Fitness Run

Distance: 4.02 miles
Time: 38:23
Pace: 9:32 min/mi

Comments: Ran this one angry after my neighbor's yap dog kept me up all fucking night. Probably not the smartest move given the heat and humidity today. But this is gonna be par for the course in the mornings over the summer. So I might as well get used to it.

Ran the first part way too fast. Slowed down a little on the second half just from the slog. Heart rate was in Zone five almost half this effort. Not ideal. I'm expecting to be a little sore from this one as a result.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.03 mi
Time: 39:47
Pace: 9:52 min/mi

Comments: After multiple days off I finally got back out there for a run. Toward the end of last week, I was feeling really run down. That was very evident on my the run on Tuesday. I was feeling better toward the end of the week but just decided to give myself the extended rest anyway.

Now I would like to get a number of back-to-back runs in but with very easy efforts. Today was about idea for that. I started overslow, picked up the cadence in the middle but without pushing the effort. At the end, my heart rate was almost entirely in Zone 4 even with the warmer and more humid conditions.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.03 miles
Time: 40:28
Pace: 10:03 min/mi

Comments: Not sure what the specific cause was, but today's run sucked pretty damn hard. It was a slog from start to finish and I felt wiped out by the halfway point.

My pace was abysmal to start and slowed precipitously on the last two miles. Cadence was a similar mess. But my heart rate, which I expected to be pegged to the maximum was pretty good. Half of the run in Zone 4 and half in Zone 3. None in Zone 5. Whatever.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4 miles
Time: 36:45
Pace: 9:12 min/mi

Comments: Skipped the long run over the weekend again. At some point I have got to get those back into the mix. For now, I'm still on my mileage target without them but that's not optimum for conditioning.

As a result, I probably ran this one a bit on the quick side. But the temperature was good and humidity ideal. So might as well. My heart rate was right where I would want it for this kind of effort. That's not likely to be the case if I keep pushing it like this, though.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.05
Time: 37:47
Pace: 9:19 min/mi

Comments: Fifth day in a row. The decent weather had a lot to do with that. And the ability to cut away for mid-day runs. But it was a nice streak after so many erratic efforts.

Really nice day today. Perfect temps. Low humidity. Pollen not unbearably brutal. As a result, I probably did this a bit quicker than necessary but the exertion -- going by heart rate -- was pretty much perfect. An excellent end to the workout week.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.04 miles
Time: 37:35
Pace: 9:18 min/mi

Comments: Another lunch run. On the plus side, temperatures are significantly cooler today. On the negative side, pollen is brutal. Rain is in the forecast and I rarely have welcomed it so gladly.

This was a little faster than yesterday and felt much more pleasant as well. That could be due to the temperatures and cloud cover. Spent about a fifth of the run in the Zone 5 heart rate. That's about the kind of effort I'm looking for at this point.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.04 miles
Time: 38:14
Pace: 9:27 min/mi

Comments: With everything going in fits and starts this morning, I decided to cut out early and get the run in. There's a forecast of summer-like temperatures and, even worse, strong winds. So I wanted to take advantage of the spring-like conditions while they lasted.

From my heart rate, you would think this was a super strong effort but that wasn't the case. I kept a good cadence but felt a little sluggish the whole way. It could be just fatigue from multiple days running but it could be I'm coming down with something. The latter not an uncommon issue with me this time of year.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 38:13
Pace: 9:26 min/mi

Comments: Although the intent was a pre-work run, I made a gametime decision to go with a lunch run. That was despite predictions of pretty warm temperatures. It was warm, but the lower humidity actually made it pretty pleasant.

My pace was pretty good and, looking at heart rate, I wasn't pushing as hard as I had to yesterday. The cadence was really strong throughout as well. It got a little sweaty and unpleasant at the end but not nearly as bad as it's gonna get in a month or so.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.02 miles
Time: 39:17
Pace: 9:46 min/mi

Comments: Was really unmotivated yesterday and didn't feel too good as well. I decided to forego the planned long run and make it a recovery day. Which is another way of saying I slacked off but anyway.

Woke up stupid early and was pretty determined to get the pre-work run in. The temperature was almost perfect, which was demonstrated by the sheer number of runners I passed in the dark.

Felt pretty good the whole way. Heart rate was higher than I expected with that kind of performance, actually.

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.