The Next Step

Went on a 20 mile bike ride today. I felt good and maintained a decent pace of around 20 mph. It was warm and humid but felt good to get in some good cross training.

Flew out to Philly today for the week on business. Had meetings all day then dinner so ran late on the TM. I felt pretty good and picked the pace up as I went along. It was a good run and would have liked to get in a few more miles but just a long day and a lot of work to do.

53:02 (7:35 avg)

Philly: Got out early this morning and it was still hot and humid.  I felt tired today.  I didn't sleep very well and ran late last night so a pretty quick turnaround for my next run.  I ran through town and then down by the river.  It was a nice run and there were a lot of people out just wish I would have felt better.  My Garmin battery died about half way through the run so didn't get a time.

6.3 miles

PM:  Got in a quick 5 miles after meetings and before dinner.  I still didn't feel the best and was still tired.  I was glad to get in some extra miles though.  I just took it easy and not stress too much over the pace.

5 miles in 40:05 (8:01 avg)

Philly:  I had early meetings so ran after work today and before dinner.  It was 92 and humid.  Not the best idea that I have had lately.  I ran real easy because of the heat and it still felt like a struggle.  For some reason I am not good in hot weather.  Anybody else have that problem?  I will definitely try to get out early tomorrow and beat the heat.  I didn't get a time because the battery on my Garmin died but I'm sure it was slow.  Just glad that I was able to get in 7 miles because it felt more like 10.

Philly:  I got out early this morning to avoid the heat.  It was still warm and humid but much better than yesterday afternoon.  I still felt tired and sluggish. It might have been from the heat yesterday or just a long busy week.  Even though I didn't feel the best I did kind of a fartlek run and did several pickups just on feel.  I didn't have my watch so just ran comfortably fast and tired to make it equal recovery.  Turned out to be an ok run for being sluggish.  Going home tomorrow and definitely ready to get back.

I had a real early meeting in Philly and then flew back to Indy.  It was really hot so ran about 8:30 and it was still 85.  I felt pretty good but started off easy and then picked it up to around 7:30 after 2 miles and ran that the rest of the way.  Just a good medium effort run.  Glad to get in a few miles after a long day and long week of travel.

38:18 (7:40 avg)

I was up really late last night and because of that slept longer than I wanted.  It was really hot and humid this morning.  I checked when I got back and it was 82 and 80% humidity.  Luckily there was a breeze that helped.  Because of the heat I just took it real easy.  I started off slow and pretty much stayed that way to the end.  I felt ok the whole just kind of drained from the heat.  Definitely going to have to get out earlier the rest of the week.

1:41:20 (8:27 avg)

PM:  Still warm and humid but went on a 20 mile bike ride.  I felt pretty good considering the run this morning.  Averaged 19.2 mph for the ride and there was some wind to deal with.  Overall good ride and felt good when I got back.