not giving up on the comeback

Well this is two races in two weekend.  Never have run this course before.  It was beautiful and pretty fair for a good time.  The weather was in the  high 40's at the start I think.  That felt really good  

Overall, it felt good to get out and race again.  But I really felt the lack of fitness in this one.  I went out and locked in with one of the guys who always is around my pace.  We ran side by side chasing the first woman for a long time.  I hung with him as long as possible, which was until he sped up in the 5th and 6th mile.  I usually do that to him, but not this time.  Things are still coming along and these races will help me.  

mile 1 - 5:59

mile 2 - 6:15

mile 3 - 6:09

mile 4 - 6:18

mile 5 - 6:14

mile 6 - 6:14

last .2 - 6:03 

38:39 - 6:11 ave pace - 3rd in AG 

Nice little run before lunch - 

5.1 @ 7:22 ave pace 

Went after getting supper ready for the natives - felt pretty good tonight

5.25 @ 7:15 ish pace 

Got out for a nice run in the evening.  Felt good - slowed a bit by the dark.  

8 @ 7:31 ave pace 

got out a little later than normal, but it was a nice night for a run.  It was dark so I was slow, but that's ok today.  A little soreness in my foot tonight for some reason.  

8 @ 7:53 ave pace 

Nervous about my 5K tomorrow - I PR'd here last year and now this year I'm going to  be happy just to average 6min miles.  I know I can run that fast, cause the last two weeks I have run that fast then slowed myself down so I could last the full race.  Maybe with the shorter race I won't have to do that.  We'll see.  

683 miles on my current shoes - I guess I need to look for new ones.

Really sleepy this afternoon but I got myself out for a run today.  It was ok - uneventful at best.

6.5 @ 7:30 ave pace 

Today was the my neighborhood's 5K that kicks off the Arts festival.  Last year I came in 2nd and ran a 17:15, a PR.  Of course that was when I was peaking for my half.  Today my goal was adjusted a bit and it was to run around 6min miles.

At the start, I knew there were two guys faster than my goal pace.  I just let them drag me along as best as possible.  Unfortunately I knew both were in the Masters group, so I knew if they held up I'd miss out on my free pair of shoes.  Oh well, there is time to get those in the future.  One other guy went out to lead the first mile, but he faded nicely and we picked him off one at a time.  Long hill in the 3rd mile makes it a little slower.  

5:53 ave pace

1 - 5:45

2 - 5:53

3 - 6:04

.1 - 5:22  

Nice little warmup and warmdown finally gets me to 50 for the week.  

Looking forward to the 5K next weekend.  

Looking forward to the Chicago marathon tomorrow. Hopefully the streaming works well.  It is so nice to be able to stream one of these big marathons for free... 

ok I was a lazy slob and didn't run a lick yesterday -- argh

4.7 after lunch - felt good to run in the cool rain

4.7 @ 7:29 ave pace 

- later in the PM after the wifey came home I did 6.2 in the misty dusk.  Nice running weather - it's nice

6.2 @ 7:31 ave pace 

Today was really not a great run but I got it in and it was only a little slower than normal.  I'm not sure it was humid or something but I sweated like a maniac.  For some reason there was a bloom of little insects all around town and I was covered in gnats or something like that by the time it was over.  They were in my hair, my eyes, and all over my face..nice

8 @ 7:35 ave pace 

Pre-lunch workout - felt pretty good although I hope I feel a lot better on Saturday 

5.5@ 7:16 ave pace 

later - 4.5 @ 7:17 ave pace - foot a little sore tonight - argh 

With a race in the morning, I guess I will be good and not test the foot today.  

Goal was to break 18 but I didn't plan or manage the race well. Somehow all the chip times were off from watch times. I'm going by watch time. Foot felt fine which is a relief. Need to create a plan with speed days every week.  no races planned until the first weekend in November.

after the race my family and i went up to the mountains. had a fun day. 

4.3 a little after lunch - felt good 

4.3 @ 7:25 ave pace 

foot's a little kooky again today

Got in 7 at dusk - I ran with the foot wrapped. Of course as the run went on, the wrapping was really starting to hurt, so i took it off and finished up without it. Things felt pretty good and still do.

It was slow but that's ok - 7 @ 7:50 ave pace

everyone was gone today so I went for a wandering around town.  Things were fine.  I developed a blister on my left pinkie toe which really kind of hurts.  That made the last 4 miles kind of a slog, but it really felt good to get out for a medium long run.  It has been a while.  

14 @ just under 8 min pace 

Got in a slightly stiff 6 today - up to the Highlands and back.  Weather is so nice. 

6 @ 7:45 

feel slow today

4 @ 7:25 ave pace

more later 

later - 4.3 @ 7:00 ave pace

ran the last two a little faster - 6:44 and 6:23 

miles felt difficult today - yeah

6 @ 7:34 ave pace

Thought I'd be doing two easy runs today but my wife has to work late again.  So I went out to do the miles all at once.  No big deal really, just didn't ever feel too whippy.  Foot - no problems at all !  Lost 4  lbs of water weight---dang. 

8 @ 7:29 ave pace 

another day where I need to juggle things around a little bit - got out at 9:30 before a meeting.  foot feels really good again - yeah.  other than that, the runs have felt harder than they should this week.  Maybe that means next week will go well.  

4 @ 7;24 ave pace 

later - easy 4 @7:35ish pace

I didn't quite get my big butt out the door early this morning.  My wife had to work and didn't get home until 5:30 so I went then which worked out fine.  l just went slowly - slower than the rest of the week anyway.

11 @ 7:55 ish 

6 before getting the kids for trickortreating

things felt good 

6 @ 7:24 ave pace