Run #1. Recovery + 6 x 100 m strides.
6:12 am, 43° F, 89% humidity, winds calm, overcast.
My oldest son and his string bass had to be to school at 6:00 to go to an orchestra competition and the second son had to be to seminary at 6:30, then the third son leaves for school at about 7:05 or 7:10, at which point the girl is the only kid at home. I didn't want to get up early enough to be finished with my run in time for the 6:00 drive to school, so I got up and got dressed for running (and ironed a tux shirt for my son), did that drive, and then ran. This necessitated the second son walking to seminary, and the girl was left alone for just a few minutes between the time the third son left and the time I got home.
My overall distance was supposed to be 6 miles, but I ended up going a little long because I took a detour from a certain point to Michelle's house and back to measure the distance for her. I used the lap button to measure the distance, and so I don't have even mile splits recorded. I'll just say that my average pace was 9:58, and the pace on my strides was 7:20, 7:02, 7:19, 6:54, 7:17, 7:22.
Run #2. Recovery.
2:22 pm, 61°F, 52% humidity, wind 9 N, mostly cloudy.
I ran a 4 mile loop around the business park that my office is in. I felt really sluggish. It is really easy for me to run slowly on recovery runs because I'm always tired from my faster and/or longer runs that I do on other days.
It looks like I just missed the rain. It might have been fun to run in the rain. Or maybe not. If the forecast is right, I might have the chance to run in the rain later this week.
AP: 10:18. Splits: 10:37, 10:29, 9:59, 10:08. | 