getting back into it...

This has been a rough year, but I am slowly getting back into things. Most recently I have done the following: Saturday Oct 19 5 miles in 49:41. Wednesday Oct23 5 miles in 48:03. Sunday Oct 28 5.33 miles in 53:55. The last run above was 8 laps around the neighborhood.

3 miles 29:42

This is my first timed run of the season. I have just restarted my running after a long 5 month layoff. In that time i have ballooned up to 238.

10 miles in 1:43:27

This was supposed to be a slow and easy pace with a goal of 1:45. I was able to break that time although the emphasis of this run was distance vs time.

7 miles in 1:06:11

This was an okay run. I had intended to break 9:30 pace, but was secretly hoping for 1:04 or better. I did 33 out but could not improve that on the way back.

5 miles in 48 something

I went out with the intent of doing close to 45, but lost momentum on way back...

9 miles in 1:23:27

Cool this morning...was aiming for 1:25 and beat it! Feels good. It was windy but I kept my 180 cadence going by counting triplets per second

Lap1 09:36.32 09:36.32
Lap2 09:28.16 19:04.48
Lap3 09:31.77 28:36.25
Lap4 10:18.21 38:54.46
Lap5 09:30.97 48:25.43
Lap6 09:00.32 57:25.75
Lap7 08:50.29 01:06:16.04
Lap8 08:52.23 01:15:08.27
Lap9 08:19.22 01:23:27.49

8.2 miles in 1:22:00

ran to Harpers. The weather was cool and felt good, but I lost a little juice on the way back so ended up walking a little. I will try again tomorrow, then rest on Tuesday.

6.5 miles in 1:03:07

Same route in Charlotte as Tuesday. I did it a little faster, although I stoppped to walk a few times. Not a bad run.

6.5 miles 1:05:29

Ran in Charlotte. The weather felt cool at the beginning but I warmed up after a couple miles and started to feel a little overdressed.

The pace felt comfortable although the hills were challenging...bottom line, this was a good run.

6 miles in 53:51

6 mile lunch run!! I was treating this as a timed trial the whole way. I even ran with music (Wu Tang) which I have not done in a long time.

Lap1 09:11.16 09:11.16
Lap2 09:10.02 18:21.18
Lap3 08:51.30 27:12.48
Lap4 09:14.03 36:26.51
Lap5 09:00.01 45:26.52
Lap6 08:25.22 53:51.74

I have not been runnning as much as I wanted to this week, but today's run has taken me out of the blues.

7 miles in 1:07:28

7 miles ...upper 70s a little windy. I was actually planning on ding a time trial on this one and come in under 1:06, however, I bonked during mile 4 and 5 with a little bit of walking.


Lap1 09:55.34 09:55.34
Lap2 09:21.04 19:16.38
Lap3 09:33.26 28:49.64
Lap4 10:06.22 38:55.86
Lap5 09:53.05 48:48.91
Lap6 09:37.30 58:26.21
Lap7 09:02.16 01:07:28.37

7 mile MGP in 1:10:02

I am trying to get my body used to a 180 cadence. So I spent this run counting steps at a triplet per second while thinking about a waltz in my head...I know...i may be taking this to far and getting to obsessive.

Lap1 10:06.84 10:06.84
Lap2 10:25.69 20:32.53
Lap3 10:29.87 31:02.40
Lap4 10:18.57 41:20.97
Lap5 09:43.70 51:04.67
Lap6 09:29.72 01:00:34.39
Lap7 09:27.83 01:10:02.22

3.3 miles

5 laps around the neighborhood. I did some pacing and some cadence and some speed intervals...a mixed bag of activity.

7 mile MGP in 1:10:42

The aim was to run at marathon goal pace for 7 miles and finish in 1:10. I did finish in goal time, but the pacing was not consistent after mile 3.

Lap1 09:47.31 09:47.31
Lap2 09:47.10 19:34.41
Lap3 09:49.39 29:23.80
Lap4 10:16.47 39:40.27
Lap5 09:50.06 49:30.33
Lap6 10:53.38 01:00:23.71
Lap7 09:18.55 01:10:42.26