Fast Running Soldier

Wow, can you say Humid in Georgia! By 7:00am it was so hot and so humid. After getting back I drank two glasses of cold water in an air conditioned house, then took a shower and was still sweating just a little bit after that. The run was much harder than I thought it would be. The humidity was tough to run hard through, hopefully it doesn't affect me too much!

It has been a while...sorry! Tuesday I was up at 5:30am to take my brother to Atlanta for an early flight, then Heather got into Atlanta late and it was a crazy evening getting things ready. 

Wednesday the movers came...I should have gotten up and ran, but I was pretty exhausted from the day before and all the driving without a nap. Excuses basically!

Today was much better. The humidity is still getting to me. I did this run in 1:00:48 so that a 7:36 average pace. It was hillier than what I am used to running, so maybe that made a difference. I hope that I can bring down my times though, I thought the altitude adjustment would work better for me...we'll see! 

Today's run was faster and I was grateful for it! I ran this one in 58:20, which made me got just a little over 8 miles. That was an average of 7:17, much better! I felt better this morning maybe because it was a little cooler, but still Georgia humidity. I ran a different course, I am just picking places to run. They have a river walk here on post that is nice. It is a straight shot from my house about 1:25 miles, yesterday I turned left, today I went right. It went by the National Infantry Museum and then along the 'Follow Me' golf course. It was pretty for so early in the morning. My miles were as follows:

8:23 (pretty slow, I tried to not got out to fast)   7:37  7:27   7:11   6:56   7:03   6:49   6:52 

  Almost four miles sub 7minutes, that is something that I am really shooting for on these long runs. Things look okay, I just need to try and keep it up here in the next few weeks!