7.6 miles: A river of sweat

Today I ran to the park across town, did the mile loop there, and then ran back.  It was overcast, in the lower 80s but humid. I was soaking in sweat by mile 3 but had a decent run overall.

6 miles: Good

Today I ran 6 miles around the soccer fields. The plan was for 5 but it was cloudy, in the upper 70s, and I had time for another mile and so I ran it.  Good run. It was humid but the conditions  were about as good as they get this time of year.

5 mile Starbucks run

I ran to Starbucks and back. The weather was decent. My legs were tired but overall it was a good pace run.

16 miles (Saturday): 3 part run

Yesterday afternoon I ran 16 miles around the soccer fields. An open bathroom and a water supply kept me at the park rather than running around town. It was sunny and in the upper 80s. It wasn't the ideal time to run but it's what fit the family schedule this weekend.  

The first 10 went well for a summer run. My pace was about what it should be for a long run. The next 4.5 were decent - I slowed down some on purpose and some just because I had already run 10. Overall the first 14.5 miles went well for an upper 80's summer run.  The last mile and a half went slowly. I may have done that distance faster by power-walking rather than doing the slow running crawl I did.

Overall- I'm happy with this run as the goal was the distance and the overall pace was decent given the conditions.

5 miles (Friday): Best

Friday afternoon I had a very good run around the soccer fields.. I ran the first two miles at a 5k place and then did periods of faster and slowing running for the next 3. It was warm and sunny but not awful (just merely bad).

5 miles: Better

This was a decent run for the summer. It had to go better than yesterday but it also helped in was in the mid 80's and with lower humidity than normal.

3.2 miles: Worst run of the year candidate

The plan was to run 5 miles. My energy levels were ok the first mile but dropped to near zero after that.  The next run has to be better.

5 hot miles (Tuesday)

Yesterday afternoon I ran 5 miles around the soccer fields. It was 90 degrees, given the heat it was an ok run.

14.5 Miles: Oh the humidity of it all.

This morning I ran/walked 14.5 miles in loops at the local soccer park. I covered the distance. It was not very pretty. It was warm and humid and less fun than it could have been if it was 50 degrees cooler. If it was like this all year long I'm certain I would not be a runner.

Starbucks runs (Wednesday and Thursday)

Wednesday and Thursday morning I did the Starbucks run. The humidity was awful.

5.5 miles: Soccer field loops.

This morning I ran 5.5 miles around the local soccer fields. It was crazy humid. I didn't run all that fast and looked like I had fallen in a pool since I was very sweaty.  I can't wait for winter.

4 Miles: Local run (Monday)

Monday I ran 4 miles around the local area instead of heading into town since it was morning rush hour when I got out the door. Less than average run but not awful.

4.5 Humid miles

This morning I did the loop into Starbucks and back. I did the loop to stay off the grass I have to cross instead of the normal 5 mile run. I didn't feel like getting soaking wet feet again this morning. Ok run - very humid.

10 miles: off running week.

The evening run planned for Friday got canceled because our AC unit when out and we had to get a new unit installed. It took much longer than I thought it would.

So this morning I went for a longer run. I had planned to run on the grass around the soccer fields and so wore my trail shoes. However, they were watering the fields and the grass was soaking wet, so instead I ran on the gravel road around the soccer field.

This past week was not great for running. The coming week should be great. The plan is to run everyday between now and Friday when I will do a long run in the morning.

3 miles (Thursday)

Thursday night I ran 3 miles. The plan was to take off Monday and Tuesday and to restart running Wednesday night. The problem there was a bad storm that night and so the run got pushed to Thursday.

It was an odd run because my legs were sore, my toe hurt and my knee was giving me problems. It was odd because I had taken three days off and had no pain during my last run.  The leg and knee pain was not worrying because I could tell it was just one of those odd days and it would go away.

4 Humid miles

This morning I went 4 miles. I ran the first 2 at a good clip and then walked and ran some before doing the last mile at marathon pace.  It was humid (94%); I'd rather it was raining.

Up next: Two days off. The wife is going on a short trip. The plan was to take off Monday anyway and  I don't feel like doing a treadmill run when another day off might not be so bad anyway. I have ramped up from no miles a week to about 30 quickly. Giving my body a little bit of time to recover from the recent increase is probably not a bad idea - especially if it keeps me off a treadmill.

12 wet miles

This morning I left the house at 5:50 or so for a 12 mile run. It rained the whole time and it was great. My overall pace was 15 seconds per mile faster than the 10 mile run I did a week ago. So the trend of getting faster is still going.

The weather has been great lately (all rain, little heat) for running. I don't know if my pace will keep dropping if high temperatures finally hit us. However, I'm happy with the pace I am doing the longer runs for this point in the summer. I seem to be ahead of last's years pace at this time (of course, I was doing most of those during the day in the heat).

I took Friday off. My legs were sore from three days of pushing the pace on 5 and 6 mile runs. It was only my second day off in the 14 days since I have started running again since hurting my toe.

Toe update:  I'm not sure I felt it at all today while running. It still hurts a bit when I put my tight fitting socks on and sometimes around the house but things are looking good on the toe pain front.

6 miles: Faster run

Today I ran six miles early in a steady rain. It was a great run. I got very little sleep but somehow ended up having a very good pace run. This was about 40 seconds per mile faster than yesterday's fairly good 5 mile run.

If current trends continue I should be able to do well this fall.

Early 5 Mile Starbucks run

This morning around 6 I started the Starbucks run. I found the other runners in town. I was wondering when everyone else ran; it's between 6-7 in the morning.  Good pace run, faster than the two Starbucks runs from last week.

4 miles: Around the complex

Tonight I ran 4 miles around the complex. It was a decent run as I planned only for 4 and so tried to keep my pace up during it. Tomorrow a Starbucks 5.

Toe update: It still hurts, but less than it did. Somedays it hurts more than others but overall the pain is going down.