The Next Step

It was a beautiful day today and spent most of the day with the family outside at the park. I had some free time late in the evening so went for a 15 mile bike ride. I felt good and it was just nice to be outside. I went at what would probably be the same HR as a easy run pace.

Since today is Memorial Day and I didn't have to work I added a few miles to my normal run. It was a nice morning probably in the high 60's, cloudy and windy when I started. As I started out my right calf was very tight I had to stop after about a half mile and stretch it out. It started loosening up and felt fine after a couple of miles. I felt good most of the way but around 8 miles the sun came out and the temperature went up. I started feeling the effects of the heat and probably since I didn't eat anything before going out I was kind of low on energy at the end. But overall it was a good run and it was nice to get a little longer run in to start the week.

1:39:06

It was warm and humid this morning which is the first time I have been able to say that this year. When I started off this morning I felt really tired with not much energy. My legs were tight and stiff so I just took it easy for a few miles. I did feel better later in the run but never did get back to what I would call normal. It did start light raining about 5 miles in which actually felt pretty good. It is days like this that I just need to push through and look forward to the better days to come.

66:03

I had a bunch of things going with the kids today (last day of school) so I ended up running in the afternoon. It was warm (70) and windy but was sunny and beautiful. I felt a little stiff getting started but that worked itself out after awhile. I did notice some pain in my shin that bothered me for a couple miles. Hopefully, this is not a potential problem. Otherwise, it was a great run.

56:47

It was a perfect day this morning to run (55, sunny, no wind). I wanted to do a tempo run today but decided to do it as cruise intervals (mile hard with a couple of minutes easy running) at around 6:30 pace. I ran a couple of miles for a warmup and as has been typical this week my legs just felt kind of heavy/tired. The first couple of miles went ok but it felt harder than I thought it should be. The third mile was a struggle and the last mile I just had to kind of push through. It was not exactly what I was looking for from the workout but I did hit my time goals. This will be a good gauge to see how I progress over the next few weeks of training. Here are the mile splits:

1st - 6:26

2nd - 6:29

3rd - 6:28

4th - 6:32

Ran a mile cool down and didn't have any problems with my leg today.

61:56

PM

A friend asked me to go for a bike ride and it was such a great day I couldn't refuse. We ended up going 18 miles and it was a beautiful evening. Then walked a couple of miles with my daughter when I got home. It was one of those days you want to be outside all day and that you don't want end.

Another great morning but more wind. Felt pretty good today after yesterday's workout. Just took it easy and cruised along nothing exciting to report. I guess it is a good thing to not have anything exciting to talk about like injuries, weather, travel, etc. It is kind of nice to just have some normal days.

This week has week good so far and I am planning a longer run tomorrow. I hope the weather cooperates. We are expecting severe storms.

64:38

All the storms went through in the night so was able to get out this morning for a long run. It was warm (70), humid and very windy. When I started out I didn't feel the best. Just felt a little run down. After a few miles it was pretty obvious that the warm humid weather and strong wind this was not going to make for a very fast run. I settled into a slower than normal pace and this seemed to work out pretty good. I felt pretty good through around 10 miles but I think the warm humid weather got the best of me the last few miles. This was the first day I have run in this type of weather and I could tell that I was not used to it. However, the objective was to get in the miles and I got in the miles in so I guess I will claim success.

1:59:28 (8:30 pace)