Fitness Run

Distance: 4.32
Time: 46:31
Pace: 10:46 min/mi

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Fitness Run

Distance: 4.38 mi
Time: 48:48 
Pace: 11:08 min/mi

Comments:

Fitness Run

Distance: 3.25
Time: 34:32
Pace: 10:19 min/mi

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Fitness Run

Distance: 4.35 miles
Time: 43:44
Pace: 10:03 min/mi

Comments: My goal starting the week was to get three regular runs in and then a longer one this weekend. To get the first half of that, I had to double up and get one in today. I wasn't feeling particularly fresh this morning so an afternoon run it is.

This one wasn't a hell of a lot of fun but it was a damn sight better than yesterday -- as low of a bar as that is to clear. I felt like I was halfway running rather than just staggering to get finished. The good news was I didn't ache nearly as much as I did yesterday. But that might be a passing fancy.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.32 miles
Time: 47:22
Pace: 10:57 min/mi

Comments: Skipped two days but I was determined to get this one in today. Not the best idea for a number of reasons. My legs are stiff as the bejesus following my run on Monday. It's uncomfortably warm for a December day and unpleasantly windy as well. There are more hills in my new route which is slightly longer than my old usual one.

Anyhow. Got it done.

I was slow and lacking the smallest fraction of grace in my form. It's not fun being back in the suck-it-up-and-finish-however-you-can phase but here we are.

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.