The Next Step

I had an early flight to Seattle today and was planning on running when I got in. I ended up with a 2 1/2 hour delay on my connection so by the time I reached Seattle I had to get ready for a dinner meeting. I didn't get back to the hotel until late (especially EST) so didn't get my run in. The joys of travel.

Seattle, WA.  Rainy this morning plus staying by the airport and didn't see any good places to run so ran on the treadmill at the hotel.  It felt good to get back to running after a couple of days off.  My legs felt good and just ran easy.  I am going to try to run again this afternoon if the schedule works out.

55:05 (7:52 avg)

PM:  I had a little bit of time after meetings and before a dinner meeting so was only able to get in 5 miles so wanted to make the most of it.  I ran 3.5 miles of it at tempo pace.  Here are the splits for the tempo:

1st - 6:44

2nd - 6:40

3rd - 6:35

last  1/2 mile at 6:31 pace.

I felt pretty good and it didn't seem like a hard effort.  It was a good day of running for being on travel.

35:30 (7:06 avg)

Seattle, WA. I got up early and ran before my flight back home. Just ran an easy run on the TM. My legs felt a little sluggish. Probably from the double yesterday. It has been a while since I ran a double. Good run and glad to be heading home.

73:02 (8:07 avg)

Nice morning today sunny and 47. When I started off I felt stiff and tired.  As I ran I loosened up but I felt tired the whole way.  I am not sure what is going on but just feel like my energy level has been down on my runs for the last couple of weeks.  Maybe something in the diet or something else but haven't felt good on a run in a while.  I am going to try some thing with diet, etc and see how that works.  Just glad to get the miles in today.

70:40 (7:51 avg)

Another nice day (39 and no wind).  Pretty much the same as yesterday.  Still felt like I had no energy today.  I was running at 8:00 pace and it felt difficult.  I am not sure what is going on but didn't try to push it.  I just took it easy since I may just need some recovery time for some reason.  I am also trying to work on my diet and make sure that I am eating right.  I am planning on a longer run tomorrow so hopefully that will be better.  On the positive side it was a beautiful spring day today and it felt great to spend some time outside this afternoon.

64:32 (8:04)

It was a great morning to run (48, sunny, no wind).  I started off easy and felt better than I have the past couple of days.  I ran consistent for the first 10 miles then picked it up some over the last 5 miles. It was an OK run but I still don't feel back to normal. It seemed much harder than it should based on my running over the past couple of months.  At least today was better than the last couple of days.  Maybe I am getting back to normal.  I only have 2 weeks before the half marathon so hope it comes together quickly.

1:57:25 (7:49 avg)