A Good Start

Things have been off to a little bit better of a start this week. Monday started with the standard longer tempo run. I extended this one out to 8 miles and was able to maintain the 5:53 pace that I've been trying to hone in on during these runs. While I was entirely pleased at the amount of effort that it took to maintain that 5:53 pace near the end of the run, at some point, I guess you just have to take the results and not analyze them too much.

Yesterday was a 15 mile run and my main goal for this one was pretty simple: Finish feeling good. After last weeks bad 17 miler, I really wanted to back up yesterday's tough effort with a solid longish run. I think I met my goal as I averaged a 6:39 pace for the 15 miles and felt pretty good at the end. I've been feeling pretty beat up lately, so I took the day off of work(mental health day), and didn’t actually get outside until about 12:30 when the temps were supposedly in the 90's. It really didn't feel that hot though, as there was a decent wind and there wasn't a ton of humidity.

This morning was a pretty tough recovery 9 miler. Not so much that the run was tough, as I took it extremely slow (7:15 pace). I was just hot, tired, and sore. We had another one of those dreaded 9:30 softball games last night, and I didn't get to bed until almost midnight. We didn't turn the air conditioning in the house last night, which turned out to be a mistake, as I never slept for more than an hour at a time without waking up. I hate sleeping in hot weather. Since I was running into work, I got to sleep until 6AM, but it still felt way too early. The afternoon run of 7 miles felt much better and hopefully with a good nights sleep tonight(The air is already on), I'll be rested and ready to give my first track workout of the year a shot tomorrow morning. I haven't decided exactly what it's going to consist of, but I am kind of looking forward to the break in the routine.