Hangin' Loose

Wanted to run this morning.  But the weather was horrible.  Started hailing pretty bad.  So waiting later in the day.  And was able to go down to the park and run.  Tried something different on this run.  Wanted to start out slower and pick it up towards the end of the run.  Here is my splits...

Mile 1 9:00

Mile 2 8:34

Mile 3 8:45

Mile 4 8:33

Mile 5 8:00

Mile 6 7:40

Mile 7 7:13

Felt pretty good for the most part.  Not sure what happened on mile 3 though. Avg pace 8:15 total time 57:47

What a nice and cool day.  And great day for a run.  Didnt get much sleep last night.  About 10 I got a call from my mom saying my grandma wasnt going to be around much longer.  So I headed over to see her.  She wasnt is in her last few days or even hrs.  So sat with her for about 45 mins till I was about to leave she didnt really notice me.  But as I was getting up to leave she woke up and started talking with me.  And wanting hugs and kisses.  It was nice to see her.  Got home around midnight so a bit late. 

Well went down to Liberty Park and tried to keep with marathon pace after the first mile.  And felt pretty good.  Had to push it a bit more on one mile.  And really tried to make up for it on the last mile.  Overall was a good run. 

Mile 1 8:16

Mile 2 7:27

Mile 3 7:26

Mile 4 7:22

Mile 5 7:31

Mile 6 6:57

Avg pace 7:30  Total Time 45:03

Nice recovery run at the park.  No clue of paces on this one.  Garmin didnt want to fire up.  Felt good to do a recovery run.  Nothing to spectatular on this one.  Did it around  9 min pace for the most part.  Some a bit faster but still nice and easy.

Nice and cool morning run.  Just 2 loops around the block.  Not sure of the pace just went off of feeling.  Ran mostly around 60-65% effort.  Took around 55 mins.

Went down to the Park to run again.  Started around 8:30am.  And on like the 2nd lap came on to a race/time trial for the Army Reserves.  I guess they have to run this 2 mile time trail for a test.  They started a bit before me.  And so a few took off like mad while others started much slower and even a couple walkers.  So I caught up to a few stragglers and cheered them on.  As I hit their 1 mile mark there was one guy that was struggling a bit.  So I left the wood chip lane to hit the concrete to cheer him on.  Since I was making this a recovery run.  I dont really worry to much about the paces as long as it is slower.  Well this guy was as he put it.  Sucking wind and relectuntly accepted my invitation for a pacer.  Unfortunitly after another question or 2 about his goal on paces and how far he needed.  He was out of breath.  And had to stop to catch it.  So I jogged along next to him and got him going again.  He needed to do the 2 miles in 19:00 to pass the test.  And for this last mile was needing 9:45 to make it.  Well he had to stop 2 more times after that one.  Tried not to let him stop to long and just enough to catch his breath and we would take off again.  As we got to the last .2 of the run he had another guy that already ran it come back to cheer him in.  And he picked up the pace even more.  And so we got him going to the finish and just under by 20 secs.  So he passed.  I still had 2 miles or so to go so just kept going.  And it was nice when I finished my 6 miles he was actually right by there in his truck and that is when I found out he had made it.  It is great to see people getting into shape and tring to better themselfs for whatever reason it may be.   And even with running with him and a couple others I chatted with I still finished my run in 54:30.  So around a 9 min pace for the run.  Perfect recovery run.  And made another new friend on the road.   Against others telling me not to run any races between now and ToU.  I am going to be running a race tomorrow.  And it might just be my most membrable one.

Ran a 5k race with the my 3 girls.  Had alot of fun.  And the oldest took 1st  in her age div 15 and under.