Chad's Runs

5 miles on the JRP.  I didn't have any motivation today.  I didn't want to get up but I did.  I ran a slow 9:18.  

I didn't run on Saturday again.  I've been needing a couple of dump truck loads of fill dirt for my yard but was putting in off.  I found out a few weeks ago that the vacant lot next to me was finally sold so I've been waiting for them to dig the foundation.  They started Friday night so Saturday I had an endless supply of free dirt.  My cross training on Saturday was what seemed a hundred or more wheelbarrows shoveled and full of dirt and now two days later I'm still pretty soar with more work ahead of me.  However, I didn't get to the point of puking or crying like many of you did on Saturday so even though I shoveled all day long I still had it pretty easy.

First run in 8 days.  I slept in one day and it suddenly turned into a week.  I wanted to run the Halloween half but now it is out of the question.  I was really pushing it before but I'm afraid now to put in the necessary miles to get ready without injuring myself.  I'm still cautions, perhaps overly so, but better safe than sorry.  So instead, I ordered some cold weather gear.  I think I'm going to go into work early every once in a while to mix in an afternoon run.  I also would like to mix in some company on occasion to keep me motivated.

5 miles this afternoon on the JRP.  It's amazing how rusty you can get after only 8 days without running.  Average Pace 9:02.

Crap, I just wrote this and my connection dropped when I hit publish.  So here we go again.  5 miles at 8:25.  My legs felt heavy after my irresponsible week off but the pace didn't show it so that was good.  It was 38 degrees so I wore my pants.  Actually that wasn't the reason.  The laundry wasn't done and my shorts were dirty.  I can handle 38 degrees in shorts.  I did choose to wear a long sleeve shirt however.

I hate after dinner runs. I wanted to run before but there were too many errands I had to run. So it was an after dinner run, the kind where your dinner keeps reminding you, "Hey, I'm digestin' here." Meanwhile, all the jostling pushes the dinner up against the esophagus, always threatening to make an appearance.

5 miles at 8:38 pace. No chance at any sub-eights this morning. It just wasn't there. But I still felt good so all is well. Me knee pain was almost nonexistent this morning! It will be back. I still feel it going up and down stairs. I couldn't find my gloves and usual beanie this morning so my hands were a little cold for the first mile or so but 38 degrees won't cause any problems. Every time the kids do the laundry everything always ends up in the wrong place. Who knows then they'll turn up; the gear, not the kids. The kids haven't been misplaced. Yet.

Nice day out.  Ran 5 at noon.  Avg 8:38.  1 grasshopper stomp.  I started off too fast and lost motivation the last half of the run.  I think its getting too cool for there to be many grasshoppers out but I still managed to squish one.

5 miles at a relaxing pace.  Actually my pace was all over the place.  Average was 8:51.  I'm thinking of setting some pace alerts on occasion to help keep me consistent.

5 enjoyable miles this morning.  I thought it was going to be cold and windy but it was warm and breezy instead.  In fact, it was warmer than it has been in a long time at 5am, 49 degrees.  Weird.  I don't remember the average for the first half because I reset and set a slow pace alert.  I've never run with one before.  I tried to set a fast alert too but they have to be like 90 seconds apart.  Oh well.  Anyway, I set the slow pace for a fairly relaxing 8:45.  I tried to run relaxed but it definitely didn't allow me to be complacent.  I don't quite get it though.  With a fair number of beeps reminding me that I needed to speed up my average pace was 8:07, no where near 8:45. I was trying to hit 8:30 but the beeping wouldn't let me.

Beautiful clear, crisp, still, quiet morning for a relaxing run.  I really enjoyed the weather this morning, 26 according to my thermometer.  I dressed perfect this morning and was very comfortable.  I saw a shooting star as well; cool.  After a warm up mile I turned on the slow pace alert and was very consistent.  Miles 2 through 5 were all in the 8 teens.

Life happened over the weekend and I didn't get a run in on Friday or Saturday.  There was just no good time to get one in on either day and I had higher priorities.  Oh well, 10 miles in a week is weak and not enough to accomplish anything, I need to step it up.  5 this morning and nice cool temperatures.  31 at my house, not too cold, it felt nice.  Saw another shooting star.  8:31 pace.