The Next Step

It was cooler this morning (65) and less humid so felt pretty good.  Just a nice easy run this morning.  I felt good and ran down to the park and back.

64:11 (8:02 avg) 

Nice morning.  Cool and cloudy with a light wind.  Today went to the track and planned to do 8 x 800 in under 3:05.  Did a warmup then ran the 800's.  The first one I felt kind of sluggish but the next few felt good as I started to get warmed up. Felt good on most of them but had to start pushing on the last two. The last one I could really feel it which is good.  I am not sure I could have ran another one and stayed on pace.  It was a good workout and gives me some confidence that I am starting to get my fitness back.  Looking forward to planning some upcoming races. Here are the splits:

3:03, 3:02, 3:01, 3:00, 3:02, 3:02, 3:01, 3:01 

Another nice morning. Temp around 67 and no wind.  Was tired this morning.  Could feel the workout from yesterday in my legs.  Just a easy recovery run today. Hope to have some zip back tomorrow.

65:17 (8:10 avg) 

Yesterday was my daughter's Birthday and got caught up in family activities so didn't get a run in.  Today was a nice morning about 68 and light wind.  Felt kind of tired getting going.  I wanted to do something significant today so decided on a progression run.  Ran the last 4 miles in 7:30, 7:15, 7:04, 6:46.  Ended up being a pretty good run.  Not a lot of zip in the legs but at least got some faster running in.

61:31 (7:42 avg) 

Took my daughter to Chicago for her missions trip so had a little time to run at the hotel. I was able to get in 5 miles while they were getting ready.  Felt good but just ran easy.  Tough day emotionally but very proud of her.