A clydesdale no more!

No more being a baby.  Time to start running again.  Felt like I put in a decent effort but was only able to maintain a 7:50/mile pace.  It felt closer to 7:20 effort.  Surprising how much the fitness level seemed to drop off.

Something about seeing the family taking their goats for a walk always cracks me up.  Their is just something about 5 goats on a leash that is funny.

Just noticed that I ran 8 miles on 8/8.  Completely coincidental.

Both uphill and downhill have become a weakness for me.  I need to tackle this head on so I am going to start incorporating the weekly run to Mueller Park into my training.  Going up was hard but wasn't too bad.  Coming down was a little more difficult than I anticipated.  My legs are not strong enough to generate a fast enough turn over to run efficiently downhill.  It will come back eventually.

Ran down to the LPT.  First 6 miles felt pretty good but the last 2 were a real struggle.  Not sure what happened but it was like somebody flipped a switch and I suddenly lost all of my energy.  At the time, I was wishing that it was only a 7 mile run but am glad that I had the extra mile so I had the opportunity to practice the mental battle.

Usual 5 mile loop.  A little sluggish to start but the last 2 miles felt really good.  I wore my heart rate monitor just for fun.  My HR seemed reasonable for the pace but what do I know?

My endurance is non-existent.  I really struggled through this run.  A 15 mile run used to be a nice relaxing run.  Ran at a pretty leisurely pace but still had troubles the last few miles.  Seriously considered walking the last mile but decided I just wanted the run to be done sooner so I ran it.  This is all part of the rebuilding process so I am not overly concerned.