Long Run

Distance: 6.64 miles
Time: 1:08:50
Pace: 10:22 min/mi

Comments: Final run of the month. May total: 101.3 miles. My first 100+ mile month since Sept. 2018 (prior to the Hartford Marathon).

I went for the medium long route even though five miles would put me over. Prolly got out a bit late. It wasn't stupid hot but the lack of shade and uphill on the second half got pretty tough.

That said, almost two thirds of this one was in the Zone 4 heart rate and just a fraction in Zone 5. So the intensity wasn't overly absurd.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.06 miles
Time: 41:00
Pace: 10:06 min/mi

Comments: Final weekend of the month and a real shot at 100 miles for May if I don't fuck it up. Step one: get today's run in. Status: accomplished.

Nothing particularly special about this one. I felt better than the last run on Thursday which helped. Nothing special on the cadence and the heart rate effort was comfortably average the whole way.

I only need 4.7 miles to get the goal tomorrow.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.08 miles
Time: 42:13
Pace: 10:21 min/mi

Comments: Unpleasant

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.07 miles
Time: 42:12
Pace: 10:23 min/mi

Comments: Got a good night's sleep and up reasonably early. Still feeling a bit stiff and mile one was pretty close to yesterday. After that, it improved substantially.

I really honed in on the cadence and keeping the rhythm of the run consistent. This did well until the hills at the end which threw me off more than normal.

Conditioning seems good as the bulk of this was in the Zone 3 heart rate and none in Zone 5.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.06 miles
Time: 40:51
Pace: 10:03 min/mi

Comments: The long run took a bit more out of me than I expected. Even with a full day and a half of rest, I still woke up feeling a little achy. I was worried that might mess up my run but, once I started, my legs felt pretty strong.

I was still a bit stiff, mind you, but I didn't feel weak or drained like can happen. The temperature was a bit cooler, which helped as well. I didn't do anything crazy. Just kept it as steady as possible and got it done.

Long Run

Distance: 9.05 miles
Time: 1:33:26
Pace: 10:19 min/mi

Comments: Once again, I probably bit off a bit more than I could chew with this one. I planned on getting eight miles but, when it came time to add that extra fifth of a mile to the course I decided to make it an extra mile.

The run was rough for a bunch of reasons; tired legs from yesterday, a shit-ton of hills and the onset of formidable heat and humidity. I honestly thought I was going to finish with 12 min/mi pace or worse given how rough the second half was.

Instead it's a solid pace and about half of the effort was in Zone 5 heart rate. That's work, but work I probably needed to put in. Now to rest.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.02 miles
Time: 39:16
Pace: 9:46 min/mi

Comments: My legs felt good today. Moreso than they have in quite some time. After the warmup mile I really focused on cadence to see how well I could ride that good feeling. The result was a ridiculously strong effort.

I consciously was not pushing the pace hard on this. I wanted a good solid rhythm to get a measure of conditioning, not speed. So that meant staying consistent on the flat portions and keeping my cadence strong on the uphills.

Even with the effort, my heart rate barely touched the Zone 5 range. Suggesting there's a lot more in the tank.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.04 miles
Time: 41:37
Pace: 10:19 min/mi

Comments: After weeks of good intentions, I finally got my ass up early to get the run in. The payoff was significantly reduced numbers of folks to deal with. Walkers stayed on the trail and the runners all knew the basic protocol.

It was another weird run in terms of effort. I tried to slow it down to the recovery run pace but kept finding myself going faster. And my heart rate was counfoundingly low. I guess it's a sign of good conditioning but I have yet to really test it.

Fitness Run

Distance: 5.02 miles
Time: 51:15
Pace: 10:13 min/mi

Comments: Running today was like stumbling upon the most disorganized 5K fun run ever. There was a ridiculous number of folks out there. It's pretty clear I'm going to have to start running a lot earlier to avoid this.

Didn't feel too great getting started and the run turned into a bit of a slog. Once again, my effort was half Zone 4 and half Zone 3 heart rate, no Zone 5 at all. I really need to think about upping the effort a bit on some of these if I want to see conditioning progress.

Fitness Run

Distance: 4.02 miles
Time: 38:36
Pace: 9:36 min/mi

Comments: The intent was to get up early and knock this out first thing. Instead I got out a bit later and was welcomed by what is likely to be the best conditions I can hope for in the summer: 76 degrees and 78 percent humidity.

Still, it didn't feel stifling like it will in two months when I'm out before daybreak.

I've had a ton of runs under Zone 5 heart rate effort so I pushed the cadence and the pace a little today. I wasn't going full on though. About a fifth of the run was in that range so I guess that's good.