The Next Step

It was a warm (72) nice day out with a lot of wind.  I ran down at Southeastway park.  Just ran laps around the park and through the woods.  I almost stepped on a snake but luckily it was very big and was heading the other way.  Other than that just a nice relaxing run enjoying all the fall colors in the woods.  I was a little sluggish running.  I just kind of felt tired today.  I am back traveling this week so need to focus on staying on schedule.

63:07 (7:54 avg) 

I had to fly to Philadelphia today so had a little time this morning before the flight and was able to get in 6 miles.  It was a long day in Philly and got back to my hotel at 9 so no run tonight.  I felt pretty good this morning and I ran around the neighborhood since it was very dark out today with all of the clouds.  I was glad to be able to get a run in before I left because I knew it would be a long day.  

48:08 (8:01 avg) 

Philadelphia, PA:  It was nice this morning.  The temp was in the mid 50's and their was some wind.  I felt pretty good getting going this morning other than the normal pain in the achilles starting out.  That got better quickly and then I felt good.  I did 3 miles easy for a warmup and then did 4 miles at tempo pace.  My goal today was somewhere around 6:45.  Here are my splits for the tempo:  6:41, 6:41, 6:36, 6:41.  It amazes me that 3 out of the 4 were the same.  Wasn't really focused that much on it but glad to keep it consistent.  I felt pretty good during the tempo but was pushing pretty good on the last mile as it was uphill and into the wind.  Cooled down with 2 miles back through the city.  

65:45 (7:25 avg) 

Philadelphia, PA:  Did an easy recovery run today.  I actually felt pretty good but started off real easy and then picked it up the last 3 miles.  I still had the pain in the achilles for about a 1/2 mile but then felt better the rest of the way.  It doesn't seem to be getting worse or better just staying the same.  One more day in Philly and looking forward to heading home tomorrow.

57:31 (8:13 avg) 

Philadelphia, PA:  It was warm (65) and felt humid today.  It didn't feel like a normal fall day.  I felt pretty good this morning and the achilles didn't bother me too much.  I did about a 3 mile warmup and then did 12 x 40 sec with about a minute recovery.  I ran the intervals at around 5:40 pace and was trying to get the legs used to running a faster pace.  These all went pretty good and then a  couple of miles for the cool down.  I stopped my watch at a light on the way back and forgot to start it again so didn't get my overall time.  Turned out to be a pretty good run.

Back in Indiana and it was a lot cooler.  I just did an easy run today.  I had more problems than normal with the achilles today.  Yesterday while boarding the rental car bus at the airport I got my foot turned in a funny way and tweaked the sore achilles.  Today it was sore and took a little longer than normal for the pain to go away.  More ice and treatment this weekend to see if I can get it back under control.  Glad to be able to get in the run today.

54:10 (7:45 avg) 

It was a cold (32) fall morning.  I am still fighting getting out the winter gear so ran in shorts today which turned out to be ok since it warmed up some during the run.  I felt ok this morning but started off easy to see how the achilles was going to be.  It was better today and didn't bother me much after the first 1/2 mile.  I don't know what was going on this morning but saw 7 other people out running.  I usually don't see anyone since we live outside the city.  Must be a running boom in New Palestine.  The run went good.  I did feel a little tired toward the end.  I think just a long week catching up to me.

1:35:35 (7:57 avg)