Evening hour run

I left work earlier than planned and I was on my way to my run at 6:37 p.m. I got out to do the usual 45 mins, but I remembered when I had around 38 mins, I was feeling much better than when I started so I decided to add an extra lap to make it close to 50 mins, after the extra lap I decided to finish up the hour.I dont remember the last time I did 60 mins or longer, I felt real good, I did 9 laps to the conservatory with a great atmosphere with pretty women and good music, a lot of people exercising. My father was there also, its rare to see my father at that time, I think I had not seen my father running this late in the afternoon. He was pleased with the good menu there:)

Laps were 5:54,5:53,5:51,5:48,5:44,5:41,5:39,5:36,5:31. The last 3 laps were the fastest and I started the run faster than normal, that was because Jose and Gian joined me on this one and they left me in the dust, but they only did 1 lap and I did 9. Felt really good and strong, felt like a runner again!!

Have a great night everyone!

Good night run

Today I got from work later than planned and went out to the conservatory at 7:20 p.m., I did 6 laps there, got there in 7:34, then did 6 laps between 6:08 to start and the last couple in 5:42 and 5:41. I did a couple of laps with female runner and I encouraged her when I felt that She was struggling, then asked her name (Xiomary was her name) when She stopped, then continued my way and increase a bit the pace. To be honest I thought that I was running much slower at the end.It seems that when I am with company faster paces seem easier. Completed the 45 mins, so around 7.8k or so. The weather was good.

Have a great night!

Zapping the zero

I was off from work today and I headed out to the conservatory at 5:20 p.m. with my father, but I lost contact with him after going up the uphill , I got to the conservatory in 7:25, then did 6 laps in 6:05,5:59,5:51, then joined Jose for 3 more laps in 6:00,5:51,5:37, completed the 45 mins. Then after a while my father insisted to do one more lap with him, I accepted but did not time it, when I was finishing that lap , my friend Gian also invited me for another lap so I accepted but I told her right off the bat that it was not going to be like that 4:18 from last week, We took it easy. So in total I did around 10k. Good day of training and good day of chit chating afterward, got home at 8:30 p.m. The weather was decent.

Have  a great night all!

Catching up

On Thursday I did not get my run in because I had a commitment after work and could not run (ha! I could have gotten my run in in the predawn but did not happen).

On Friday after work I got to the conservatory at 7:00 p.m.  and did 40 mins there, the plan was to do 45 mins, but in around 39 mins a strong stich in the somatch hit me up and I had to call it a day. Did 5 laps there in 6:12,6:14,6:23,6:03,5:51. In lap 2 and 3 I was just encouraging a woman that was huffing and puffing and I did not want to run alone, anway in the 4th lap She stayed back and never say her again, so I sped up to my normal pace( hence the increase in speed), felt very confortable there. The thing that really was not that confortable was that I had to stop suddenly due to the stitch.

On Saturday I could not run in the afternoon and in the morning did not wake up .

Today  I decided to run in the morning since I am visiting a friend´s house today. At 8:45 a.m. I headed out to the conservatory and got there in 7:27 feeling pretty strong and confortable, then in the first lap that was 6:00 I caught a master runner that I did not know but He was dressing like a runner and had a Public marathon shirt so I assummed that it was a legal runner( not a wanna be lol), He wanted to compete because when I passed him, He passed me back and We remained that way till the half of the last lap, I did 5 laps there in 6:00,5:48,5:37,5:26,5:19, as you can see in the splits that guy was really running faster each lap since I kind of sitted back 10-20m back, in the last lap I tried to be more aggresive, but He was speeding , but a friend of his started talking to him and He did not understood so He turned back to listen what the other friend had to say, in that moment I did my pass, and that was the last lap, when I headed out the conservatory I took a glance  and He was around 50m back so He really did an effort to keep the gap in all those laps, I was just kind of cruising, but if He kept increasing that pace, I would likely huff and puff myself lol, anyways!! those paces are easy paces and will take you anywhere during races, but thats all I have got for now. 7.5k total in 42:36.

The last 3 weeks I have runs 4 times per week which is good for general fitness, but wont take me anywhere in terms of racing times. I really enjoyed today´s, Its hard to run alone running in circles( well not that circle), that little competition really make time go faster,

Thre is a 5k in 2 months( the day before Gatorade 10k) that I want to perform well in, but I want to run the 10k as well, We will see!! I need to start adding faster stuff to my training and luckily increase the frecuency to 6 times per week of running.

Have a great Sunday everyone!

Short run with a fast km

As I said in my previous post I ran today at 5:00 p.m. because I was off from work today. When I went out it was very hot and felt very full,  I had not digested food yet eventhough I ate at 12:20 p.m. the run was a struggle to be honest. Did 4 laps in the conservatory in 6:09,6:08.6.19,6:15, the last 3 laps were with  Jose. The stomach was very upset, I finish the run in 33 mins. Then after around 1.5 hours later another guy called Gian that I met several days ago, came to us and invitus to do a lap to warm up before the body weight exercises. That mas is fast, He got out very fast and I had to work hard to keep his pace, Jose and him built a gap on me and at the top of the last hill (within 500s) I sped up hard to match Gian, then We ran head to head to around 150s to go that was when I sprinted all out and beated him, did that km in 4:18, that felt much faster than that, I was dead and started caughing very hard for around 30 mins after that, if you dont use you lose it and that was what I exprienced for not training at fast paces. I could not do any strength exercises just watch them do it and caugh a lot.

I need to work on my speed and v02max, it seems that those are very low.

Have a great humpday!

Zapping the zero

On Monday I just got out of work too late and was feeling weak because as I said earlier maybe a food that I took in did not set me well. In fact, I went to bed that night at 9:10 p.m. which is extremely early for me.

Yesterday I got out from work too late too, but I decided to get the run in anyways, I headed out to the conservatory at 7:40  p.m., got the conservatory in 7:29, was feeling very good and fresh, then did 4 laps there in 6:03,6:00,5:47,5:35. To finish up 32 mins, so a short run but a much better than a no run at all. Then stayed there talking and laughing with a group of guys till around 9:10 p.m. so my day dont leave up too much free time. I felt very good yesterday, but my stomach bothered me at times.

I am off from work today and will go to the conservatory earlier today maybe 5 p.m. because I want to do some bodyweight exercises with the guys out there. Stay tuned for tonight´s post.

Short run to finish up the week

Well I could not run on Thurday, that day off drag Friday and Saturday as well, and almost skip today as well, but my friend Jose was on  his way to the park and since He counted on me, I decided to go out at 6:25 p.m.. To be honest in the first 2-3 mins I felt like s#%t, thought that I was going to collapse, then felt a bit better, but as soon as I got to the conservatory in 7:35( thought that I was going much slower), my stomach started cramping and I felt like a Sumo fighter, did 3 laps there in 6:11,6:10,6:05, the cramp was too big that I had to call it a day at 26:33, I was hoping to do one more lap to finish in 32 mins or so, but the stomach had other plans. I went to the bathroom around 3 times before going out and again during the run it bothered me again, so something that I ate must not have set me well. I felt really good in the legs and lungs so that was a bonus and definely that was better than a no run.

Hope you had a great Sunday!