High-Octane

Okay, starting to see slight improvement. Hoping for some cooler weather in the next few weeks. Today was the first day below 70 (68) which helped. My foot that was operated on is always uncomfortable but tolerable. I am entered in the Chosen Half Marathon on November 18 so only 6-1/2 weeks to get ready. I'm sure it won't be my best or fastest race by what the heck, I only have to beat a bunch of OLD guys!

Here we go...I hit 1 MP mile. :-) HR is coming down. Now it's a balance between cardio buildup and leg buildup. Still hot, humid and no wind.

7 miles @ 8:48. It was hot! 78 degrees, 75 dewpoint, 95% humidity!

Getting Gooder...! 

And Gooder...!!!!

Still hot weather at 68 degrees, 96% humidity, 67 dewpoint, 160 lbs.

But Faster...

Cool front blew in but it was an hour after I finished running. The humidity was much lower and that helped greatly!

72 degrees, 67% humidity, 65 dewpoint, 15mph wind, 157lbs.

For some reason my HR monitor didn't work. Wish it had so I could do some comparisons as this was much faster and longer!

A little easier day today. The weather was nice at 62 degrees, 50% humidity, dewpoint 48, 8mph wind. Making progress, the same run a month ago was 30 seconds per minute with the same HR.

It was nice to get in the double digit in milage today. The temp was much better (59 degrees, 83% humidity, 54 dewpoint). Hoping to up the speed in the next couple of weeks quite a bit!   

In Abiline for a couple of days. Got to run around Abiline Christian University, it was nice. Ran every other mile at MP. :-) (76 degrees, 79% humidity, 69 dewpoint)

Ran the big loop today. The weather was great at 59 degrees, 51% humidity and 41 dewpoint, 16mph wind, 158 lbs. Got a couple of mile in the MP range but haven't been able to pull off any HMP miles yet!

Recovery Run

10 miles again today. The weather was nice but humidity a little high. I thought I would be a little better on this run than my last 10 miler, but I felt a little tired and stiff.

Ano.ther recovery run. Back to the humidity at 93%.

Weather is back to hot and humid.

Man...Hot and Miserable .again. I ran, what should be, an easy progressive run. Hurt more than it should.

Short Progressive Run...Still not fast enough.

Temp dropped but the humidity is still high. First time I have run 12 miles all year. (49 degrees, 90% humidity, 44 dewpoint, 156 lbs)

Was going to run 4 recovery miles but I actually felt pretty good so changed and added some fartlek running in.

4 miles at 8:25 pace.

Running in Stephenville Tx while at a team roping school. Nice cool weather at 45 degrees!

Back at home and ran the small loop. No great effort and not that easy, just an average run. The weather was perfect at 47 degrees, 74% humidity, 39 dewpoint.

Today was a miserable day of running. 25 mph wind, 58 degrees, 49 humidity, 39 dewpoint. I Think running 25 of the past 30 days has finally caught up with me. I was tired, sore, cold and not motivated ... but I did get my 12 miles in!!! Trying to build milage to a point that I can finally do some target training...I'm running out of time. Miles the last few weeks: 22,32,36,39,43 and I'll have 47 this week. 3 weeks to racetime! hopefully 2 good weeks of training and 1 week recover, then 1:34 Half Marathon! :-)

Tried to do a long (12 mile) progressive run. Wasn't sure where to start (what pace). With the hills I have it seemed to trun out pretty good based on the progression of my HR. I tried to drop 2-3 seconds off of the total average time each mile. This was accomplished pretty well. I set the run up so I could do 14 in this same progression but I wasn't feeling it at 12 so I stopped and ran the last 4.65 home at a slow cool-down pace. I was hoping for some miraculous power that would show me I'm ready for a strong Half but it wasn't there. :-(

Nice weather: 48 degrees to start, 64 to finish, 57% humidity, 49 dew point, 153 lbs at end.