Cheston's Running Blog

9 mile run after work today, it was dark by the time I was done.  I pushed the last 2.5 and felt pretty good.  It was surprisingly warm.

7:14 per mile average, man I'm out of shape. 

My wife went to the doctors today, and left me alone with  Macie (three years old).  It's my day off today, and I was really looking forward to sleeping in and running when I got a little warmer.  I decided I couldn't wait for my wife to get home, so I got out the baby jogger and did 9 miles.  It was pretty tough going up some of the hills pushing Macie.  I was ready to  be done by the time 9 miles rolled around. 

What a nice day today!!!!!  It was so nice, that I ran in shorts and a long sleeve shirt.  Today I felt pretty good, so I decided to do a little speed work. 

I did a total of 9 miles, with 3 mile of mile repeats in between.  I haven't done them for awhile, so I decided not to push it to hard the first time out. 

Mile 1 in 6:06

Mile 2 in 5:45

I wasn't planning on doing a third mile of mile repeats, so I decided to do just a nice relaxed pace and see what that got me.  I ended up doing the third mile repeat in 6:14 without any trouble at all.   

T'was a pretty good work out today, all in all I was pleased.  I just about killed the dog, he hasn't done speed for awhile either. 

What a great day for a run, what a bad run.  The weather was perfect, but the body didn't agree.  My legs felt like they were made of stone, man they were heavy.  I'm guessing my heavy legs had a lot to do with yesterdays speed work, of which I hadn't done for a long time. 

I felt like I was in warm up mode until the last two miles.  I was finally able to squeek out a 6:40 mile on mile 9.  I won't tell you what the rest of them were.  I'm guessing I'll feel better tomorrow after today's easy run.  What I really need is to get back into the habit of running at a set time every day again.  Before I was up everyday at 6:00 a.m. regardless and ready to go.  Now I sometimes run in the mornings, evenings, you name it.  This new schedule isn't letting my body adjust to a set pattern.  I'm sure once the baby is born, I won't have a choice.  I'll have to run before it gets up or not at all, and I don't want that. 

I was a little discouraged this morning because I skipped yesterday's run, but I'm sure in the long run it's going to help me.  I would have gone from 48 miles last week to 54 mile this week, which probably isn't too much.  Now my body we'll have a better rest.  I'll go from 48miles (last week), 45 miles (this week) and 54 miles (next week). 

This week I've really been concentrating on running faster miles, instead of just putting them in.  I feel that I accomplished my goal.  Today I did some tempo miles, and ended averaging a 9 miler a lot faster then I have in awhile (6:56 per mile).

Mile 1 (uphill, always my toughest) in 7:57

Mile 2 in 6:38 ( this mile is also uphill, I was very pleased with this pace)

Mile 3 slowed down a bit to catch breath    7:36

Mile 4 in  6:35 (uphill)

Mile 4.5 in 3:12

Mile 4.5-5.5 in 7:31

Mile 5.5 to 6.5 in 6:43

Mile 6.5 to 7.5 in 6:36

Mile 7.5 to 8.5 in 6:23

8.5 to 9 in 2:59

I'm happy with the week and feel pretty rested. I'll be ready for next week.