I ran on Thursday and forgot to blog it; I did 28 laps in 81:54. This morning I went out again, and went a little slower, finishing in 82:29While I was running, three guys came out carrying a few hurdles, and I thought, "Aw, they are going to take over a couple of lanes for hurdling and I might have to move." But then they started taking pictures ( Read more... )

I did seven miles in this morning in 84:10, which is a big improvement, but I did it by mostly ignoring my heart monitor, which persistently read higher than I have been historically comfortable with. I didn't feel bad, though; it was a very pleasant run. No fiddlers or talk-show hosts, though.

This morning as soon as I started running, my heart monitor started freaking out. I think it's running out of batteries or monitronium or something. Anyway, I decided just to run at a "reasonable pace", and I finished in 88:58, almost ten minutes faster than Saturday. Maybe it's my monitor that is holding me back.

I sucked only slightly less than Wednesday on this morning's run, doing my 28 laps in 98:02. I am comforting myself with the thought that this might be real improvement, not just random variation, because I have now run three times in eight days, which is way better than I have been doing recently ( Read more... )

I ran on a weekday morning! Yay. But I was very slow. Boo. 98:51 for seven miles ( Read more... )

I forgot to mention that I did get out on Saturday, and did 7 miles in 89:36. I continue to flounder on the same plateau because I have only been running once a week.

Pretty awful. I'm proud I finished, because it was pretty hot out, but my time was horrible, 99:50. I didn't ever drop down to a walk, though. But wow, slower than 14 minute miles.

Last weekend I actually did get out to the track, and I ran seven miles in exactly 85:00, but I neglected to blog the achievement right away, and then forgot about it. I only discovered my lapse just now, a week later, because I was getting ready to go out to the track this morning and discovered that my watch's stopwatch function was still ( Read more... )

I did my seven miles this morning in 86:53, which isn't terrible. I have decided that I need a new heart monitor; do either of my readers have a recommendation? I've been using a chest-strap Polar.

Extremely slow, 28 laps in 94:34. I don't think it was the heat; no idea what the problem was. At any rate, I'm declaring victory because I managed to get out there on a weekday.