The Long Run

3.77 mi, 39:43, 10:32 avg, elev gain 78 feet

Stressful morning, wanted to skip my run but needed at least some to try and clear my head.  One big loop around Westlake neighborhood.  First mile was pretty slow, the rest was not very fast either.  Run helped a bit, they usually do.

10.1 mi, 1:31:55, 9:06 avg, elev gain 162 feet

Started out with the idea of doing just a bunch of small loops in Westlake.  After the first small loop, which was made even smaller by needing to stop back at the house for bathroom break, changed the plan and decided on a much bigger loop.  Headed out onto Alderman Rd then headed north up Belcher until reaching Klosterman, then left until reaching the Pinellas trail.  I'd never run very far along Belcher, it wasn't bad, decent sidewalk and not too much traffic.  Ran nearly 4 miles down the trail (with brief stop at Wall Springs for water) until turning onto Florida Ave, and then 16th street and back to Westlake via the cut through.  First 10 mile midweek run since getting the Westlake house.

AM: 6.06 mi, 56:33, 9:20 avg

Ran with Joe and Jamie in neighborhood and along the golf course.  We were all dragging a little bit from the humidity.

PM: 1.12 mi, 12:34, 11:14 avg

Ran on the Dunedin causeway with Stella.  I skipped humpday hustle to take Jacob to the causeway where he was meeting up with friends.  It was slow going with Stella because I had to keep stopping to walk when there were other dogs, and then she started to look like she was overheating, so we walked a little bit and didn't go out as far as I had originally planned.  Stopped and got some water for her and then walked some more.  As the sunset it started to feel nice out.

5.52 mi, 47:02, 8:31 avg, elev gain 133 feet

I noticed yesterday that last month I ran 1.0 mile of V02 max and this month total so far was 0.0, so I decided to make one small step forward and run 1.25 by doing 5x400m.

Warmed up with just under 2 miles easy running, I ran to the high point on Lakeview Dr, then looped around Woodcutter/Sandy Hook.  Cheated just a little bit by starting some of the 400s on a slight downhill.  Although, the fastest repeat had almost equal gain and loss (17 vs 19 feet).  Paces for the repeats were: 5:57, 5:53, 5:59, 5:50, and 5:57

This was more successful than I thought it would be. Kind of wish I had done more.  They were not easy but it was a good hard

6.1 mi, 56:16, 9:14 avg

Ran with Joe and Jamie in Foxwood and along golf course.  Was pretty humid this morning, one rest room visit/ac break.

11.36 mi, 1:45:02, 9:15 avg.

Warm and humid morning, did not help that I started at 8:20.  Did a big loop from my house, past the golf course, continued on to the Y where I refilled water bottle, back to Little Road, then cut behind the hospital and ran along SR54 before crossing, over to Ellington Way, then over to Town Ave to make it to Havana Dreamers in time before the Krispy Kreme fundraiser was finished.  Handed over my sweaty $10 and then delivered the 12 glazed doughnuts to the boys.  Then finally, made it back home completing an 11ish mile loop.  

Next up was a trip to the vet to drop off Stella for boarding.

One more 40+ mile week (these used to be a "low" mileage week).  Run felt pretty good overall especially compared to what I thought it was going to feel like.