Same Time, Same Channel

No run is an easy run anymore.

6:41 am, 13° F, 66% humidity, winds calm.

I've got the day off from work today, so I was able to meet Lindsay at 6:45 (we meet at a corner that's halfway between our houses, so I had to leave a little before 6:45). She normally meets Allie at that time on Mondays, but Allie wasn't available today.

It was cold this morning and I haven't done laundry recently enough, so I had to wear my cheap part wool shirt that is slightly too short for me now that I've put on some weight. So it kept coming untucked and bunched up above my jelly roll. I had on another shirt that was long enough to keep me covered, but with only the one layer over my jelly roll, it got quite cold.

I figure I'll try to run 4 days/week. If I can do that for three consecutive weeks, then I'll add in another run.

There was a hill in the last mile today that slowed me down.

AP: 10:07. Splits: 9:42, 10:15, 10:23, 0.12 @ 10:07.

Short progression run.

6:57 am, 27° F, 42% humidity, wind 5 E.

I failed to get out early this morning, but I didn't want to miss the run, so I went out and ran even though I was starting at the time I should have been finishing. Now my whole morning is running late, but oh well.

As I got started I decided to try to run just a little bit faster than I have been running lately. Eventually that formed into a goal to get the average pace for the whole run below 10:00 pace. It wasn't until I was finished that I realized that it had been a progression run.

Following my somewhat arbitrary standard of putting anything faster than 8:30 in the Fast miles bucket, I put my last 0.1 in there today.

AP: 9:44. Splits: 10:05, 9:47, 9:29, 0.1 @ 8:23.

Easy run.

6:15 am, 18° F, 79% humidity, wind 3 NE, freezing fog.

Thanks to my two faithful running friends, I've only had to run alone once this week. I ran with Lindsay on Monday and today, and I'll run with Michelle tomorrow. I was alone only on Wednesday.

I was supposed to meet Lindsay at our corner this morning, but I beat her there, so I headed towards her house and we met along the way.

My good wool top was clean this morning and so I didn't have to freeze my jelly roll like I did on Monday. I better wash it today in case I need it tomorrow.

My glasses got fogged up at one point and I couldn't see very well, but they cleared up after a couple of minutes.

AP: 10:13. Splits: 10:28, 10:15, 10:07, 0.27 @ 9:32. (That last faster bit was by myself after Lindsay and I parted ways.)

Easy run with a tough finish.

7:02 am, 37° F, 51% humidity, wind 6 SW.

I drove to Michelle's house and then she and I ran the same 4 mile route that we ran last Saturday, but with a little detour to do a mile on the high school track in the middle of it.

The last 1.2 of this route is steady up hill and it nearly killed me once again. This time, I stopped midway through the uphill part and rested for about 30 seconds because I felt like I was going to throw up. I paused my watch while I was stopped, so my pace doesn't reflect the stop. Michelle kept running when I stopped, and then when she saw that I had started running again, she came back and met me and we ran the rest of the way together. I used to be able to run this stretch. It was roughly the 2nd mile in the 6 mile route that I used to do from my house all the time. It was usually my slowest mile, but it didn't kill me like it's doing now. Maybe if I keep running it, it will get easier.

I really like running with Michelle. She's a great running partner.

AP: 9:59. Splits: 10:03, 10:02, 9:57, 9:49, 10:02.