My triumphant return to Fast Running Blog...and I am fat and out of shape. I haven't run since the Moab Half Marathon in March, and I'm definitely feeling it. 3.1 miles on the Jordan River Parkway, and I think I may die. Well, it's not quite that bad, but my feet felt heavy, I had some side cramping, and my upper back is sore. I guess that's what I get for taking so much time off.
Why have I been gone so long, you, the imaginary reader, my ask? Well, lemme tell you, being a dad is both time consuming and tiring. Every Sunday evening I think to myself: "I HAVE to start running again tomorrow", and that night Rosie will decide she's not going to sleep. It's tough to get up at 5:30 or 6:00 AM to run when you didn't get to sleep until 2:30 or 3:00. I've also been focusing on climbing, so I spend most of my lunch breaks on the wall at The Front. But, the Wasatch Back is coming up fast, and I better get into somewhat decent shape, or else my team captain may kill me.
Here's the splits, courtesy of my Forerunner 205. (On a side note, doesn't the 405 look slick?)
Mile 1
| 7:14
|
Mile 2
| 7:34
|
Mile 3
| 7:42
|
Mile 4
| 00:45
|
TOTAL
| 23:16 |
Times are truncated at the nearest second.
Obviously, I started to fast, and finished too slow. But, I would expect nothing less from myself. I'm terrible at pacing, and even worse at running a negative split. I definitely need to work on maintaining a constant speed.
GPS Output coming later. | 