Same Time, Same Channel

Easy/recovery run + level 1 Shred.

5:55 am, 63° F, 60% humidity, wind 5 S.

I ran with Lindsay again this morning. I was with her roughly miles 3-6 of my run. We did Michelle's route in reverse and so we saw Michelle twice. It looks like I'm going start running with Lindsay on Fridays instead of Mondays. I'm not sure what will happen once school starts because I may need to go earlier then.

I figure I'll stick with level 1 of the Shred this week and move up to level 2 next week. I like to do each level for approximately a month before moving on to the next level.

AP: 10:00 (Actually, the Garmin said 9:60. How weird is that?) Splits: 10:15, 9:45, 9:44, 10:10, 9:58, 10:14, 0.55 @ 9:45.

GA run.

6:11 am, 70° F, 35% humidity, wind 4 S.

I'm calling this a General Aerobic (GA) run because it was 8 miles. I can't quite bring myself to call 8 miles easy. In my mind, the difference between an easy run and a GA run is that the GA run is a little longer and/or a little faster. I think that about 6 miles is my limit for an easy run.

I ran the MacArthur Ranch Road loop today, which I haven't done in quite a while. There were some nice sprinklers along MacArthur Ranch Road and I didn't even have to go out of my way to run through them.

I saw Barbie near the end of my run. I was behind her, so I tried to be sneaky and take a picture of her with my cell phone, but it didn't work out. I'm not very good with my cell phone camera. I couldn't really see what I was doing and I ended up just taking pictures of the ground. Also, my camera was set to make a shutter noise, and so I couldn't get too close. I have since turned off the shutter sound, so if I get another opportunity to take a picture of her, I will try again.

AP: 9:20. Splits: 10:02, 9:50, 9:23, 9:25, 9:16, 9:07, 8:55, 8:43, 0.25 @ 9:00.

Easy run + level 1 Shred.

6:03 am, 60° F, 91% humidity, winds calm.

It was 10 degrees cooler this morning than yesterday morning, but much more humid. Maybe it's on account of the big, but short rainstorm we had last evening.

I saw Michelle and Michelle twice during my run.

I listened to the Aida soundtrack during my run. I didn't quite make it through the whole thing.

Nothing much else to report today.

AP: 9:26. Splits: 10:11, 9:47, 9:26, 9:05, 9:06, 9:04, 0.1 @ 9:06.

Easy run + level 1 Shred.

5:55 am, 65° F, 74% humidity, winds calm, overcast.

I woke up at 5:20 this morning and wondered why my alarm hadn't gone off at 5:15. It turned out that it was because my alarm was set for 6:30 (because I slept in yesterday), so I reset it for 5:30 and went back to sleep, then hit the snooze alarm at 5:30 and got up at about 5:40. Still, I managed to make it out the door in time to take the 2-mile route and be at Lindsay's house at 6:15. I ran 3 1/2 miles with Lindsay, and then the rest by myself.

I was lazy and didn't run yesterday. Thursdays are my most frequently skipped day lately. I think it's because my plan is to run longer on Thursdays and that intimidates me, and so I don't run at all. Maybe I need to give myself permission to do shorter runs on Thursdays so that I don't scare myself.

I ran slowly this morning. Part of the reason was that I run slower when I'm with Lindsay, but I was pretty slow when I was by myself too. I think I'm slowing down because I've been eating very poorly and I've gained some weight.

AP: 9:50. Splits: 9:57, 9;32, 9:44, 10:01, 10:01, 9:59, 0.6 @ 9:28.

Medium-long run.

8:30 am, 66-80° F, 70% humidity, winds calm.

So this is what happens when I can't get anyone to run with me on a Saturday. I slept late and them dawdled for a long time. It would have been better if I had started the run significantly earlier. It got pretty hot by the time I was finished.

When I first started, there was a girl just ahead of me walking and so I passed her, but then she started running so she passed me and quickly got about 80-100 yards ahead of me. After a bit I noticed that she wasn't getting any farther ahead of me. I guess she passed me right at the first because I always start out really slowly. But then I got going and after I while I realized that I was gaining on her very slowly. I think once I got close enough that she could hear me, she sped up a little bit. I finally caught her at about 2.8 miles and talked with her. She asked if I was training for a marathon and I said that I ran one in June and I'm just trying to maintain base mileage now. She said that made her feel better. I guess she meant that if she had to be passed by an old lady, at least it was an old lady who has run a marathon. Anyway, she was doing 6 miles, so she turned around at the 3 mile marker and I was on my own the rest of the time.

A little while later a guy who was going the other direction asked me what I was training for and I said, "Nothing." I don't know if that sounded rude, but I didn't have time to explain.

I was thinking about work/life, or more specifically work/running balance while I was running. A few months ago I was putting a lot of energy into running and my work was suffering. Now I'm putting a lot more energy into my work and there's not as much left for running. Maybe that's why I'm struggling.

AP: 8:54. Splits: 9:33, 8:47, 8:38, 8:44, 8:50, 8:50, 8:59, 9:00, 9:00, 9:03, 8:54, 8:38, 0.9 @ 7:34 (I tried to pick it up at the end).