5 miles in 44:40

Weight 222. Well i have gained a little weight since last month, but that isn' surprising given my reduction in running recently (and quite frankly an increase in eating). Nevertheless, today's run was a decent effort. I was hoping to beat 45:00 and I did, but it took some effort on my part. I think I am going to run the shamrock 8k since I am unwilling to run the marathon on Palm Sunday.

RUN ANALYSIS:

5 miles in 44:40, 8:56 min per mile, 6.72 mph; out and back --23:05 out (6.50 mph) and 21:35 back (6.95 mph); mile by mile (9:16, 9:23, 8:36, 8:43, 8:42).

3 miles in 26:55

Just trying to get back in to the swing of things...After I found out that i would not be able to run Shamrock Marathon afterall, I kinda got despondent and just stopped running altogether. After only 2 weeks off, it is amazing how much my conditioning has degraded. While this was not and all out effort, it was pretty close, and as such the time itself is not that great. A 25:00 for this level of effort would have been acceptable...anyway, won't get too despondent...

RUN ANALYSIS
3 miles in 26:55, 8:55 min per mile, 6.69 mph; out and back splits 13:55 (6.42 mph) out and 13:00 (6.92 mph) back; Mile by mile (9:24, 8:58, 8:33)

5 miles in 46:35

On Tuesday. Not what I expected.  I was hoping for a sub-44, and was actually well on the way after I hit the midway point at 22:24 (assuming 1 minute improvement on way back) but got phone call at mile #3, and had to stop…after that could not regain the groove…oh well, maybe next time