Positive Running

Ran 8.5 miles from the Two Rivers Bridge parking lot across the Big Dam Bridge and along the north side of the Arkansas River.  Ran the first mile in 8:22, then ran miles 2-4 at an average pace of 8:06/mile against a 12-15 mph wind.  Ran miles 5-8.5 at an average pace of 7:37/mile with the wind partly to my back.  The last 1.5 miles were at 7:28/mile. 

Then ran 6 miles with our Lab Hershey on the OT.  It was Hershey's first time on the OT and she had a blast.

Ran 5 miles at the track at Catholic High School with Bill Torrey and several other local runners.  Ran with my Brooks PureConnect shoes for the first time in at least 5 months.  Ran the warm-up mile in 7:37, mile 2 in 7:13, mile 3 in 7:22, mile 4 in 7:24 and mile 5 in 7:44.  There was a pretty good wind that slowed me down.  It was good to stretch out my stride.

9.5 miles on the TM in 77:27 (8:09/mile).  Ran 6.5 miles at lunch and 3 miles on the TM at home after work.  Was a little stiff at lunch and started with the first mile at 8:45, but sped up from there.  This evening was not stiff and ran a consistent 8:06 pace for three miles.

Ran 7 miles on the TM in 58:02, 6 of the miles at 8:13/mile.  Busy day at work and that was all I had time for.  Hopefully, I'll have a more decent run tomorrow.

On another busy day at work, only had time to run 5.1 miles in 39:55 on the TM.  Ran the first mile in 8:22, then averaged 7:45/mile after that warm-up mile.

Ran 12.5 miles along the north shore of the Arkansas River in 98:20 (7:52/mile).  It was a warm 60 degree afternoon with a 20 mph wind from the SW, gusting up to 30 mph.  Ran directly into that wind or against a diagonal cross-wind for the first 6.25 miles at an average pace of 8:10/mile.  Since I ran an out and back, that same wind was to my back for the second 6.25 miles, which I ran at an average pace of 7:34/mile.  Ran miles 9-12 at an average pace of 7:26/mile.  Overall, ran stronger today than I have in month, despite the fact that I have run 5 consecutive days.