Morning 10k to cap the week

This morning around 6:45 a.m. I went out with my brother and my father to the mirador, so basically no hills today, the plan for me was to do 10 kms to cap the week in 54 kms or around 34 miles. Within 3.5 kms We parted ways, I put the watch on time of day and run at an easy pace, in fact the stomach at the beginning was not very happy after the 6 slides of pizza and 3 breadsticks and a couple of glass of coke, oh well!! needed to work it off today! I thought that I was going to run around 57-58 mins, given the effort I was putting, but when I was approaching my home, I changed the watch to the chrono and saw 54:xx , I was totally surprised, the effort was pretty controlled and easy, it seems that the hills are starting to pay off, that is one of the pros of running by feel! Weather was rainy and a bit sunny at the same time! Happy Sunday! Runs this week: 6 runs, I had wihtout running six times since 2-3 months ago, so I am heading the right direction!

Nice morning run with slight variation

This morning I went for my run at 10:25 a.m. waiting for the rain to stop, I went out to the conservatory and meet my brother( he did 2 more laps with me, he was already running), and did 2 laps with him, then He went out the park, I was experiencing low energy levels, and in the 4th lap I was feeling better, decided to went out to the conservatory and do the Maximo Gomez route, getting to the conservatory again and then turning back home, did around 9.1k total, dont know the exact distance, was running with the watch on time of day, the effort was easy and when I got out off the hills I was floating through the streets, total time was 52:33, Feeling very good! The weather was very cloudy but sweated a lot though!! Happy Saturday!!

A bit of a progresssive

Yesterday took the day off! I was planning a day off this week anyway. This morning my alarm was on vibrator so could not hear it, slept in, but at 11:00.m. I was out the door, to run an easy run of 8.5k at an easy effort, the heat was strong. Decided to take splits once again to pay a bit with the numbers( I know this is adangerous game, but a couple of days dont hurt), Got to the conservatory in 7:25, then 6 laps in 6:00,5:47,5:45( halfway in 25:13, then decided to sped up slowly to moderate effort for the rest of the run, following the advice of Caleb, I was afraid because I thought the leg was not ready for a moderate effort, but it seems that I am healed as it behaved pretty well),5:34,5:23,5:10, then the last 1.2k to get home was in 5:56 in flat terrain and a big downhill, finished in 47:31 for the 8.5k. The effort always was moderate, when the legs wanted to go at a harder pace, I kind of hold back to not get anaerobic, even at the end hold back a lot and remain at the same effort! first sub 5 min/km in a while, felt very good and I am happy that the leg is much better!! the weather was very very hot, but I was so focused on the watch and the body that did not disturb me a lot!! Happy Thursday! More base miles to come( maybe for months), Hope that this easy miles would take my to my PR's

Nice run taking splits

This morning skipped the predawn, at 10:45 a.m. I went for my run, was not too motivated to run, but then I reminded myself that I can run so I needed to run, a lot of people can't run, so why throw that beautiful gift? Today I decided to take splits and look at the watch during the run, a lot of time without doing that, mostly I put the watch on time of day and run, today to beat the monotony a bit, I took/saw splits, got to the conservatory in 7:27, then did 6 laps( each lap has 1 km or so) there with splits of 6:02,5:53,5:49,5:46,5:42,5:37 and the way back 6:15, the way back has a big downhill and the way out has that downhill inverse, so very uphill( it is the same route to get to the conservatory and to get back to my house after getting out of the conservatory). The first half was 25:27, the second half 23:38 or so! The effort was basically the same but as the time went by the legs were smoother and smoother, easy effort, easy pace. The leg is behaving pretty well!! Weather was not that hot!!

Good morning for a run

I dont run on Mondays very often, but since I did not run yesterday for unplanned reasons, I have to run today cuz I dont like to rest 2 days in a row. Today around 8:30 a.m. I went out for my 8.5k run to the conservatory, went with empty stomach and it was a very good run, very easy pace, in the second half was very smooth and could opened up a bit my stride. The weather was fine, no like predawn but not like 11 a.m. either, was decent. I am soeaked in sweat now though! finished the run in 49:15 feeling pretty good, the only problem was that the calves got a bit tight like if I would not have run hills in a while, but dont do that route since Friday! Oh well!! Nice run Last week had 5 runs and 41 kms, wanted to get to 51 kms with yesterday's run, but that did not happen, but I started this week in the right direction.

Much better morning run today with my father

This morning was up at 6:00 a..m. was determined to run early in the morning today, so sit for a bit, then waited for my father to wake up and we were out the door by 6:50 a.m. the sun was up already, little breeze, we went out at an easy pace and today I ran with the watch on time of day but took the 2 halves splits, first half was in 29:20, we were going easy there, my form was good, with 3k to go I dropped him and finished the 10k in 57:03, second half in 27:42, much faster than the first and felt alot better, my father did 58:16, so a negative split for him as well, He did much better than last time!! Felt good today, nothing beats an early morning run!! the only problem was the heat and humidity in the second half, nothing compared to my 11:00a.m. runs though! was very tolerable!! first time in 2 months that I do 10 kms, so good thing that I am ramping up my mileage( thanks Caleb for posting the base phase article, it has really motivated to put the miles in). Happy Saturday!

Low energy levels + a lot of heat= bad run

This morning around 9:50 a.m. I decided to go for my run of 8.5k, but sometimes when I get my breakfast( always chocolate milk only) within 20 mins of the run the energy levels get very very low, and I hardly can run today that made me cut the run short and run 5.5k only, so instead of 6 laps in the conservatory, only did 3, I am very dissapointed, the heat was very bad also, I think that I need to become a predawn runner again, the heat is unstandable. In the early morning you have a nice breeze and you are full of energy, oh well!! tomorrow and the day after I ll run 10+ kms to punish myself, and to add miles, it will be easy though!! 32:49 for the 5.5k. Thought that I was going a lot faster, it seems that the low energy and the heat caught me up!! Happy Friday!