one run for the week

 This week I only ran today, but it was not purposely, but the reason I wont tell it on this site. I really wanted to run, but I was not able to. 

Finally today I could finally get out and hopefully I wont lose more time of training. I have lost a lot of fitness in the last  6 weeks.

I woke up early today at 06:30 a.m. and was out to run at 7:20 p.m. to the blasco park, did 30:35 total time. Felt good and the weather was pretty cool, not the heat that you will face in the evening.

Next couple of weeks work will be crazy, so I will have to get to work very early so the runs will have to be in the evening. 

Hope you had a great week of training!

6 runs for the week

 Today I ran again in the evening. This time I waited until 7 p.m. to run. Luckily it was cloudy so I did not face the strong sun, but the humidity was high. I did today 35 mins total and the pace was a bit faster than yesterday at the same effort. I felt confortable, but it seems that I had not done the digestion, so I felt somewhat unconfortablee, because I felt full, but effortwise and pacewise it felt pretty easy. Did the same route as this past week, but completed almost an extra lap to reach the 35 mins. pace was around 5:30 per lap, so 6:05 per km or so. 

6 runs for the week. I am happy with how this week went. I need to ramp up to workouts quickly because I dont have much time to get in shape and we have several good races in October. 

Tomorrow I will rest, and I hope to run 6 times again next week. 

Hot afternoon run

 Today despite I woke up early to run, I did not go out until 5:20.pm., to do the same route that I have been doing for this whole week, but today despite it was hotter, I managed to run 30 seconds faster than yesterday at the same effort. Started somewhat tired, but then felt better and better. Felt good despite the temps and humidity. To be honest, outside is fresher than inside the house.  Around 5k total in 31:20. I dont know if the distance is accurate, but something along those lines. Most important now is to get back to consistent running and feeling better. 

Next week I will incorporate a light workout.

Have a great Saturday!

Better and better

 Each passing day I am feeling better and better. After work today at 7:30 p.m. but with the sun shining hard. I did the same route that I have been doing, 5 laps in the blasco park starting from my home,but today I did 31:41 total to simulate the full 5k instead of 3 miles. I started a bit sore and tired, but I felt better and better as the run went by and finished feeling pretty good despite the heat. I kept the effort easy and forced myself to not speed up not to increase distance. 

The plan is to run 6 times this week, not ideal, after 16 days off, but no much time left for the fall races. 

Getting back to it

Today after work at 7:30 p.m. I went out again to the blasco park to do the same route as yesterday. 5 laps in the Blaso park starting from my home so I think around 3 miles. I did 30:06 today, so 19 seconds faster than yesterday, but feeling much better. Felt actually good at the end. Building back slowly.

Running through the motions

 Today I ran again in the evening after work at 07:30 p.m. I did 30:25 today. The first 15 mins were ok, but the last 15 mins I felt totally flat and had no energy. Kept the effort easy though. I hope tomorrow is better, today was a very bad day, but at least I got it done.

Around 3 miles total. 

Back to the wagon

 Today after  16 days of no running, it was time to get back at it. I have been sick. I thought that I would feel weak running, but that was not the case. Actually felt pretty good. Did 25:15 to play it safe and felt pretty good. Ran at 07:25 p.m. after work. It was too hot, but that did not affected me too much.

Its time to ramp up the training little by little. I signed up for the biggest 10k in Spain on October 3rd and I have lost 1 month of training exactly. 1 month of my last race, but in the past month I have rested 1 week, then ran 6 times the other week and then rested for the other 16 days. I have lost a lot of fitness in that month, but I will train as smart as I can to get back my fitness at least o where I had it 1 month ago.

25:15 in the blasco park. Tomorrow I will run 30-35 mins.