/mi

Comments: The plan was to get up early and knock out a solid long run. A front blew through and, while it was still warm, the humidity was a bit more reasonable.

I was hoping for eight miles. At about half a mile in, it was pretty clear that was unrealistic. My legs just didn't have any juice at all. I scaled back to a 6 miler and then even that seemed ambitious. I settled for the 4.6 mile loop.

Whatever had me dragging ass didn't really affect my performance. Overall pace was about right and heart rate was right at my long run range. I'm guessing it was a diet or hydration issue.

Fitness Run

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

Comments: Up early and out the door early-ish. It looks like 7 a.m. is the latest to head out and miss the bulk of the walkers. The few out there were pretty conscientious, which is a nice change.

Throughout this one I toyed with both the idea of going for a longer effort or taking another shot at my PR on the hill. I eventually ditched both for a normal run with a pretty high cadence. Today ain't the day to get fancy if I want a strong effort this weekend.

So the workout was pretty tame considering. One weird thing though, I spent a good 20% of the run in the Zone 1 heart rate. Not something I do that often.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.03 miles
Time: 40:42
Pace: 10:06 min/mi

Comments: Felt the hard hills from Tuesday in my quads yesterday so took yesterday off just to be cautious. No issues this morning so that's good. Got out a bit late so it was warmer but the humidity had started to drop so that helped. The last mile was not fun though.

Just focused on cadence the first half of this one and then consistency on the hills of the second half. About a third of the run was in Zone 5 heart rate so that suggests a solid effort. Didn't feel worn out at the end, which is promising as well.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.07 miles
Time: 39:26
Pace: 9:42 min/mi

Comments: Alright, trying to get back into the three-in-a-row midweek. Up and out the door reasonably early but not before the hordes of walkers and leashless dogs were out. Gonna have to get going in the dark, it seems.

The splits today varied wildly as I found myself pushing the pace at spots. I felt pretty good despite the heat/humidity so decided to push it on the Oak Cliff Drive hill. Matched my 3:22 PR for the .37 mile stretch with about 4% rise.

Gonna wait and see how my legs respond to this effort before planning the rest of the week.

Long Run

Distance: 6.77 miles
Time: 1:09:32
Pace: 10:16 min/mi

Comments: I keep complaining about the heat and humidity thinking it can't really get worse... and then it does. I didn't help myself by waiting till later in the morning to get this done. And then it was one of those wonderful runs where you get rained on in the sun.

Anyhow, the first portion of this actually went quite well. I felt pretty strong and in control of the effort. It got tougher on the second uphill half but I never felt completely fatigued. Well, the last half mile was kind of shitty, but other than that.

About a third of the run was in Zone 5 heart rate and almost a half was Zone 4 so I feel that was a pretty good long run effort. We'll see if I can keep that balance as I try and up the mileage in the next few weeks.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.56 miles
Time: 48:13
Pace: 10:39 min/mi

Comments: Up early and out the door. First pre-sunrise run in quite awhile. It helped with the heat a little bit, but not much. Nothing will until Fall. But being out of the sun was nice.

This wasn't anything fancy. I just wanted to get it done. None of it was in the Zone 5 heart rate and just more than half in Zone 4. So that's pretty much the definition of a moderate pace. Temperature made it feel harder, of course.

Still on the fence about the running schedule for the weekend.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.03 miles
Time: 43:56
Pace: 10:54 min/mi

Comments: Finally got my ass out the door early and now it's too damn hot and humid to make a difference. The summer has arrived in all it's glorious suckitude. I felt like I was slogging through knee high surf the whole way.

The irony is I didn't do too badly overall. Most of the run was in the Zone 4 heart rate and I had a really strong cadence through the middle two miles. The hills on mile four whipped my ass but, even then, that mile was faster than my first one.

I let myself get a little slack in June. The goal is to get back into the routine and make a little progress in July.

Fitness Run

Distance: 6.73 miles
Time: 1:10:13
Pace: 10:26 min/mi

Comments: Well, this month was a significant pull back from what I've been doing since January. For the first time I finished with just under 80 miles -- my monthly goal -- for the whole month. A bit disappointing but not so much so that I'm gonna dash out there for .8 mile to make it even.

Until today I had not done a 10K distance for the month either. So, despite the heat and humidity, I decided to try and get it done. I succeeded but that final mile and a half suuuuuuuuucked.

About 40 percent of the run was in Zone 5 heart rate and about 40 percent was in Zone 4. So, yeah, this was a workout.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.02 miles
Time: 40:52
Pace: 10:10 min/mi

Comments: I seem to have fallen into an run day/off day routine this week. I had every intention of getting a good run in yesterday but a couple cooking projects engulfed my morning. Then it was too hot in the afternoon.

Wrapped up the projects this morning which delayed me getting out the door but I did it anyway. It was already swealtering out there. I was a wet exhausted mess by mile three.

This has been a bit of a pull-back month. I'm not happy with it but I'm not going to be upset either. It's probably wise to keep from running so much I burn out by fall.