Just run

Rough start to the week, but at least I got something on the board.  A one mile jog with some short sprints interspersed throughout, followed by a 300 yd shuttle run and two 50 yd sprints.  It looks like that would be a really short workout, but because I rested so much it took about 40 minutes.

One lap around the track carrying a 15 lb weight.  It seemed easy at first, but after the first 100 meters, the weight started to get annoying.  It was just one lap.  Followed by a total of 75 pushups, 100 situps, 100 squats and 50 assisted pullups.

Got sidetracked by a dinner appointment which I thought was next week, but they called me last night to confirm for today.  Something I thought would take an hour ended up taking 3 but it was enjoyable.  Needless to say, all I have to show for today is a quarter mile.  Just have to work harder the rest of the week to stay on track.

First jog of the day is two laps around the park.  Nobody out there but me, the geese and a whole lot of bugs. (Lap 1: 17:55.60  Lap 2: 17:50.47 = 35:46.07)

Finish the day with another two laps around the park.  Amazing how much faster you can run when you're trying to catch someone.  I saw a runner that I thought I could catch, but I didn't.  Needless to say it made my second lap go by so much quicker.

(Lap 1: 17:34.16  Lap 2: 16:38.05 = 34:12.21)

I was chomping at the bit until I actually hit the road.  Putting one foot in front of the other seemed like a good idea.  I thought I was running a little smoother on the way back once I finally got warmed up.  I like the idea of jogging.  Jogging is good for my soul.  I could hear my right knee creaking the whole way back.  It was kind of odd but it didn't hurt so I ignored it.

To 1.25 Trail Marker (3.5 Miles)

Trail         8:28.88      6:35.00

Mile         9:53.92     10:24.24

1/4 Mile   3:09.22      3:08.01 (41:39.27) 

Just looking at the splits I'm pretty sure I got my landmarks mixed up.  Oh well.

For the evening, confirmed that I need to move on to the next level of the core workout by doing an extra set within the prescribed time.  Level 2 here I come!  Jogged 2 laps around the park.  Legs were tired but undaunted.  Love just jogging at my own pace and not caring who passes me up because everyone passes me up all the time.

Still on track to hit 18 miles for two consecutive weeks.  That's a milestone right there.  Next week it will be 20 miles or maybe 21.  We'll see.  Vacation ends and its back to the real world but 20 is still doable.

Turkey Trot - 33:05.72

Wonder if I could get that time under 30 mins if I was chasing somebody.  Guess I'll have to enter a race to find out.  Was feeling really good at the end like I could continue for another 5K, but I always wake up sore the next morning so I exercised a little restraint.  Maybe a little too cautious.

My honey-do list was not very long, but it was very time consuming.  In fact, even now I'm only about half done.  I probably shouldn't have taken that short nap, but I woke up refreshed and ready to go.  Then the origins of the Orlando Magic with Shaq and Penny sidetracked me for a little while too.  Needless to say, I was gonna skip my run today, but that just did not sit well.

Out the door I went.  I decided to just take it easy.  I started off at a real slow jog.  I saw some ducks and decided to walk by them because the biggest one was hissing at me.  Not sure why it saw me as a threat.  They just need to share the road.  It's big enough for all of us.  Then someone decided to tag along behind me.  He looked fast so I kept waiting for him to pass, but he didn't so I decided to see if I could put some distance between us.  And just like that, my slow, easy, let's enjoy the scenery today jog turned into a I'm gonna see if I can run away from you and forget about how beautiful today is because I don't care any more.  It worked.  He must have just been enjoying the scenery.  Oh well.

Turkey Trot: 33:07.37  

Got it!  Two weeks in a row with 19 miles!  Might just be starting to show some consistency.