Fitness Run

Distance: 4.04 miles
Time: 39:53
Pace: 9:52 min/mi

Comments: Meant to run before work. Didn't happen. Wanted to get out before noon. Nope. After work on a Friday is a non-starter. So a post-lunch effort in the heat was the only other option. Wonderful.

The heat has started to climb a bit and it was very noticeable with the sun out today. The humidity was less brutal than it is going to be in a month or so but it was not a pushover either. I was sweating pretty good at the end.

According to the heart rate, I had to work a bit harder on this one but I wasn't pegged in the high range the whole way either.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.04 miles
Time: 37:55
Pace: 9:24 min/mi

Comments: Had the time to get the run in this morning but chose to get some personal finance shit done instead. It was in the mid-70s and rather humid by the time I got back to the house to get this effort completed.

The weather made it feel like a bit of a slog but my heart rate was positively chipper the whole way. only a fraction of the time was in Zone 5 and a good third of it was in Zone 3. Not sure if that's due to the rest day or what.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.04 miles
Time: 38:00
Pace: 9:25 min/mi

Comments: A little less chilly but I still decided to make it a lunch run and avoid the worst of it. Turned out to be a pretty gorgeous day so I'm rather glad I did. Everything else is going to hell so at least I've got that.

A bit tough to start and I did try and slow it down some. Cadence increased the whole way up to when the hills started. The heart rate was much better as well. Less than 20% of the run in Zone 5. At the end I felt pretty good overall.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.04 miles
Time: 37:02
Pace: 9:10 min/mi

Comments: Decided to skip the long run this weekend. I had my 80 miles for the month, it was cold, I had tasks to take care of. I'll make a real effort to get in a solid first week of April as penance.

This one was pretty good. It was chilly but not cold so I can live with it. I tried to focus on cadence but I really ended up all over the place. And I kept finding myself going too fast and trying to regulate the pace better.

In the end, I probably did this overfast since my heart rate was in Zone 5 half of the way.

Training Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 40:05
Pace: 9:55 min/mi

Comments: Alright. Back-to-back done. Needless to say, I didn't break any speed records today. I'm a little achy and understandably so. But it wasn't so bad I felt hobbled or anything.

After the first downhill I just focused on cadence and kept it pretty constant from there on out even with the uphills. The splits, as one might expect, ended up all over the place. About a third of the run was in the Zone 5 heart rate, which isn't so bad comparatively.

Training Run

Distance: 4.01 miles
Time: 37:17
Pace: 9:18 min/mi

Comments: The intent was to do this week with a run every other day. Instead I took back-to-back days off due to circumstances beyond my control. So it looks like back-to-back running days to end the week. I can live with it.

Toyed with the idea of making this a six miler but at the two mile mark it was pretty clear my pace was going to be pretty quick. Again. So I decided to keep it at my regular four mile distance. Particularly since I'll have another effort tomorrow. Still, it's been nice to open it up a bit this week.

Training Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 35:04
Pace: 8:39 min/mi

Comments: After slacking last week, I wanted to get off to a strong start today and finish March on a high note. I considered an early run but decided to hold off for a noon effort since the weather looked ideal.

It was slightly warm but that didn't stop me cranking out a super fast effort. My overall average pace was a solid 20 seconds faster than my best effort to date. As one might expect, my heart rate was in Zone 5 a good bit over the course of the workout but less than half of the effort.

Most important, I felt pretty good the whole way. No inordinate fatigue. So the next plan is a rest day.

Long Run

Distance: 10.10 miles
Time: 1:40:40
Pace: 9:58 min/mi

Comments: I was really erratic getting the runs in this week. I decided to go for a full ten miles today partly out of a desire to catch up a little and partly as punishment for being a slack-ass.

Turns out it was a great morning to do it. Temperatures in the low 60s which was just enough to keep the humidity from becoming oppressive. With the mile total, I concentrated pretty heavily on the cadence. That became even more important when I decided to do a route with some extra hills.

Overall, I felt really good the whole way. Started to lag a little bit on the very last big hill but that's understandable. 

Training Run

Distance: 4.01 miles
Time: 36:47
Pace: 9:11 min/mi

Comments: Welp. Work and feeling like butt conspired against me this week. I didn't feel good all week so when the few windows of opportunity to get a run in happened, I decided to pass.

As a result, I felt today's effort had to happen. And it did.

I also ended up running this one a lot faster than I expected. Partially because my schedule is packed, partly because of training guilt but also not a little because my legs felt reasonably fresh for once. It was pretty speedy pace but I barely got into the upper heart rate zone.

Training Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 37:57
Pace: 9:23 min/mi

Comments: Dunno if it was the intensity of the long run Sunday or what but I have been exhausted and sore ever since. In truth, I was feeling pretty run down since Friday but, man, getting out of bed Monday was harsh.

So I was a little surprised to feel pretty good for most of this effort. Did a lot of focusing on the cadence rather than pace. That held pretty strong the whole way. About a quarter of the run was in the Zone 5 heart rate, probably hill related.