The Next Step

Nice day today.  Ran in the afternoon but still was only in the 70's.  Felt a little tired today and just took it easy.

Great morning for running.  It was cool (51) and no wind.  I felt pretty good today and the plan was to try my first tempo in awhile.  I thought I would just run two miles and I didn't really know what pace so decided on 7:00 to see how it would go.  Ran easy for the first 5 miles then picked it up to 7:00 pace.  Did the two miles in 7:03 and 6:51.  It felt good to run at a faster pace.  I probably could have held this pace for another mile or maybe two but still trying to build up slowly.  This is still pretty slow but heading in the right direction.  I will try to increase distance of the tempos over the next few weeks then pick up the pace.  Hopefully be back in racing shape in a couple of months.

63:44 (7:58 avg) 

Another great morning today with temps in the low 50's.  Felt pretty good today but just did an easy run.  Nothing special just trying to stay consistent.

50:28 (8:25 avg) 

Nice morning but it is starting to warm up again.  I felt a little sluggish starting out so ran easy for the first few miles.  Had 3 dogs chase me at one point and thought they were going to attack me but luckily was able to keep them away until the owner could get them under control.  First time I have seen them on this route so hopefully just a one time deal.  After that got back going again and then did 8 x 1:00 at around 6:20 pace with 1:00 rest.  Felt good to stretch out the legs and made the run go better.  Finished up with about a mile and half cool down.

57:15 (8:12 avg) 

Nice morning but warmer and more humid.  I felt a little tired today and just ran an easy one.  Battery was dead on Garmin so just ran by feel and took it easy.  Broke out some new shoes today and really liked them.

Wasn't able to get out this morning so ran after work.  It was still pretty nice with temp in the low 70's but pretty windy.  I felt pretty good. Ran easy and added in 4 x 100 strides at a pretty good speed.

40:26 (8:05 avg) 

Played golf this morning so ran in the late afternoon.  It was a nice day with temp of 74 and no wind.  I felt pretty good today and just ran easy.  I didn't have a long time between lunch and the run so my stomach was a little upset but not bad.  Longest I have ran in the new Minimus shoes and they felt good.  Also highest mileage week of the year.  Not where I want to be built building back up.

65:57 (8:15 avg)