My Forerunner has redeemed itself

I am 2 days after a particularly gruelling soccer game and as usual this means serious sorenes in those funny small stabelizing muscles that I have yet to figure out how to get into shape. Regardless, I ran the 5K this morning and it was seriously slow. 'How slow?' you ask. Well my trusty GPS watch tells me....absolutly nothing. It never started. In the same way that in putt-putt golf you default to a max of 6 strokes, I am giving myself 10min/miles. Bad day but I am hoping that soccer cross training will benefit me in the long run.

I really meant to include Monday

Sorry that I missed the promised update on my run this morning.

5k @ 8min/miles

Weekend update

This weekend - in which I generally add my Monday morning run - was passable but not heavy on the mileage. This is important because my sister and I are getting pretty close to deciding on which marathon we're running and thus i need some serious increases in my training. That aside, I felt really good on Sunday after skipping Saturday to watch my boy and then watch some European Championship (soccer) qualifying matches. I am once again in serious doubt to the accuracy of my Forerunner. I ran a loop that I know to be roughly 4.25 miles and the ol' chrono gave me nearly 4.5. While this doesn't seem like a big deal, it is the difference between a 6:50 pace and a 7:15. I am seriously pleased even with the worst case scenario.

Further, I am now completely convinced that if I want decent paces on my runs, I need to do it after my legs wake up. Even a 9am start time has given me much better paces for longer distances.

Faster but still slow

I am glad that I didn't have repeat of Wednesday's runs this morning but it still wasn't stellar. 5K @ 8:25s. Better but still crap.

Easy does it

In an attempt to ignore all pre-competition common sense, I decided to plan a long run the same day as my indoor soccer game on Memorial Day Monday. Did I also mention that the game was at 11:20PM? The run was fine but my legs had no quickness at all. This issue was compounded by the fact that the team we played was entirely comprised of super-speedy 5'4" Hispanic gentlemen who proceeded to run around me at every opportunity. Oh, forgetful me...due to the late start time, we only had 1 sub, of which I only availed myself once for 1:30 after being kicked in the knee. Following the game I decided that since technically I was still doing a speed workout (very) early Tuesday morning, I was covered and therefore would not wake up for my morning run. That leads me to this morning. I figured I'd be rested and ready to jump back in the saddle. No such luck. I set my own personal slowness mark for a 3 miler, returning to my house in about 30:20. I think tomorrow will be better.

Save my Habit!

Since returning from SoCal I have had a horrible time getting motivated. I ran the 5K yesterday at a ridiculously slow pace and purposely skipped this morning. Please, help me salvage the good habit that I have developed.

Sea level laziness

Despite my assertions that I would put in some mileage while in LA this past weekend, I was unable/willing to do so. My son took exactly 0% of the naps that he normally does and the combination of no time and less energy meant that I missed 3 straight days. I tried to get back into it this morning, but I work up too late to put in a solid run. I managed 2.35 (it was a new route) in 8:05s, but felt good enough to lift my spirits and expectations for tomorrow morning.