Fitness Run

Distance: 3.18 miles
Time: 33:25
Pace: 10:30 min/mi

Comments: Three full months without a run. Ugh. getting back into this is going to suck so hard. Lotta reasons for the layoff, most notably moving, but the time for excuses needs to be at an end. 

It was my first time running this route. A portion of it is similar to my old one but I wasn't sure the exact distance. Now I have an idea I'll play around with it to get it to four miles.

The weather is great (so great there are tons of other runners out) which helped. The hills still suck though. 

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.09 miles
Time: 43:23
Pace: 10:35 min/mi

Comments: My ability to get back into a reasonable running routine has been woeful the last month or so. My intention was to get at least three or four runs in last week but that didn't happen. I got one in today. I'm just gonna try and get one in tomorrow and we'll see how that goes.

No big issues with this one. I focused on cadence and keeping everything business-as-usual. Not too many folks out to compete with so that really helped my head space quite a bit. It's a bit cooler, and that helped too. But, yeah, fall can't get here soon enough.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.11 miles
Time: 48:09
Pace: 11:41 min/mi

Comments: A two-week break was not my intention but that's what occurred all the same. Some of it was work. Some of it was exhaustion. Some of it was apathy. I'm not happy being behind my year goal but we'll see how much I can make up over the next four months.

It was a touch cooler today with the storms rolling through but the humidity was up there. No intention of anything fancy with this one and I nailed that pretty much on the nose. The GPS device is officially wacky so I can't trust the readings at all. But, right now, the only one that matters is the time out there running.

Fitness Run

Distance:  4.0 miles
Time: 41:41 
Pace: 10:26 min/mi

Comments: Welp. I didn't plan to take a week off but it seems to have happened anyway. I don't want to back into one of those prolonged non-run periods after this much work but a break from the grind wasn't unpleasant.

Morning temperatures are a bit nicer this week so that should help get back into the routine.

The GPS went weird on this effort but my overall pace was pretty much back on the mark. Heart rate was smack dab in the long run range and the run never felt like a complete slog. Hills were as unpleasant as ever, of course.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.17 miles
Time: 43:24
Pace: 10:24 min/mi

Comments: Another early run. It ain't easy but it makes the rest of the day a lot easier. Hopefully I'm building a strong routine for the rest of the summer.

Legs felt kind of blah today, start to finish. It didn't really affect my effort but it was not pleasant. I'm guessing it's weather related since I ate and slept worth a damn yesterday. For a change.

I'm still getting used to the new gear and analysis. The heart rate seems to suggest most of this was at long run pace even though it's a bit faster than my training plan calls for. 

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.14 miles
Time: 41:52
Pace: 10:06 min/mi

Comments: My legs felt very lethargic today. Particularly during the warm-up portion of the run and on the big hill. Not sore or achy. Just... drained, weary. I slept pretty hard last night. Maybe that's it.

Whatever the case, I ended up doing this one a bit faster than I expected. The second mile in particular was pretty quick. According to heart rate, the vast majority of this run was in my long run range. So, hopefully, that means progress.

I am way behind my 80-miles-per-month schedule for August. I need to look at how to catch back up in the next week or so.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.13 miles
Time: 41:38
Pace: 10:04 min/mi

Comments: I played around with the GPS tracker yesterday and sorted a few things out. Got a decent reading for today's run but it still is measuring the run irregularly. So it looks like I am running farther and faster than I actually am.

Whatever. I'm just trying to track my progress, not set a land speed record or anything.

Today's run started rough, which isn't much of a surprise. I warmed up pretty quickly and felt reasonably good the rest  of the way. The last mile was tough but "normal" tough.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.24 miles
Time: 41:09 
Pace: 9:41 min/mi

Comments: First run with the new GPS device. This morning was a mess so I got out much later in the morning than would be ideal in the middle of summer. The temperatures were hot, but not as hot as it got later in the day. The humidity as pretty low so that helped quite a bit.

Just tried to keep it slow and steady and not overheat too badly. For the most part, I accomplished that. But since I couldn't sort out the GPS function, the run got truncated and my times skewed. I probably ran this faster than I should have but not a full minute per mile faster.

Still. A nice effort after an irregular few weeks of runs.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.2 miles
Time: 43:00 (approx)
Pace: 10:14 min/mi

Comments: I almost certainly ran this one significantly slower but GPS went haywire on me. It claimed I did almost five miles and my fastest split was 5:26 min/mi pace. Not likely.

Basically this was a normal weekday run. My legs were a little bit weary at the start but warmed up pretty good. Got out earlier so it was mostly other runners and a minimum of amateur hour stupidity.

It's humid again. I missed the (relatively) cool window of weather. Just gotta  get up earlier.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.17 miles

Time: 42:40
Pace: 10:14 min/mi

Comments: Ran this one with an exaggerated cadence to account for my recent injury issue (see below). So, effort-wise, this was not as exhaustive as one might expect for the relatively robust overall pace. My first two miles were probably a little overfast but my whole focus was not screwing up the big hills on the final mile.

In the wake of the the unexpected three-day rest, my legs felt pretty strong. It also helped that the temperature and humidity are relatively nice for this time of year. On the downside, there was a surfeit of Karens out on the course this morning.