Progression Run. 8 miles w/ last 15 min. moderate. Average pace: 8:51. 4:55 am, 58°F, 60% humidity, wind 2 ENE, clear skies, no moon. I've been surprised lately how many runners and walkers I've been seeing out at dark-thirty in the morning. But it's also interesting that some of them, even runners, are wearing long pants and long sleeves. I'm still in shorts and short sleeves or no sleeves. I wonder if these people will last outside into the winter. This morning I also saw a man riding a bicycle wearing a suit and a tie. I hope he didn't have too far to go, or he might get to work all sweaty and stinky. One problem I've encountered with getting up this early is that my intestinal system doesn't really wake up until about an hour into my run. I made a pit stop at a gas station this morning during the 6th mile to avoid the uncomfortable run I had on Tuesday, even though I ran fast on Tuesday as a result.
Here are my splits: 9:42, 9:27, 9;13, 9:28, 9:05, 8:47, 15 min. (1.99) miles @ 7:36 pace, 0.47 miles at 8:29 pace. The 15 minutes moderate was supposed to be at the end, but when I got to the end of the 15 minutes I wasn't quite home. I thought I'd just run easy as a cooldown the rest of the way, but I looked at my watch and realized I needed to hurry home. I was a little late finishing my run on account of a little farther than 8 miles and the time I spent on my pit stop. I feel like my core strength has not been what it ought to be and I've had a little fatigue in my lower back when I've been running, so I decided that I need to get back to doing some weight training. Accordingly, I did the shred this morning after the seminary drop off. I figure I'll start doing that 2-3 days/week. I don't have time for the longer workouts that I like to do, but I can fit in the shred because it's only 20 minutes.
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