Morning recovery run

Today was up at 5:45 a.m. and I was out with my father at 6:35 a.m. or so to the conservatory, once there We did different routes as most of the time. I did the same old route of this week once again, but this time I was running very easy, when I was increasing pace/effort, I would dial back since I am in recovery mode from yesterday`s workout, that workout look very easy on paper, but I remember the last time I did it, I felt like crap for more than a week after that, so today I itentionally wanted to run very easy.

When I finished the 3 laps there corner to corner, my father had 1 more lap to go ( around 7 more mins), so I had to run back and forth to wait for him, then We got out the conservatory together and I pushed the last 200s, because He was closing strong, and my competitive juice took place in the last 200s, I should not have done that, because I  am in recovery mode, but sometimes you cant help it.

Weather was good at the beginning, but was starting to heat up at the end!!

Total time of running was 54:27, so around 9k, probably a little less!

I was wearing a watch, but did not look at it, just look at it post run and the splits were 8:00 to get to the conservatory, then 3 laps corner to corner in 10:27,10:10,9:59, ran back and forth waiting for my father 8:44, then from the conservatory to home in 6:30 (1.2k or so).

Good day of running, and I am feeling that my fitness is improving little by little!!

Have a great Saturday!

Morning mini intervals

Yesterday I slept in to be honest , felt guilty for part of the day, but then decided that it was going to be my rest day. So today I was up at 5:45 a.m., but headed out at 6:45 a.m. to the conservatory to do the same old route as the whole week, the only difference is that since Wednesday I had planned to do some intervals, at least 5 x 1 min fast, 1 min slow to start the anaerobic stuff!!

I did not look at the watch today except when I was doing the 5 x 1 min, I did 1 plus lap corner to corner ( about 20 mins into the run), then the fun started, the first one I think that I did it too fast since I was huffing and puffing right away, to sum things up, I was huffing and puffing even on the recovery min, and on 2 occassions I had to take more than 1 min, because I was still very tired from the " on" part. Splits were 7:39 to get to the conservatory, 3 laps corner to corner in 10:00,8:49 ( this included pretty much the whole workout),9:57, ran 1:30 inside the park before getting out to do 7:13 from the conservatory to home running very easy.

When I finished the 5 x 1 min, I thought about stopping to catch my breath before the cooldown, but toughed it out because in the race you dont have recovery, and I started jogging the cooldown( most part of the 3rd lap and back home) huffing and puffing, I was making a lot of noise, some people stared at me in an akward manner!

Anyway, I was happy to have gotten this one in, its an easy workout (in terms of duration), and I want to increase that to 10 repeats in the upcoming weeks, I am very unfit anaerobically, because the breathing was out of control for most of the 5 x 1 min on and off, and also because one year ago ( I checked my blog from October, November last year) I was running almost 2 min faster in a 5k race ( Christmas 5k on December), eventhough I was training at the same pace, even slower sometimes.

Around 7.5k total or more in 45:24.

 Happy to have gotten this one in, I want to run a double digit ( in kms) this weekend, its time to get down those racing times. I have also realized that in the morning I am more motivated to do workouts, the last time I did a workout was on June I think, and it was the same as today.

Have a great Friday everyone!

Good morning run

This morning was up at 5:45 a.m. but stayed in bed past 6 a.m. and did not get out the door till 7 a.m., yesterday I went to bed past 11 p.m. I was sleepy, but as soon as I put myself into bed I could not sleep and pass a while before I fell asleep, on top of that, I woke up several times past midnight, but when the alarm went off, I was asleep, anyway, I did a commitment with myself, and I ll run early in the morning, maybe I need to run harder so that I can fall asleep as soon as I touch the bed!

This morning was out at 7:00 a.m. wanted to start out earlier, but somethings got in the way, anyway, I got to the conservatory and did the same thing as the past two days, but this time I did not look at the watch but pressed the split button in the 3 laps corner to corner, when I entered the conservatory and when I went out the conservatory.

I only looked splits post run when I was drinking water, but I knew that today would be faster than the previous 2 days, because in the last lap I incorporated 4 x 100s (or so) strides at a good clip.

Felt good, a bit tired in the second half, but in the 3rd lap when I changed gears a bit I felt much better again.

Splits were :7:30 to get to the conservatory, 3 laps corner to corner in 9:56,9:42,9:19 and 6:32 from the conservatory to home because I sped up a bit in the last 500s. That last lap really surprised, but strides must have helped!

Total time was 44:40 what I think is 7.5k or even more, so 1 more min faster than yesterday, but dont think about that I am decreasing a min each day, in fact, I think that although I did not look at the watch, I was racing it subconciously, so sometimes I ll have to leave it at home (I was doing that several a weeks ago, what happened?).

Glad to have run first thing in the morning! Have a great Wednesday!

Another morning run

Yesterday I went early to bed, at 10:50 p.m. which is early for me, but if I want to keep this morning running going, I have to go to bed early enough, so that I can get 6-7 hours of sleep.

Today I woke up  at 5:45 a.m. but it was very dark yet, so I waited a more bit, and at 6:45 a.m. I headed  out the door with the weather pretty good. It seems that a storm is coming so probably this evening will rain hard such as yesterday, it was wet this morning when I had to jump some little paddles.

I headed out to the conservatory  in 7:36, faster than yesterday, then did 3 laps such as yesterday from corner to corner, laps today were 9:59,9:46,9:45, ran 1 min before leaving the conservatory and headed home to finish in 45:35, so basically 1 min faster than yesterday at the same effort. I am looking at the watch because I dont know the pace, dont know the distance between corners, but I do better cut the habit of looking at the watch, because it can turn into a race of between the day before`s splits, a big no no!! Tomorrow I just click the split button, and check splits post run!

I felt really good today, but at the beginning I was having some stomach problems which I think it was going to give me even more problems, but then it went away and I could go on running without much problem.

All in all, liking these morning runs, I already ran and its only 8 a.m., but when the majority of your running is after 6 p.m. this feels like an accomplishment. The weather was great once again!!

So I would say 7.5k in 45:35

Catching up and zapping the zero early in the morning

I did not run for the entire weekend, no excuses, I just did not run in the morning on Saturday and in the evening I was not around, I was hanging out with my brother and father. On Sunday I was going to run in the evening, but I was feeling lazy then, and decided to do it early in the morning of Monday, and that is basically what I did.

4 runs the past week.

I woke up before 6:30 a.m. I put the alarm at 5:45 a.m., but when I saw that it was lighting out I checked the watch and it was 6:24 a.m., I misset( I dont know if its a word) the alarm, put it PM instead of AM. I was sleepy, but I was feeling really guilty because I did not run for the entire weekend, but I also ate like a pig.

I went out just before 7 a.m., with a very good temperature and went to the conservatory in 7:51, if you check in this time of year for the last couple of years in my blog, I say that the conservatory is closed in some areas, but luckily I have my own route for that , that is corner to corner, both sides, a bigger lap, and the time passes more quickly.

I took 3 laps and it were 10:16,9:55,9:54, the pace was easy, but the weather made the run a great one, and I could run forever today, from now I decide to become a morning runner, no excuses if I want to get back close to where I was years ago. I have to stop trotting along in the evening for years on end, and start planning some good quality workouts and put in longer runs, as the weather is much better in the morning, the effort that you can put in is optimal and greater, thus racing faster? sounds good!

After those 3 laps I ran 1 more min inside of the park and headed home to finish in a total of 46:32, which I think was 7.5k, probably did a bit more but lets leave it at that.

I ll run in the morning and will become a morning runner!!

Have a great start of the week! and run when you can and when your schedule permits, at the end of the day, the most important thing is to get the run in, no matter the time of day!

Evening running

Today when it was running time, I was feeling a bit lazy, but at 6:30 p.m. I forced myself to go out, no reason to skip the run, so I headed out and the weather was great, a cool breeze and it poured a bit during the run.

I went out to the conservatory in 7:42, then did 5 laps in 6:03,5:20,5:33,5:34,5:32, then headed back home in 6:48 for 7.5k in 43:05. The weather was great and that was the reason I felt so great I think. That race opened my lungs because after the race, I am running faster on easy days, feeling a lot better.

Another thing is that I did not look at the watch during the run, I looked at it after the run when I was drinking my water.

From the get  go I felt very rested after yesterday recovery run and went with the flow, Jose joined me for the first 2 laps, but as it started pouring, He sped up so his cellphone does not get wet, that was the main reason I pushed more than necessary in the second lap, after that He called it a day and I continued for 25+ mins.

7.5k in 43:05.

Have a great Friday!

True recovery run

To be honest today I did not plan a morning run, but my father and myself were force to get out the door after 8:30 a.m. because I received a message of a friend telling me that her brother died in an accident yesterday, that was a very bad message. With all honestly after that message, running did not cross my mind one bit, and then after a while of processing the message, my father invited me to run because in the afternoon evening We would not get a chance to do so!! I accepted, but today`s run was pretty much to be greatful for life and to pray a bit for Argenis.

I hope that He is doing fine wherever He is right now, my big condolences to the family!!

As for the run, I just left the watch at home and ran easy to the conservatory, 5 laps and back  for a total of 7.5k. Felt a bit tired but good.

7.5k total watchless!


Have a great day and enjoy every day to its fullest!!