The Next Step

Yesterday I didn't feel very good so didn't run.  Today I was still not feeling the best plus I traveled to Honolulu today so was up early and got into Honolulu late.  I felt really rough when I got here so I thought I would be better off getting some sleep then going out for a run.

Honolulu:  It was warm (72) and very windy this morning.  I wanted to do a 4 mile tempo to run hard and specifically run hard on the hills.  I didn't feel the best this morning.  Probably still feeling the cold some and the effects of yesterday's flight.  I ran 4 miles easy and felt some better but the legs just kind of felt week.  I ran out around Diamond Head and back.  I started the tempo going up one of the big hills and it was into the wind so pace was off but it was definitely tempo effort.  I felt better when I got on the flats and had some downhills but toward the end of the tempo my legs when feeling very tired and flat.  Here are the splits:

1 - 7:27 (uphill, into wind)

2 - 6:31

3 - 6:43 (uphill)

4 - 6:17 (downhill)

Overall it was a pretty good effort considering I didn't feel the best.  Good to get in some faster running.

1:14:20 (7:26 avg)

Honolulu:  The running is not working out this week.  I was out real late last night with clients and had meetings early this morning so didn't get out in the A.M.  Ran after work and before a business dinner so could only get in 5 miles.  I did the run up to Diamond Head and run up the backside which is a pretty good hill.  Ran hard back down the hill trying to get the legs used to some downhill running.

38:13 (7:39 avg)

Honolulu:  It was rainy and warm this morning.  It actually started raining about 1 mile into the run and came down pretty hard for about a mile (just enough to get soaked) then it was just misty the rest of the way.  I did the run up and around Diamond Head.  I pushed most of the hills and ran hard on the downhills as well.  Probably ran them around MP.  On the way back after I got off the hills I did 8 x strides.  Overall a pretty good run and I am happy with the amount of hill work I was able to get in while I was out here.  The long gradual hills is not something that I get a chance to run on at home.  Speaking of home, I am heading back tonight on the red eye and very glad to be heading that way.  Hopefully I will be able to get a run in tomorrow afternoon when I get in.  It will probably be a groggy one.

1:17:37 (7:46 avg)

Back in Indy after an all night flight from HI.  It was a nice day around 40 and sunny.  I felt sluggish today.  Probably from the trip so I just took it easy and didn't do anything special.  I was just glad to get some miles in.  Hopefully, I will feel rested up tomorrow and I can get in something significant.

53:42 (7:41 avg)

I slept until 9:30 today after being up all night the night before on the flight home.  I was pretty wiped out.  It was a nice morning around 35 degrees and sunny.  I had planned a 16 mile run today with the last half at MP.  I started off with this goal still in mind but after a couple of miles I knew it wasn't going to happen.  I had no energy.  I tried to lift the pace a couple of times but no response from the legs so I settled into an easy run and recover from the jet lag.  

 1:20:13 (7:54 avg)