Fitness Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 42:24
Pace: 10:27 min/mi

Comments: So instead of brutal sun, I decided to go with oppressive humidity today. And, what the hell, throw in some light rain at the end to make it that much more miserable.

My legs were a bit sore this morning and I seriously considered not doing this run due to the intermittent rainstorms. Finally, I just decided to do it since it looked like there wouldn't be any intense downpours, just rain.

Anyhow. It was a messy slog but I managed to get it done.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 42:29
Pace: 10:29 min/mi

Comments: Heat, Humidity, Hills. Ugh.

Got paid today so spent the morning sorting that out. Despite the heat, I convinced myself doing a mid-day run would help with acclimating to the heat. I just had to take it slow. Ugh.

Maybe. Just maybe if it had been overcast, I could have pulled it off. By the halfway point I was sweating hard and halfway up the big hill I had to stop and walk it. At the end I was drenched in sweat and wiped out.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.03 miles
Time: 41:41
Pace: 10:20 min/mi

Comments: The crisp weather that helped get me motivated to return to running are now well and truly gone. It's the usual North Texas heat and humidity from here on out. Viciously unpleasant but nothing one can do about it but acclimate.

While this was an early effort, the conditions were like a mid-day run last week. With more humidity, of course. The result is yet another sloggy effort. Zero style points. Zero finesse. Just crank it out while sweating my ass off. Still... I got it done.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 42:31
Pace: 10:30 min/mi

Comments: Took two days off after the three-in-a-row last week. I was determined to get this one in and not lose the little bit of progress I have been able to make. The weather is about to get sweltering awful and I need to have this routine in place.

It wasn't as nice today as recent mornings but it wasn't the full on horroshow it's gonna be. I got a pretty good cadence during the second mile but that didn't translate into a better pace at all. But I didn't suffer as much on the big hill this time so... progress?

New Shoes: Brooks Glycerine 17

I hit 400 miles last week with my workhorse shoes, Saucony Triumph ISO 4, and decided it was time to hang them up. I still have the Brooks Ghost 11, in the closet but, for some reason, I don't wear them that much. They have become my backup/wear around pair and I guess I'm fine with that.

Since I was in Fort Worth last week, I stopped by at the Fort Worth Running Company and tried on a few pairs. The new version of the Saucony Triumph had a ton of room in the toebox and felt a little weird. I opted for the newest version of the Brooks Glycerin instead. I've had a pair of these before and I know they are a solid shoe.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.04 miles
Time: 42:30
Pace: 10:30 min/mi

Comments: First morning run in quite awhile. I was on the fence about doing this one but the cooler temps and progress this week was too compelling. I laced up and got out the door.

It was pretty much the slog I expected. My legs are beat and I haven't really eaten well at all this week. But I had zero interest in style points, just getting the miles in. The hills on the second half were pretty rough, though. I'm not upset at all about a day off tomorrow.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.05
Time: 42:28
Pace: 10:29

Comments: The relatively cool but remarkably dry weather is holding so I took a chance on a lunchtime run. It was hot but only about as awful as my conditioning made it. Another 10% or so of humidity would have been an issue and another 10% past that would be dangerous.

This whole run was an exercise in staying distracted just to get it over and done with. There was nothing fancy or special about it at all. I don't think I suffered quite as much on the big hill as I did yesterday - but that a matter of degree, not kind.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.01
Time: 41:48
Pace: 10:26

Comments: The week from hell pretty much squished any effort to follow up on last Tuesday's run. The morning from hell today offered an opportunity to get one in. Well, that and a cold front that made is moderately less hellish.

I went a bit faster but certainly not picking up any style points along the way. It was not a complete slog. Let's call it slog-ish. Sloggy-like. Anyway, I got it done. With a little luck, I'll try and get another in shortly.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.05 miles
Time: 47:10
Pace: 11:39 min/mi

Comments: A two month hiatus wasn't what I exactly planned but it worked out that way. In retrospect, this was probably for the better given the sheer number of miles I've run in the last 18 months without significant injury was just unsustainable.

Now I get to revel in the joy of coming back from deconditioning completely. Great.

It was hot. It was humid. I was slow. Soooooooo slow. Not really a surprise though. I just got going and cranked it out. A lot of dissociative running, I'll tell you that.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.01 miles
Time: 39:32
Pace: 9:51 min/mi

Comments: A brush with a sinus infection derailed my effort last week to get back into the swing of things. So I'm hoping to get a solid set of run in this week and put myself back on track.

This run was reasonably nice if a bit warm. The pollen laid into me when I got done, though. No real aim except finishing without running myself down. In that respect, I got it in a little faster than I expected and the heart rate showed it. Gonna have to pace it better going forward.